El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-20
70 MEN IN
SUPPLYCONPANY
Rapid Progress Is Made in
Formation of FL Paso
Guard Battalion.

I the uraTLlnE OF men VIII ttElus anu
! those who are not clearly exempt, Will
be called to the coIors. The young
men have not realized what IL VIII
mean in the future to have volunteered
! instead Of being cOnscriDted- The con-
! scripts are going 20 be given the very
/ last consideration when opportunities
/ for promotion arise II two men with
equal qualifications as office~s-One
being q cOnscript and the othe- a vol
uuteer-are competing for a cOmmis-
sion. the man who volunteered Is the
man who win get the commission.
7 wish I had time to talk with
every young man Of military age IN
Ell PasO. I believe 1 could explain
some things to him that would send
him at double time to the nearest re-
cruiting station. When the war IS
over. the men who come back will he
given the preference when employers
are giving out jobs. And the employer
is going to give the job to the man
who went voluntarily in preference to
the man who waited until he was
drafted. It is human nature 10 feel
that way l want TO see II written
on the PAGE of history that Texas
men. as a whole. went into the trench
es of Europe of their own accord and
not because they were conscriDted-
That record would make a page OF
glorious reading for the generations
of Texans 10 come. and II would be in
accord with the spirit shown by the
men who died in the Alamo that
Texas might he free"
Work Hard For Recruits.
Can't Colley and Lieut. LiDDman are
in harness Is hours day getting re-
cruits. "Of course. II will be neces-
sary." said Can't Collev. FOR the men
Who are existing TO make some sacri-
flee. Mothers, sisters and wives will
have 70 suffe~. too But we can't get
away from the fact that the war is
U0o0 rs. IS ou-s now. Just as much rs
Fnglands or Frances. And know
hat we Americans are not going TO
fail
The great trouble among men Of
military age is that they 10 not ea7fze
the Importance Of e1listi7@ IT once
It seems that they are putting off IN
I'll the very last moment a duty that
they owe now. We have listed now in
our organization the names OF 100
Young men who have shown their
intention o. becoming volunteers. and
now that the time has arrived for
actual service il is very difficult 20
Get them tn come here for evamina-
ton and muster. Ont of IS men al
ready examined we have sworn in ~
recruits. which is n fine percentage.
And say unhesitatinely that there
is a fine bunch OF men enrolled in II
co11nanv at present We exnect 10
have this company completed and
mustered into service by the end OF
New Men Sworn In.
In addition to a list already pub
lished in The Herald. the following
men have been sworn in through Capt
Colley's office:
Carl Backman. s25lz North FL Paso
street
Edwin J. Bacon. s17 North Virginia
Edmond E. Behr 1903 East BOule-
VIM C BlackwOod. 1924 Alameda
Robert Hancock. s1s North Virginia
Charles s. Hilbert. Trowbridge
street
Alex C. Ferenczy. 5l11s South Ore
John T. johnson. 500 west Boule-
Omar W. Johnston. 7171z South FL
Aiveh L Keener. s01 North Camp
bell.
Dave c. Mauney. El Paso.
Jim Orestes-
Christie PerveL
Lloyd D. Peticolas. 1907 Montana
street
Charles c. schonett. FL Paso.
Bill Sakelajs.
Thomas c. Simr7onds. FL Paso.
Louis 7. Sims. Menger MOTEL
Stephen Stephens. 2l11z West San
Francisco.
WILDER C. Todd. 1918 East san An
tonic.
Raymond N. TULIP.
Thomas Westfau-
Drill Every Night.
The new company is drilling every
night at 1880 o'clock Drills are held
in front Of the chamber Of commerce.
Parents and other relatives Of the FL
Paso boys in this unit are invited 10
visit the recruiting offices in the
chamber of commerce and to witness
the evening drills.
A recruiting station has been opened
in San Jacinto plaza with Sergt. y. B.
Jenkins and private a c. Ferrenczy
in charge. They are on duty all day
and hundreds OF young men Of mill
tary age pass their station every day.
" ednesday a recruiting party headed
by Sergt- Charles Lamkin went TO
Nsleta in automobiles. Fifteen or 20
prospects were reported from that
town. Patriotic citizens Of FL Paso
are donating their machines for the
use Of the recruiting officers and their
assistants.
Complete cooperation has been es-
tablished between the various men or
ganiZing the different units in FL
Paso- When volunteers apply at one
recruiting office who are specially
qualified for unit being formed at
another, they are sent 10 the organi-
----N-S-- NAANg GAC DcSL 4AALcQ
TO go.
RaiIrOaders In supply Company.
The supply company men being en-
listed by W W. Windham. city freight
agent for the FL Paso and Southwest
ern railroad, are coming from the
railroad general and local depart
ments and mercantile establishments.
It is understood that especially the
railroads would probably be seriously
Handicapped. at least for the present,
by the enlisting of members in the
offices and 1t was requested that the
men should not be taken all at one
time, but should go in groups of three
or four, which would allow ample
time for their replacement and the
training Of other nen. This was re-
ported Tuesday by a railroad employe.
Twenty Sworn In.
OF p men who were given the ply
steal examination by Dr. II. o. Oar
nall at the chamber Of commerce
building Tuesday night for the sup
ply company, 20 were accepted and
took the oath of the state There
are six more prospects who viii soon
take the examination and I expect TO
have the company filled Up to the full
amount of 81 men by the end of the
week" said Mr.. Windham. Mr.. Wind
ham has received letters and tele-
grams from several applicants who
that places be reserved for
them