El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-10
.1O8 LEAVE FlR
ARMY At TRAVIS
Those Absent at Roll Call,
Il; Spanish War Vets.
and Band March.

JOS men, TO Camp Travis for the ma
tional army al about 1 o'clock We'd
nesaay morning. The men had been
scheduled 10 leave at 1880 o'clock
Tuesday night, but the train on which
they departed was several hours be
hind schedule.
Roll calls were held at Q o'clock at
the courthouse 5y board No. and at
the chamber Of commerce by board
No. ,. A total of l7s men had been
summoned for this occasion, but due
to a Misunderstanding on the part Of
some and what was said to be a prob
able desire to avoid service on the
part of others, only los appeared.
There were 50 absentees from board
No > and Is from board No J.
Spanish War Vets Out.
Under escort Of the Seventh cavalry
u-.Ed, the parade OF drafted men start
ed from the courthouse and stopped at
the chamber Of commerce to pick up
those from board No. 3 A contingent
OF veterans from Hamilton Fish camp,
l.. 5. V, Joined in the parade, carry
ing their camp flag. while mothers,
sisters and sWeethearts Of the drafted
men walked with them to the depot.
Small silk flags were worn by the
men in the parade, distributed by city
clerk Jack Dawson.
TIE men from board No. l we're in
. charge OF Henry G. Ponder. John Tay-
Tor. David Lee Dawson and William =.
Briscoe, while those from board No.
were under command of B. $. Hen
niger and Clarence c. Streeter.
All in Glorious Spirits
Every man was in glorious spirits.
ready 10 go and do his bit towards
wiping the German kaiser from the
Eace Of the earth one Chinese. Lee
Hong, expressed the same determine
lion. and to show that they agreed
Chinese colony escorted Lee TO the
depot
Graham. Crippled, Goes Anyhow.
There was one cripple in the con-
tingenr, @. H Graham. an E p. & $.
W. brakeman, who was injured at
Newman, y. NJ September p, or since
he was originally examined and found
fit for draft He left a local hospital
and hobbled on clutches in order TO
have his name left off the list Of
slackers. He viii be sent back home
when examined at the camp, il is PIE
sumed- His injuries consist Of badly
wrenched back incurred in q fall from
a freight train.
AirpIane Inventor Gets stay.
Jean F. de Nillar, inventor OF an
airplane was to have gone with this
contingent, but secured 4 delay. pend
ing decision Of president Wilson on
his appeal for exemption. He is at
. present building a machine in FL PasO
and has offered his invention free Of
charge TO the United States govern
ment for use in its fight for France,
de Nillar's native land
Pablo Gomez, a Filipino. who has
I had considerable experience in the air
/ service, was among those sent by
[ board No. I. He vowed he would drop
a bomb on the kaiser before he re-
{ turned
No Demonstration.
The departure Of the men was
] singularly devoid Of excessive demon
/ stration and the few hours interven-
/ ing between roll call and departure
I was spent by the selects" in saying
I goodbye and in having a last good
time in FL Paso before going to train
Z for war.
] Chairman I. 4. Dale and William
7 J. Moran. Of board No. ?. and chair
man J. F. Williams and A H Gold
stein, Of board No. I, marched with
] their respective contingents 10 the
I union depot: while a few other citi-
zens, including judges ". D. Howe
Z Nd J. J. Murphy. accompanied the
men TO the train Judge Howe was
I asked to make an address at the sta
{ ton, but thought the men would pre-
[ fer TO spend the time in saying fare
well to relatives and friends. rather
/ than hearing speeches
COunty's Men Leave Tonight.
The county's contingent. mum bering
I IS men, is scheduled to leave at 1850
I o'clock tonight They had been sum-
moned to appear for roll call at 10
Z o'clock this morning at the office OF
/ the board. but up TO noon less than 50
! had responded.
7 a military band will escort these
men to the depot from the court
house while Jack Dawson will be on
Z hand again to distribute silk flags.