El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-13
MOTOR MACHINE
GUN5FOR MASS.
Four Motorcycles Ordered
for Eighth Infantry to
Garry Rapid Firers.

The machine gun company Of the
Eighth Massachusetts infantry. COM
manded by Capt William c. RenwicIz.
OF Cambridge. is expecting four new
motorcycles with side cars for mount
ing machine guns, and one truck for
quick transportation
The company consists of SO officers
and men The men are armed with the
regulation As automatic pistol, and
carry heavy. broad bladed bayonets
clearing brush The company has at
present four machine guns of the
Bennet-1Iercier type. but is hoping for
six OF the new Lewis guns
The third squad is happy IN the pos
session Of a piano, hired by Pvt T a
Beuchley.
The machine gun company defeated
the hospital corps Of the Eighth by
score ITO Monday
Pvt. Phillips Promoted.
Pvt Lionel J. Philips has been pro-
NOTED to acting corporal. third squad.
and Pvt George A McCook to corporal,
second squad
As soon as the 1000 recruits arrive
from Massachusetts,. the machine gun
company will be increased to 65 men.
The first platoon OF the machine gun
company had rifle practice Wednesday
afternoon
4eBIaek Squad Raids Tents.
The BLACK Squad" Of company G,
Eighth Massachusetts infantry, went
on a raid Tuesday night. attacking the
inmates OF tent No 3. Pvt Epine EnOS
was captured and treated to a liberal
coat of shoe polish Pvt. L. Batch
ford was identified, however, and re-
ported to First Sergt Horace A Fish,
who detailed Pvt. BiatchfOrd 10 clean
up and rearrange the rough housed
tent No 3, and TO camp police work all
day. The BLACK Squad" has suspended
operations temporarily. and now calls
itself the safety First" squad
Company F Mascot.
The mascot Of company F, Eighth
Massachusetts, infantry, is ''ToOts, a
pedigreed Pomeranian- 'Toots" was
presented to the company in Newton,
Columbia, Kan. He is already very
much at home in his new environ
ment and a general favorite.
Pvt Harry B. Packer OF company
pointed mounted orderly to Mai Harry
First Sergt. George F. Collin. OF
company T, Eighth Massachusetts, was
appointed second lieutenant by the
company July u, and is awaiting his
confirmation and commission.
Company F. Eighth Massachusetts,.
played company K Of the same regi-
ment a six inning game Of baseball
Monday The game broke up when
company F was called for inspection,
with the score H. in favor Of COM
pany 7. Company K disputes the de-
cision on the ground that the game
did not go the full nine innings
Speaks TaEaIOE and Spanish.
Pvt. John II. Morrill,. Of company +,
Eighth Massachusetts, infantry, has
seen much service in the regular army
He was three years in LuZon, P /, and
one year and seven months with the
31st coast artillery, the rest OF the
second enlistment in the Eighth United
States infantry. He has been six years
with his present company.
Sergt- George Heffern and Pvts- c
c Primrose and John Parkhurst OF
company ?, Eighth Massachusetts, IN
fantry, are studying Spanish, coached
by Pvt. John H MOrrill, company f,
who speaks Tagalog and Spanish from
long experience in the Philippine
islands. Pvt Morrill, says he can make
the Mexicans understand him. but the
language lis very different from the
Filipino Spanish.
COrporals T. A Payne, N II. Wyman,
Walter Swap and Theodore R. Nun
roe, Of company F, have been promoted
to be sergeants and Pvts- Walter
Brock. Aide Peabody, Harold Locke
and George Spencer have been ad-
vanced to corporals-
More promotions will be announced
when the 1000 recruits for the Massa-
chusetts regiments arrive. They are
eTnecTed SATURDAY.