El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-29
HIKE FINISHED,
PENN. MEN REST
Blistered Feet Cause Men
Trouble, But Good Record
is Made By Division.
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from the mountains that blew great
clouds OF dust across the plains. the
seventh division. Pennsylvania national
guards. late Thursday afternoon swung
into Camp stewart after completing its
four day hike into New Mexico ana
acress the organ mountains. distance
O. approximately 100 miles. Tired, hun
cry and thirsty. the 1900 men were
q smissed by their officers and hurry
ing 10 the showers. took their first rub
down since they left Monday morning
.rneu a scramble was made to the mess
tents where a boUntiful meal was con
sumed and last night they again slept
in their brown tents
Finish with Good Record
The PENNSYLVANIA division finished
with an excellent record; one that they
can be Just proud OF in the opinion OF
the three regular army oflcers de-
r4chad IN Mai Gen. Frederick Funston
TO take observations OF the hike only
s15 men are i'm the field hospital and
thev are all being treated for severe
cases Of bIistered feet. With this e.
ception. the men all finished the trip
in excellent physical condition Less
then 1000 men dropped out OF line from
foot trouble during the trip and the ma
ioritv OF these rejoined their units aItef
being given first aid" treatment
The 100 mile trip was made on forced
march The division marched 80 min
utes and rested 10 The men cncoun-
tered conditions they would # sent INTO
Mexico on forced march, and the record
they made brought words Of praise from
Mai Gen. Charles NJ Clement and his
officers
supply and Water Wagons DELAYED
During the trip the men suffered
from lack OF food and water. This was
-rr-a he rough mountainous country
and deep sand OF the plains encoun-
tered on the hike. making II Impossible
for the supply trains and water wagons
20 keep ID with them
The cavalry. artillery. signal corps
engineering corps and other mounted
units suffered more than did the m
fautrlgnen from scarcity or 1000 ana
,sarer. Their supply trains u ere always
several hours behind them when camp
was pitched. and a. Anthony and the
Lewis ranch. where they camped Tues
dav and Wednesday nights. the men
were compelled 10 80 10 sleep with
practically nothing 70 eat Their sup
ply train arrived shortly before mid
night each night and before resuminE
their march. the men had = hearty
breakfast and lunch.
The infantry were more fortunate in
that their supply wagons reached their
camp at night a few hours after they
did and supper was cooked for the
dough boys
First BriEade's score Good
The first brigade. commanded by
Brig. Gen. William G. Price OF Phila-
delphis- finished the hike with the best
score. losing less than so men. The first
regiment Of this brigade did not lose
a single man and was the only unit OF
/ the infantry TO finish with A perfect
| score.
Three Horses Die From Exhaustion
| Two horses were lost by the cavalry
! and one by the artillery during the
] hike Thev died from exhaustion durinE
/ the trip across the mountains
Maj Gen. Clement last night in his
I tent ar Camp Stewart. in speaking OF
/ the hike said The test vas splendid
I fsntry than does the regular army in
/ the same period Of time. This march
I completed the first period OF our train
/ lrg and We are now ready for active
] duty IN the field in event Of any
I emerEency- The men on this 100 mile
J hike were required 10 adapt themselves
/ 10 circumstances that would be required
/ or them IL active service They were
I compelled TO face the same field con-
ditions they would in event OF war This
! enterprise has greatly pleased me
! Gen Clement paid a tribute to his
] Officers for the able manner IN which
/ they handled their men. and TO the men
4 Tor the Eameness the men in the ranks
displayed.
There viii be no further work by the
! division this week The men viii be
| given a thorough rest before resuming
! their preparedness work next week
I The artillery viii then start tarsei
work with regular shells and the cav
I airy viii pushed in its work 10 be
[ whipped into condition