El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-29
COMPANY k IS
ON THE BORDER
Ell Paso Militia Company
Reaches Marathon Bound
For Terlingua.
Nv Holm H. REGAN.

-,f.ratbon. Texas, May 2s.-COmpany
Z Eourtb Texas infantry reached here
during the night bound for Terlingua.
in the Big Bend" country, to guard
mar quicksilver mining camp from the
possibility OF Mexican raids
All Of the Fourth broke camp at san
Antonio but only the milk battalion
came on our train. The other two bat
ralions preceded US several hours, some
going to the Brownsville country anu
others under instruction 10 guard
6riSpss and vital railway points be-
tween Fl Paso and san Antonio
Our ranks have been slightly re-
duced BY transfers. promotions ana
become chief officer Of a mounted de-
tachment for the Fourth, While several
~ our men have been assigned TO the
machine gun company ana the PACK
trains. The reduction in number IS
slight. as we still have "a men and
three commissioned officers.
-Four Companies on Train
Ahead OF US in our train, were the
bows Of company J. Mineral wells;
hack of rs and completing our battalion
go +bs voIunteers Of L and NJ In
asu1uch as the four letters OF our bat
TALON spell the word milk we use
il as title. though there Is some olner
ground The other reason was our
the long avenue Of officers tents each
meal hour
Early in our training We learned that
a pint OF milk was about as refreshing
and nutritious as anything we could
buy. and as long as our money TASTED.
we INDUCED in the rural pursuit OF
hitting" the bottle whenever we could
We do not know where we are go
ing with any definiteness- some say
we have an IS mile hike before Us
others hold that We viii go to the
border on trucks
our equipment weighs So pounds per
man. almost the weight OF sweet
Young girl We could carry the girl
Tor S. miles but the equipment is an
other matter. However, Lieut. Elliott
says he won't hike Us more than %
miles in one day. That will be enough
In the same breath. Capt jenkins says
there viii be an ambulance wagon in
the rear. Both views are encouraging.
The First Real Test
Seriously speaking, We are facing the
first real test OF courage that has been
imposed upon us yet, for the Big Bend
country is no child's play and we know
it. We have the best Of rifles, the most
, complete equipment, and, generally
speaking our men are young and strong
Already I have written OF the morale
and general daring Of our men 1 can
not enlarge upon il now We are
brown and red and husky. Everywhere
we have been received with 2 singular
EOOQ viii ana now Llldl - z nave llAN
goggles sent by the suffrage women o.
FL Paso. we were heralded as the e
Paso bunch wherever We marched or
walked
We are grateful TO the women OF e
Paso for their oils and powders and
goggles. Already many Of these ar
ticles are in use and now that field
work is az hand. viii be more in use
all OF the time.
JOY In Service
There is a JOY and strange. unde-
Unable enthusiasm about all this bust
ness OF the military. Our threats be-
came filled when the band played
Dixie" as the first OF our bunch moved
trainWard-
We know in measure that we are
offering up a big and fine service 10
a people who have been long asleep
on patriotic things. vet We believe in
these people and ourselves. Somewhat
Derrurbed. we are hapuv