El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-09
GUNNERS
Land At CODY
Mississippi River Battalion
Visits FL Paso and Praises
the Red Cross.

On the way to Camp Cody, Deming.
y. N, where it detrained and marched
to the section reserved for the 126th
United States field artillery Monday
night, the first battalion Of the First
Iowa field artillery passed Fl Paso
Monday afternoon on three trains
Batteries A. B. and c, respectively
from Clinton. Davenport and Musca-
tine were the units. These soldiers
have been at Fort Logan Il. Roots,
Little Rock. Ark. during the last
three months. Full equipment for the
batteries. including four three inch
guns for each battery, ca.ssons,
horses and wagons, was on the trains.
This outfit gives Iowa a fun artillery
regiment at Cody
Names OF COu1manders-
The $50 men and officers are com
manded By Col J. Z. Brandt, MAJ. j. IA
Cakes IS battalion commander; r. y
Truitt is adjutant. and the battery Of
ficers are. A, Capt L r Brooks,
Lieuts. Emery Thompson. and Z.
Kelsey B, Capt. Ed. MCCOY Lieuts-
E J. Cox, c A. Rockefeller and E. E
Mckinley; c. Capt z. Roach, Lieuts-
c. Narvis, 2 Van Trifle and D. Brown.
Capt J. G. Luth was IN charge o.. 10
men from the headquarters pattery-
and the medical corps was under the
charge Of Lieut.. ]. c. Murphy.
Are Football Players.
There are five or six good tootoall
teams in the battalion. and the men
are eager 20 have games with local
teams. Capt. r S. Truitt is coach for
the principal team and sgt W. L.
Claypooi IS captain A game is 10 be
played this month between the team
and the Rock Island, H. lndepend-
ents. and already $1,000 has been
guaranteed for the travelling expenses
Of the BOYS. A number Of games had
been scheduled between the team and
college teams in Arkansas, and there
was great disappointment when the
trip vest interfered-
Bunch Of Newspaper Boys.
Out OF $50 men in B battery alone,
IS are college men and all but 10 or
l. are high school graduates Journal
ism is a favoriate profession, and
there are ten or u men interested IN
newspapers. Among them are Robert
Fulton, Of the Davenport Daily Times
II. V Cannon. sports editor OF the
Davenport Democrat. Capt L X
Brooks and Paul Frederickson, Gin
ton Herald; Sergt Maj. F. J. Garceau,
telegraph operator, and Karl En-
mons, circulation department, Clinton
Herald; Roland Bohnson, advertising
department Clinton Advertiser; Z
Lounsberry, reporter. Davenport
Two captains Of the First Iowa
artillery. f. Roach, and c. ". Dulany,
ir-, are mlllionaires, and there is wide
diversity Of occupation among the
men Of the regiment
Bring Their Maseofs.
Two small dogs, Irish and
( Dutch" the latter a wobbly, lat
puppy, are much petted by the men,
and Even the conductor loves
Dutch" said one soldier as a rosy
I checked young conductor came BY,
took the wee dog on the leash. and
[ paraded him down the platform The
boys Of G battery have Billy" a
goat, who IS the pride OF their hearts
People Treat Them Fine.
eve had a bully time coming down,
/ said one soldier, wherever we stopped
| the people were good TO US At Sulphur
Springs, some men were given auto
rides as well as good lunches. and al
/ Baird and Commerce other. men en-
/ 5oyed rides and luncheon boxes
/ lot Of the men sang for the people az
Big Springs At Sierra Blanca a
! bunch Of us got out and rode steers
I We never had done this before. Near
/ Sierra Blanca there Is a big mountain
and II seemed as If we made 25 turns
around It At one town they soaked
Us 30 cents for a pie. but when the
! next section came along, they found
I our boycott had worked. for the
/ pies sold at six for -5c. We almost
I lost sergeant Tom Reilly. or 3 pat
| terry. He lost the train at Little Rock
and caught IL at Texarkana-'
Best Reception Here.
] The men declared that the very best
reception was at FL Paso. They en-
| joyed the swim at the 7. II. C. A. and
/ the refreshme that the Red Cross
I unit provided. They took the post
/ cards and the magazines with en-
: thusiasm. and talked eagerly TO the
1 women Of the unit and the magazine
] committee. The moving picture mar
I was ION the Job" too, and pictures
I were taken OF the boys being fed, and
D given post cards.
The magazine committee was pref
! fly dressed in white uniforms, viii
/ white wells and decorated with red
] crosses. one passenger on an tncom-
/ ing train, gave one look at the y hite
I wells, exclaimed. TOO many brides
I for me-" and fled from the station
I Mrs. 3. T. Jenkins was given Sl(
I bill by one soldier to aid the work OF