El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-20
NEW Squirt IN CAMPAIGN To
GET MEN FOR NATIONAL GUARD
Lieut. Col Stevenson and His Officers Explain Why
Men Eligible to Military Service Should Volunteer
and Avoid Being Drafted; Recruiting Station Is
Opened in Plaza; Want 1000 Men by July 5.

oath OF enlistment at the recruiting
! office in room s. chamber of COM
merce. headed by Capt. James F. Col
ley and Lieut. NJ Lippman- Many more
are on the waiting list ready to be
examined and sworn in. but only AZ
are actually in the service. In addi-
ton to this group. other companies
are being formed DR.. ". R Jameson
has been authorized TO organize a
field hospital unit. He will have the
title of major The doctor is just re-
covering from an attack of apnendi-
citis and has not been able to devote
his time to recruiting.
Three other men. all Of whom have
been recommended for commissions.
have been given authority TO recruit
men for the new FL PasO units. They
are JoseDh Q. Bridges Ike Alderete
ir. and W ". WinSharn- Bridges has
been recommended for a captaincv. IS
have the other two men He was a
second lieutenant OF volunteers in the
Spanish American war with company
L. third Texas infantry. from Gle
burne. Later he was elected CAPTAIN
Of the company and served nine years
in the guard In 1907 he was placed
on the una ssigned list Bridges re-
Gently passed an examination for a
majors commission in the officers
reserve corps and was recommended
as competent, but the age restriction
prevented its being given to him Be
ginning today ne will start recruiting
with headquarters in room i. cham
Der of commerce
a supply company for the El Paso
battalion is the task ASSIGNED to W.
W Windhar1, freight aren't for the
z. P. 6 s ". railway. His recruiting
campaign has just begun. as has that
of young Alderete. who is raising
com pany OF Spanish-Americans Wind
ham already has 20 men sworn N.
Would like to Have Regiment.
Lieut.. Col. H f. Stevenson. com
handing the FL Paso district OF the
guard. is confident that q battalion.
at least. viii be raised here. CAPT
Colley ard Lieut. Lippman are as GER
tain Of il as their commanding Of
ficer. But to do this and keep FL Paso
from going on the Stacker" list re-
cruits must come in much faster than
they have in the last few weeks. The
guard is scheduled to mobilize on July
5. Between now and that time a
WhirIWind recruiting campaign Will
be made. Special speakers VIII come
here and address mass meetings to
stimulate enlistments and the officers
in FL Paso viii redouble their efforts
to get new men
Houston has very nearly raised
war strength regiment, numbering
over 1900 men and FL PasO ought to
do as much" said Col. Stevenson IF
we can raise the men the state will
accept a regiment from US The mini /
mum expected Of US is a battalion and .
we hope to raise a much larger or I
ganization- One trouble he's been that /
everybody expects q commission If I
the men who have come TO me and /
asked for commissions were to enlist /
we would have enough already 10 i
make up a battalion. Commissions are
going to be given 10 men who deserve 3
them on their merits. and not 10 men ,
who have some unusual influence.
Why Men Should Enlist.
Z cannot understand why our FL .
Pasoans. and especially the young /
men who are subject TO the selective /