El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-21

were excused from duty for any in
disposition, was Bis.
Total deaths for the week ending
November was eight, as follows
Pneumonia. s; heart disease, l.
wounds received in action, 3; from &C
cidental gunshot wounds J.
been under quarantine for the past
week on account OF several members
. being sick in the base hospital with
I humps The quarantine is for p
I days and during that time no passes
7 to town viii be issued and the boys
are forced 10 stay at the barracks
when not at drill.
/ The twice a week swimming lessons
/ have been discontinued on account Of
3 the quarantine The bows have be-
/ come used TO the cold weather swims.
FL PasOans in Police Company -
y. p. Briscoe. 2S09 Grant street. FL
/ Paso, Of the second company military
police has been transferred to the
/ FL Paso county has % men in the sec
i ond company, and all Of them are
/ making good
Arc Machine GunnerE.
: The following men from Ell Paso
county were assigned TO company A,
] 345rd machine gun battalion; Thomas
Z =. Johnson Chas. Il Warren Robert
Z L. Jackson. Private Johnson was ap-
I pointed sergeant October :.
Get Pleasure in Army Life
The FL Pasoans OF the headquarters.
] Horsed section, S15th ammunition
; train. seem to he getting mostly fun
T and pleasure out Of the army life. All
/ OF them are well, have plenty to eat
Z and quarters with every convenience.
Three nights each week the men
/ gather for instructions in map read
I ing and sketchinc under the scholarly
/ supervision Of professor" tprivatel
John ". Wilson. who in civil life was
q mining engineer Private Wilson
/ has had a good deal Of experience in
] this line in the mining districts OF
I New Mexico, and in Old Mexico in the
vicinity OF Chihuahua city The men
are all anxious TO learn and one can
] always find them either studying sig
nails, the manual Of arms, or any OF
I the other necessary things of military
Wants Special work.
CorpL John n Burt OF Fl pasO,
T has asked TO transfer to the 10th aero
repair squadron aviation section OF
the signal corps, Kelly Field CO-pL
I Burt has had previous experience in
I this department
Mills Aubrey. battery F, 545th field
artillery, has been made a corporal
( on October %
IL PaSo Boys Promoted
In Truck company 3. motor section
5I5th ammunition train, William NJ
Naraman, formerly cashier OF the III
PsSo Ice & Refrigerator company,
was appointed a private first class
by his company commander on No
John E. NcCabe Of company :. was
appointed sergeant from private first
class 10 I'LL a vacancy November 10
sgt NcCabe was formerly employed
as Interpreter in the L. 5. immi5ra-
ton office at FL Paso.
Pvt Maurice R Norcop was trans
ferred from company 8, motor sec
ton 3l5th ammunition train TO com
pany F. 315th engineers on November
6th, 1914 Pvt Norcop was formerly
employed as craftsman by the FL Paso
Smelling Works,
Pvt. Paul D. Lowry was trans
ferred from company to the quar-
termaster mechanical repair shops No.
sos at FL Paso on November Is Pvt
Lowry is well known in both FL PasO
and SandersOns having been enc
ployed as fireman on the c. H & s
A railroad prior to his enlistment
All Gain Weight.
H. T Smell, Il Paso private. SAYS
the general complaint Of the Fl Paso
boys is that their clothes have become
too SMALL they are gaining weight so
fast He mentions Pvt BOnduraur in ]
this category. Pvt Elkins, musician OF
the crowd. is playing the guitar for
the home boys Pvt Freuthaler
stubbed his toe playing football and /
was laid up a day or two
Has Publicity officer.
1t David McCaleb, publicity officer .
at Travis, is turning out lot OF good .
copy for newspapers by gaining the .
assistance Of reporters in the various F.
companies. Several FL PasO boys T
have helped in turning in the items /.
mentioned. one wrote this:
To the end that disease finds no F..
place in Camp Travis where Il can .
spread, no stone l. left uuturued TO I
insure absolute cleanliness in every
thing The food served the soldiers /
is scrutinized with scientific eyes. ]
Kitchens are required 10 be spick and !
span Shower baths. wish not and /
cold water, are provided and the men /
themselves see to IL that they are /
used by every soldier in Camp Travis. (
An immense laundry serves the sol
diers at q charge Of $3.50 per month I
Tor all the washing the soldiers re- /
quire or desire done.
Trained Back TO Health.
"On arriving at camp each soldier I
is given a thorough, careful physical ]
examination. Those with minor all
ments, or suffering from defects that /
can be corrected through known
agencies are segregated into a separ-
ate battalion and there trained back /
TO robustness There are dental Off I
GERS who look after the teeth OF the I
command and there are expert phys
zeal training experts who direct the
work OF rebuilding the unfinished /
bodies The sick are treated at the /
base hospital, which has a capacity OF ]
1000 beds and a better equipped or
more well fitted hospital is not TO /
be found anywhere.
The result of all this care and at
tention is that soldiers at Camp Trav-
is are better looked after than 90
out Of every 100 men at large. The
least OF things that should cause
anxiety for relatives and friends ia
the health OF the soldiers at Camp
Travis. Every officer at Camp
Travis must cooperate with and CO.
ordinate his efforts with the medical
officers, who are supreme in all
things that conserve and preserve the
health Of the soldiers"
AFRAID TO GO TO WAR;
is GLAD TO GO TO JAIL {