New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-01
BY ROBERT II. ROHDE.


Waco. Tex. June so con board 7th
Regiment SpeciaN. Since morning the
eth has been in Texas, but the cactus,
the arroyo. the vaquero and other
things Texan Of which the men have
read. have not yet been sighted.
But this evening the special is carry
Ing a new passenger negro with the
legs and the uniform Of cavalryman
whose presence helps the 7th TO real
ize how close they are TO the border.
He boarded the train in the yards at
Dallas. surreptitiously, and sat on the
steps of Company ID car until the con
ductor came along. The conductor knew
there had been no black soldiers on
the train and told the cavalryman
(among other things that he would be
dropped off at the nrst stop.
Colonel Fisk heard OF the. "stowa-
way" and went to investigate.
Where did you come from? Who are
you ?" he demanded.
The darkey Grinned conciiatingly.
-. l.. Cox, sah." ne said. saluting.
Private in X Troop, 10th Cavalry. sab"
tx Troop of the 1Oth?" echoed
Colonel Fisk.
It was-but Private j l.. Cox hadn't
been IN that affair at Carrizal.
Went TO See His Ma.
"Jes before that | got furough 10
80 sec my ma in Fort Worth" he ex-
planned. Now I'm hurrying 20 Colum-
bus as fast as ! can without any money
20 go back 20 Carrizal and help clean
EN- up. | knowed Captain Morey and
Captain Boyd for sho' nuf hghtin'
men"
Colonel Fiske had an extra ticket,
and Private Cox is travelling as his
guest on d Company's car.
The first MeXicans were met to-day
at McAlester. Okla, where Colonel Fisk
and his staff and line officers stopped
for breakfast. One hundred and fifty
OF them, employed as track hands by
the NJ, X. & T.. were in the crowd
waiting at the station. along with n
sprinkling of halfbreed Indians, cat
tlemen and townspcople.
Obviously the Mexlcans were "ami-
Cos" They grinned greeting 10 the
eth, and the eth, for all the skulls and
crossbones chalked along the sides OF
the troop train, all its slogans vowing
death TO "greasers," grinned back and
emptied their cigarette cases rather
than their rifles in the subsequent pro-
ceedings.
In the pa Of Texas just passed
which is far from the border, and looks
about the same as the country a thou
sand miles north, the people do not
believe the release of the Carrlzal
prisoners will avert war. The men OF
the 18th Regiment. az first cast down
by what they took as e death blow
10 their chance Of seeing active ser
vice, have drunk in the local comment
and are confident they will get into
Mexico.
Arrival Time in Doubt.
There is the same difference Of
opinion regarding the probable time
Of arrival in Brownsville. The rail
road people hope to have the first sec
ton Of the special there late to-mor-
row night. Captain Myers has an idea
the train will arrive Sunday noon.
If Captain Myers is right, Colonel
Fisk probably will grant a request
made to-day by DR.. William A. Nc
Cord, the regimental chaplain. Dr. Nc
Cord is anxious 10 reach Brownsville
where a specially made, collapsible
field altar is waiting. But If he can't
be where the altar is Sunday morning
he wants to have the train stopped
wherever il happens 70 be while he
holds a short service.
The chaplain. who is rector of st.
Johns Episcopal Church at Cold Spring
Harbor. Long Island, has held his post
for fifteen years. Before That, Tor
seven years, he carried rifle as pri-
vate in the 18th and saw strenuous
strike duty at the Croton dam and In
Brooklyn. The service done by DR..
McCord enables Colonel Fisk TO boast
that every commissioned officer In the
regiment has come from the ranks
and knows the soldier business from
the bottom up.
All through the day the six con
panies on the first section have been
kept busy with military lectures ano
recitations. With a view TO eXigencies'
the officers are pounding on the SUD
jects Of patrol and outpost duty.
The special cut corner OF Kansas
last night as the men, ally accustohe
now to the cramped quarters, slept in
their tourist fuIIHdHo. ~ -"V'''''Ni
where Al Jennings, the bandit, once
held forth, stop was made Tor preak-
fast. The officers ate ham and eggs IN
the station lunch room while details
from each company bought fresh fruit
and other extras" for their comrades
No Need-Just Yet.
From McAlester Colonel Fisk sent an
al
last night. II was from a former Off
Ger of the regiment, who had heard
the 18th was not faring well en- route
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