El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-12
GIVE C0LORS
To PENN. UNIT.
Gen. Clement Presents En-
blems to Third Field Ar
tillery; Review Made.

The Third Pennsylvania field artil-
lery was dedicated Tuesday afternoon.
in the name Of the commonwealth Of
Pennsylvania. when Maj. Gen Charles
Maxwell Clement presented the ma
tional and regimentaI colors TO the
regiment The colors. which were Of
pure silk. were sent 10 the border from
Pennsylvania
The ceremony was concluded by a
review of the regiment by Gen. Glenn
ent and his staff After the review.
Gen Clement stated that the men had
shown up excellently al the review. and
had done hard work while at Mt.
Gretna-
The Third field artillery. which was
formerly the Ninth fnfanty. and which
arrived at the border last week. is one
OF the largest artillery regiments in the
service It has drawn most of its
equipment and 16 three inch guns. and
Is nearly equipped for regulation field
service The other eight guns viii be
delivered to the regiment some time
next week, it is said.
Third Penn on Hike.
The Third Pennsylvania brigade.
commanded by Brig. Gen Christopher
T. O'Niel will spend Thursday and Fri
day on a practice hike Company c.
OF the Pennsylvania engineers. viii
accompany the brigade on its hike
The Third brigade is composed of the
Fourth, Sixth and Eighth Pennsylva-
MA infantry regiments.
Generals Wife Here.
Mrs c T O'NieL wife of Gen. O'Niel.
is visiting FL Paso now and expects 10
remain throughout the International
dry farming congress convention.
The North Carolina brigade. COM
manded by Brig Gen. Lawrence W
Young, upon approval of Gen Clement.
began pracucing Wednesday for the
review by Cen Clement and his staff
Friday.
Leaves of Absence.
The following are the leaves Of alb
sence from the Seventh division that
have been allowed by the war depart
ment: Capt. Harry D. Chase. Is days;
MAJ Maylin T. Pickering. Second in
fantry, 30 days, Lieut.. Robert W. King
battalion adjutant. Second infantry. -
days; chaplain Robert J. McFetridge. /
Second infantry, so days: Capt. George
H Zurn. 18th infantry. 80 days. Lieut.
James L Costello, battalion adjutant.
18th infantry 50 days; Lieut. H n.
NcCluskey. 18th infantry. Il days:
Lieut. David l. Sutherland. company F. J
18th infantry. six days: Capt Thomas
" Ruth. Second infantry. 80 DAYS:
Lieut. Charles Williams, First artillery. I
six days
Judge Advocate Back.
Maj. Cleon y Berntheizel. judge adj /
vocate. Seventh division. has returned
from Columbia. Pa. where he spent a I
brief leave of absence. Mai. s W
Rhodes. assistant chief Of staff to Gen.
Clement, has been relieved from duty
as judge advocate.
First Lieut. James F. Firestone First
cavalry. has been assigned 10 truck I.
company No 4, and is now in charge =
Of that company /
Seventh Division Complete.
It was announced at division head I
Or n IA -~n
division was virtually completed. with !
arrival Of the 18th Pennsylvania in
fantry-
Companies A and B. Of the Pennsvl-
vania engineers. viii be relieved from
border duty when the North Carolina
arrive AT the border.
battalion of Engineers.
me North Carolina engineers and the I
remaining company Of Pennsylvania |
will compose the provisional I
battalion Of engineers in the Seventh I
division.
Capt. Robert E Thomas. OF the en-
cheering corps Of the United States /
army. will be assigned to the provfs- !
-Onal battalion as commander
The First field artillery viii be re-
LEVIED from border duty by a regiment
from another state and will leave for
Pennsylvania the latter part Of this
month
Return From Hike.
The Third Pennsylvania infantry brf-
gade. commanded by Brig Cen Albert
J. Logan. returned from its three dav
practice hike and problem maneuvers
" Wednesday morning The soldiers Of
the brigade covered a distance Of about
two miles. marching five abreast with
the wagon trains bringing up the rear
Gen Logan headed the line accompa-
MED by his staff. with the 18th infan-
fantry following. and the 18th bring
ing Up the rear
Field Maneuvers.
The brigade left Camp Stewart early
Monday morning and spent the last ?
three days between FL Paso and Ysleta.
in field maneuvers- The 18th infantry
was pitted against the 18th infantry
near Ysleta- Tuesday. with Gen. Logan
and the colonies Of the two regiments
1mpiring- The 18th attacked the 18th
lfter the commanders of the regiments
lad issued orders as they had seen fit. /
md made their defences and marches
The men simulated firing with their
-ifles and pistols
After the battle. the umpires critf- I
Used the orders that the commanding /
officers had issued
To Musketry School.
The following men from the Seventh
livision have been dispatched to Fort ! ,
ill. Okla, 10 the school OF musketrv Z
II that place. SerEts. Charles W. Gid / ,
lens. Fourth; Samuel B. Custer. Sixth: /
1laude W Gerdes Eighth Ralph Z !
Ross, 18th; Daniel Brooks. 18th
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