El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-26
$4,000 TROOPS HERE THISFALL;
MILLIONS ARE SPENT EACH MONT /
10000 Troops Already In Camp in Ell Paso District and
$4,000 More Ordered to Border $500 Motor Trucks
Supply Great Army; Tented Cities Spring Up
On Mesa and Near Fort; Troops Fine Men
By NORMAN WALKER.

the depot quartermaster downtown.
There Is also . medical supply depot
| in Fl Paso for the army United States
I laboratory Red Cross branch and a
] number Of branch quartermaster de-
! pots scattered over the city, where
! supplies are stored
! In Many Camps.
Troops in the FL Paso district are
/ encamped at Camp Cotton, Camp
! Pershing. Camp Fort Bliss and at Camp
Z Stewart while the eighth United States
cavalry is garrisoned at Fort Bliss. In
7 addition TO these mobilization points
there are troops on the patrol line
from Fl Paso east as far as Maria and
Preside. including Ysleta, Fabens,
Sierra Blanca. Finlay, Maria and Pre-
sidio. These troop patrols are changed
frequently in order to divide the
strenuous work OF patroling the border
line and watching Tor rowing bands OF
bandits and ammunition smugglers-
However. a battalion of the Pennsyl-
vania national guard has been en-
camped in the Big Bend district. away
from the railroad. for more than a
month and the FL PasO company Of
the Texas national guard has been at
La Jitas and TerlinSua for a longer
period
Regular Troops.
The regular troops stationed in the
immediate vicinity of II PaSo include
the eighth cavalry at Fort Bliss, the
/ IN cavalry, recently organized UNI
ger me new army reorganization law,
winch IS encamped at Camp Fort Bliss
the goth infantry. which is one Of the
veteran border commands at Camp
or Bliss the -5rd infantry at Camp
cotton and the saith infantry. another
new unit, also at Camp Cotton.
There Is = provisional regiment Of
held artillery which is made up Of six
batteries OF the eighth field artillery
TOUR batteries Of the fifth field artfI-
lery. battery of artillery of the New
Mexico h1F
OF the Rhode Island artillery. These
Two national guard batteries are con-
sidered among the finest in the United
states national guard and their selec-
Jlon 10 complete the provisional artil-
lery regiment is considered additional
honor by the officers of these two
commands. Battery Z, Of the fifth
artillery, IS made up Of four. ~ field
United States armv
1900 From Pennsylvania
pennsylvania has the honor Of hav-
ing the largest single contingent Of
troops on this part Of the border. These
troops are encamped at Camp Stewart
beyond Fort Bliss on the line Of the
II PaSo and Southwestern railroad
Nal Gen, Charles NJ Clement is in COM
mand of the Pennsylvania division.
Whlch IS made up Of three infantry
orlsades composed of three regiments
each, regiment of cavalry, a reei-
ment Of artillery. a sanitary train.
Yin bpSru VI npSplLdl ana ambulance
corps, a signal corps and a field bakery.
The Pennsylvania infantry commands
are first. second. third. fourth. sixth.
eighth, tenth, 18th and 18th infantries
The artillery is the first Pennsvlya-
ma field artillery. The cavalry is the
Ilrst pennsylvania light cavalry The
sanitary train consists Of four hospital
ana ambulance corps companies The
signal corps is made up of one bat
tailon, recruited largely from the Penn
sylVan1a college men. \ company OF
engineers complete the division
South Carolina Contingent.
Encamped on the same mesa with the
pennsylvania division are the two regi-
ments of South Carolina infantry. These
are the first and second South Caro-
INA infantry regiments. These were
me last OF the present mobilization TO
arrive and were accompanied BY the
famous Charleston Light Dragons. a
troop OF cavalry making up troop a.
flrst South Carolina cavalry In addf-
ton the South Carolina contingent in
ciudes an ambulance company and a
company OF engineers.
At Camp Fort Bliss. in addition to
the New Mexico battery is encamped
a squadron OF the first Massachusetts