El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-23
FL PAS0ANS GO
To Be OFFICERS
Over a Hundred Men Leave
City for Leon Springs
Training Camp.

With the hope that they viii be able
TO pass examination and soon see ser
vice on the battlefields Of Europe,
more than 100 EI Paso business men
and clerks left at II o'clock Thursday
aboard two special coaches for the Of
ncers' reserve corps training camp at
Leon Springs There were also more
than 80 Arizonans on the train. who
viii enter the camp TO train for COM
missions.
Mothers, wives. sisters. brothers,
sweethearts and friends OF the men
who viii enter the training camp,
were at the union station to BID good
bye 10 the knaki-clad officers TO Zee.
Practically all the men were in uni
form with red white and blue hat
cords the insignia OF the Officers
training camp There were tears in
the eyes of many mothers, wives and
sweethea-rs, as the train, which was
delayed - hours, steamed out Of
the station yards
Lieut. Col Fitzhugh Lee, who as a
major was in charge OF the officers
reserve corps offices in the chamber
OF commerce building and passed on
The examinations Of the men for the
training camp, was at the station to
bid farewell TO the men TACK r.
White and other prominent business
men of the city were also at the sta
ron TO clasp the hands of the men
who are soon to see service overseas
in command Of units Of the American
eXpeditiOnary forces.
Those who Went.
The FL PasOans who left follow
Joe De Arozenas Cud Thomas Baird,
1r., George Phillips Butt, John Quln-
cv Burch, Hubert Wesley Browder, I
Howard T. Benton Joseph 5. Baker,
Joseph G. Bridges, Burt Seward Bel
don. William r. Branham, Ir-t Jerry
Lynn Bennett. Raymond II. Caring
ton, Erie Ch0ate, James Henry Cole
man. Thomas r. Chandler, IT., Vernon
a. Christian. lIaNey II. Carr, Asel Ben I
Iamln Chapman, Forest H. Cunning
nam. Roland r. DeasOn Getty fire mar
shah, Gerald B. DevOre, Frank Ro-
Quelle Day. Roy Reed NanDusen, VIII Z
liam Dee DOckery, Jack DOublin, How
ard Allen EZels Lewis ~ Fellows, D
Thomas James Gallagher, William I
scott Gardner, AlITed y Goulq, I ra1A
Edwin GIlett, Michael Grlmaldlt I
Charles O. Gibson. Leslie GUN High I
note. /. Lee Hall tpOIce captain, /
Herbert Ernest Helmans Fred Austin 4
Hewitt, Eugene L. Harris, Edward + I
Hastings. Daniel Arthur HarrluE ton ]
James Patrick Holmes Joseph Homer ]
HurXthal, Harold Z. kuburn5 Fred I
Everett Lester, Robert Noel Tongue
mare. Archibald Little, William Jo- ]
seph Lang, Jack Ford Matthews Joe ]
TalmaEe Malett, Edward Carroll Nc
Laughlin. Harry Ezeu Miller Inad- /
deus Wallace McE'acdeus FREDERICK /
Marion Nash. Albert William Norcopi I
James OIiphaut Nabours, jr., James /
Henry O'Neill. Richard O'Learys Nor
man Edward Ossans Clarence j. Eeugh,
Jesse Richard Pruetts Robert Bruce +
Price. Walter II. Richards James Bly,
ant Rogers, James V Robins, Alfred
Rolls, Ernest Ray RaumakerB AlDeFL
Edward SiEal. Allen Sayles, Charles
Edward Springer, Hughes DeCOurcey
Slater, Warren Dudley small L.au-
renee Edwin Stevens Earl angus
league. William II. Taylor. N arren
EaTdeuer Wyudham, Thomas Gordon i
Wooden Thomas F. Wnaleu and Ed
ward William WOtp-ka-
FL Paso men who have been selected 7
as alternaLes follow ]
Robinson. Earl v Steeuoerge, Lloyd
Winter stanton and oscar Bernard |
Smith.
Farewell to Mr.. Slater.
As the train passed The Herald
building. the employees Of the various
departments Of the FL PasO Herald
lined up along the track in the rear
Of the building and cheered N.Y. Sla-
fer, editor and coutro-lns owner OF
the newspaper Mr. Slater was on
the observation coach and the waving
OF fareWells from The Herald force
continued as long as they could see
Arfzona Men Going
Half q hundred Arizona men, bound
for the reserve officers training camp
al Leon Springs. passed through FL
Paso Yesterday and this morning,
many Of them leaving with the FL
FasOans-
Included among the Arizona contin-
gent are many prominent in civil lie
ID is said that the legal profession has
contributed more members TO the OIL
GERS reserve than any Other-at any
rate. there are d couple Of prominent
lawyers in the Arizona quota
Gerald Jones, assistant United
States attorney. OF Tucson, and H H
Linney. speaker of the house in the
first state legislature, will try for
commissions at Camp Funston
With few exceptions, the first Arr
iona contingent won commissions at
the Preside, and the second batch Of
candidates is confident that il VIII
produce a like amount Of war ma
teriaL
Lyle Abbott. city editor Of the Pres
colt JOurnal-Niners was among the
Arizonans going to the camp.
Young Ferlet Goes to Duty.
Lorraine D. Ferlet, first Lieutenant
officers corps. is in FL Paso from his
home at Anthony. n. NJ, en- route TO
Camp Lewis, American Lake, Wash
ington, near Tacoma, for duty. Young
Ferlet is a son Of the late Tony Fer
let, OF Anthony, and served one en-
istment in the New Mexico national