The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-10-06
BACK FROM BORDER
BY NOVEMBER FIRST
Mr.. Caldwell Thinks Palmetto
Troops May Return in Time
For State Fair.

News and Courier.
Columbia, Sept 30.-The training
which the South Carolina Nation
a. Guard is receiving on the Mexican
border is fitting them for duties
which are performed by the regular
army, and the results which the Pal
metto men are showinw guarantee
that it will be hard to tell them from
regulars when their period of training
in ended.
Those young men of South Carolina
who went to the Mexican border in
response to the cal of President Will
SON were inspired by the same patriotic
and high minded purpose that has
characterized this State in all the oc-
vcasio&s of the past when the cali to
duty went forth. They are descendants
of the men who helped to put down
tyranny in 1776, fought the second war
of independence againse England in
1872 subdued the red men and the
laWless regimes of the earlier days
of the republic, conquered Mexico in
1S47, and poured out their life blood
on the many battlefelds under the
banner of the Stars and Bars. South
Carolina was the first to respond then
and she was among the first to mobll-
ize when the President of the United
States sumoned the National Guard to
arms in the closing days of June to
guard the border between this coun-
try and Mexico from bandits and to
he ready for whatever might take
place.
On Border Two Months
Excepting Virginia, South Carolina
was the first of the Southern States to
send her National Guard to The bor-
der, and they were ready to go several
weeks before the orders came for
them to move. In fact, the Palmetto
troops were ready as early as those OF
New York and the other Northern
States who were rushed to Texas just
as fast tas they could be gotten ready.
AS it was the Palmetto troops nave
been on the border for two months and
it is only in the past few days that
the National Guard from the other
Southern States have begun entrain-
ing for Texas.
This is not said with any disparage-
ment to the other States of the Souuh'
but it's the record, and it is nothing
but due those men who left their
homes and their business in all parts
of the State to call this item of credit
TO the attention of the public.
During the seven weeks l was in
camp at Ell Paso, Texas, with the
South Carolina soldiers had daily
reason to be proud Of my State and
INV Suites soldier boys. Time and
again l heard it stated that they came
to the border better equipped, better
prepared and more efficient in every
way than most of the National Guaro
regiments. This was due to sederal
things. They are we'll officered ana
their personnel is high and they have
that patriotic devotion to duty tnat
thew have inherited from their fathers
Capt. ]. NJ. Graham, Q. S. A.
land, too, South Carolina, has been
fortunate in having as inspector
instructor of her National Guard CapI.
J. Malcolm Graham. He knows ms
business and he was all business at
Camp ,styx, while the boys were oelns
eouipped and made ready for the Dor
der He kept things moving ano'
backed up as he was by the ofhcers
OF the various " e''Ai-N
South Carolina comands were made
ready and sent on their way in much
hetter shape than was the condition OF
the average National Guard organiza-
tions of other States, judging from
what ! have heard while in camp on
.+ho border All of the regular army
officers speak in complimentary
terms of Capt. Graham and there is
no better officer or genial gentleman
The South Carolina boys have Oeen
undergoing a strenuous program OF
fold training first by companies
then by batallions, next by regiments
that followed by brigade and now they
have been formed into a division with
so,,r additional brigades from otner