El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-22
Recruiting for New Units
Of Texas Guard to Be
Pushed Rapidly.

/ FL PaSo has a good chance Of rails
ing two battalions for the Texas
national guard. instead of the mini
mum of one called for by the gov
ernor. George H. Clements, secretary
Of the chamber of commerce, and a
man with much practical military
knowledge, has been authorized by
Lieut.. Col Herbert z. Stevenson to
raise a battalion In the event il is
raised. Clements viii command it with
a commission as major. Already he is
busy soliciting.
Much Military Experience.
For a man in civilian life. Clements
/ has probably had much more real
military experience than scores OF
regular army officers He was a cap
tain of volunteers in the Spanish
American war with the Third Illinois.
Toward the close of the war he acted
as correspondent for Chicago news
papers and saw many land and sea
engagements. During the OrozcO rev.
olution against Madero, he accom-
panied the rebels in the field as cor
respondent for the Associated Press
and was under fire a number of
times. On one occasion when Gen
Emilio P. Campa's troops had been
Pancho Villa, Clements assisted Sam
Dreben, of Ell Paso, TO save machine
gun from capture The gun was used
to cover the retreat of Campa's SOL
diers, many of whom would have been
slain had not the two Americans
correspondent with the punitive expe-
dition in Mexico for six months and
has a thorough knowledge of life IN
der strenuous field conditions.
To Hold Mass Meetings.
Mass meetings to stimulate recruit
ing for the guard will be held next
week, beginning with a big Open-air
rally in Cleveland square. according
to Capt. James F. Colley and Lieut.. I
Marcus Lippman. Of the new company 4
in process of formation here This /
company has not yet received its
letter designation A speaker Of 1
statewide reputation will arrive here !
next week to speak at the meeting, 1
and will be assisted by local speakers.
Wednesday will be officially known
as Rally day.
The services of FL Paso girls and
women will be enlisted in this effort
to secure recruits. Capt COlley is !
planning to ask all the girls in FL
Paso to help the cause on that day by
urging their brothers and sWeetheartS
to enlist. Young men may be stopped
on the streets by pretty girls and
asked if they have volunteered or are
waiting to be drafted
Sixty-one men had been sworn in to
the Colley-LippHsan organization up
to noon Friday; and the two officers
are making every effort to get 100
men on the rolls by Saturday night.
Six new men were examined and took
the oath Thursday afternoon and eve
William A French, 1918 East
Boulevard
Henry s. Hanson, Ell Paso. II
Gaspar Jurado. Orogrande, n NJ.
Morris Price. Myrtle avenue.
Earl B. Whitehall. Il Paso.
Thomas G. Wooden, 223 Detroit ,
avenue.
Dentists Can Help.
The officers of this company said
Friday that a number of men had )
been turned down because of slight :
iefects of teeth that could be rem .
edied by very little treatment and
make the men eligible for service
Public spirited civilian dentists in I.
other cities have donated an hour or
two a day of their services to help
men in this position No army dentist
Is available to treat the men who are
unable to enter the guard because Of
teeth defects and Capt. Colley is hop
ng that patriotic dentists of FL Paso
will offer their services for a short
time each day.
Comfort bags W unleus .
The Colley-Lippman company viii !
De on its way to the mobilization
point in some east Texas city by July
Is, according to unofficial advices in
he recruiting office at the chamber
# commerce. Before that day arrives.
[ is hoped that the members of
Tomen's organizations that have been
making comfort bags for regular
army organizations will make enough
Tor the national guardsmen. many Of
whom are Ell Paso boys and would
appreciate the interest shown in them
by the women Of the city
About 80 men are now on the rolls
If the supply company being organ
zed by Capt. W. ". Windham- Nine
we're accepted Thursday. They were
Henry o. Boyle. James E Bogue.
Joseph B. Lucero, William NJ Piatt.
Jackson, Walter E. Jones, William
Van Haselen and Joseph VI. Hills.
Ike Alderete, jr-, who is raising a
company of Spanish-Americans. has |
70 men on his lists who have signed
he application papers, but have not
ret been examined.
Women NOtarieS Needed.
Capt Colley said Friday afternoon
hat the recruiting party would ap-
,reciate having the services of wom-
n of FL Paso who are notaries public
N the recruiting groups that will
anvass the city, in order that men
Who enlist may be sworn in on the
pot. If rejected by the examining
physicians, Capt Coiley said, the OBJ
igation to serve in the national guard
would be disregarded.
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