El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-19
BUILD P0NT00NS
FOR ENGINEERS
Experts Demonstrate
River Bridging and Have
Delegates at Mess.

Major i. a. OCOnnOr and his COM
mand. the Ninth United States engi-
/ neers. were hosts at their camp on
the Rio Gpaude F1day morning to the
delegates attending the convention
of the Southwestern Society OF Engi-
neers. The army men demonstrated
pontoon bridge building. constructing
q heavy bridge in 50 minutes and a
light. canvas boat span in one hour
and two minutes. Details OF the con-
struction were explained as the work
I progressed. The bridges were about
20 feet long
Have Boat Race.
Following this, the visitors en-
gagged in a pontoon boat race over a
course about 200 yards luuE- Very
few OF the crews completed the race,
deans A. +. Barnes and 6. A. Bu4er
Z being among them After DelnE
shown the typographical map work
/ of the army engineers, the visitors
We're entertained at luncheon in the
I officers mess. There were no formal
I speeches. but DR.. Ira \ Hollis dAliV-
cred q short talk on the war from an
I engineering standpoint
The convention is I'm its second
I session at the Paso del Norte hotel
this afte noon
VIII Meet In Arizona.
The next meeting of the society
l viii be held at some point iu Arizona
and IL VIII be left TO the membership
at large TO decide whether IL viii be
! at Tucson for three days or whether
over Arizona The directors will be
guided by the wishes Of tho ma
jority-
Officers Are Nominated.
Nominees for offices TO become w.
cant at the conclusion o. the conven-
tiOn We're decided on by the nominal
ing committee. They viii be voted
/ on by the members ET letter ballots
They are For president. c. ~ But
ler- vice president, Dean s Il Wcr-
Sherman. OF Bisbee. Ariz. treasurer.
r. W Goddard. New Mexico state
college; secretary. @. r Bargle-
hauEh, director ". J.. Robertson, El
Paso.
Engineers Going to War.
The afternoon session of the South
western Engineers society Thursday
was featured by an address by pres
ideut a. +. Barnes on The Engineer
ing School and the War He told or
the great contributions the engineer
ing schools OF the country are max
ing 10 the list of army officers and
20 the files Of the army EurOlmeuts
this year at the various schools OF
/ engineering are from 10 20 so per
cent less than last year as a result
At the New Mexico state college
there are fS per cent less than last
I year, he said, while one member OF
I the faculty, Stanley Brown was lost
also students and alumni OF the
Z engineering course at that Institution
attaining commissions in the army
mum 1ered 60. one member OF the
Z faculty. Prof Howard Esuu, Joined
the army
Has Large Freshman Class.
Prof. C.. Il. Butler dean of the en-
Z cheering course at the university OF
+ Arizona. reported that there are about
. five per cent more in his school than
class OF the seniors. however, nearly
{ all Joined the army. OF the men from
[ that school trying FOR commissions
/ IS per cent were successful % at
tanning ranks from second Ieuten-
ant 10 captain They trained at Pre-
T sidiO, where the average Of success
was 80 per cent
Membership is us.
+ Secretary g. T.. Barslebaugh re-
{ ported the membership as us, by
( Mexico, IS; Arizona, 10 Mexico, one
+ Oklahoma, one
Treasurer L. W. Goddard report q
{ balance OF about $500 cash on hand
and two Liberty loan bonds, bought
with society funds
Prof. ". L. Ray. Of the university
Of New Mexico, IS IN attendance q,
. the convention He reported the total
enrolment at that Institution as about
zoo, = falling off about ten per cent
Become Army Officers.
Ten men VINO were civilians when
the Southwestern Society Of EnEin-
GERS was organized. last February,
have become officers in the army
since that time and are unable to be
with thei- fellow members at their
/ present convention The honor roll
is as follows
Majors-F. 2. Baker. Fl Paso; C
A. Meserve, Tucson.
Captains. r Rankin, jr.. 7. W.
l Gladding. ". H Case. f. r. Click,
. FL Paso: o. y. Powell. Albuquerque.
Lieutenants-R W. Baker, L. C.
( Lyman. L. J. Twynham. II Paso.
All them are in the engineering
/ department col n. J.. Walker was a
7 lieureuant-coloneI at the time Of the
first meeting.
The following members OF che So
Ciety are at officers training camps;
r. H. Darlington, Joseph Mccarthy
I ". D. Small, EI Paso; r. r. Lester
I Las Cruces; J. =. Powers. Santa Fee
{ Willis Thomas. New Mexico STATE
I college
/ Il was decided at Thursdays ses-
+ sion TO send kilograms 10 these men
+ conEratulatinr them on their pa
triotism and reErcttiug their absence
/ from the convention