El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-10
PERSHING FEAST
To Be COL0RFUL
Hundred Businessmen and
so Army Commanders to
Do Honor to General.

OO W ~ CAlOA
Hotel Paso Del Norte tonight win
be coIorfuI scene when 80 army com
manders and 100 men prominent in thu
commercial affairs Of the city gather
there I'm fun dress To do honor to Ma
Gen. John J. Pershing.. district com
mander. and felicitate him on the re-
suits Of the expedition he led in pur-
suit of Pancho Villa, while they sit at
dinner.
Given by Individual Businessmen.
III Paso businessmen desire to show
their appreciation Of Mai. Gen. Persh-
ing and TO celebrate his return from
Mexico 10 RI PasO,' said A. p. Coles,
chairman of the banquet finance com
-nittee and chairman Of the military
rl. ar the chamber of com
rne-c- The banquet is being given
by individual members Of the chamber
OF commerce and IL Is The desire that
all members OF the chamber OF COM
merce make arrangements 10 attend"
". II. Burgess. Tonstmaster-
An extensive program has peen ar
ranged for the BANQUET Wiiiiam n.
Burgess has been selected as toast
D. ana the speakers viii be Tom
Lea, mayor of Ell PasO, John VI Wyatt
presiueut of the chamber OF commerce;
Brig Gen. William Y. McMaken, Ohio
national guard former state senator
W ". Turney. Brig Cen George Bell.
5r.. commander 11th division. United
states army; Judge J. ". Goggin and
Gen PershiuE
Hawaiian Dancers Open Entertainments.
cabaret entertainment Will open
the banquet The numbers viii con-
sist of Hawaiian dances ana music By
the klihis players: Motto and Ben,
in society dances, character songs by
Miss Olive Eluuey and Billy Bennett
and selections by a male quartet
Escort for General Pershing.
VA zen IeIA!itus VII De e7cyL teu
10 the PasO del Norte from the nome
Of L. :. Stewart, 1401 MagOffin
avenue by committee composed
Of a. T.. Coles. J. A. Harper, 7. 5.
NUrchison. A reception to Gen. PERISH
ing and officers viii be held on The
mczzaulne floor Of the PasO del Norte
~ s o'clock. During the reception a con
cert VIII Pee renderel 10y me 18TH in
faitry band in the lobby
10th Infantry Band 90 Play.
After the reception, the banQCeters
VIII proceed 20 their places in the
Pers hing, who VIII oe escorted TO MS
L. Die by AIR. Coies's committee. The
1eth band Will play when Gen. PERISH
inS appears in the hall.
Commanders Wire Regrets.
Commanders Of the army who have
been invited 20 attend the BANQUET and
who are una BILE 10 do so are Lieut.. Gen.
John c Bates, retired. silver City y.
NJ MAJ Gen Hugh L scott. chief Of
staff. and Maj. Gen Frederick Funs-
ton, commander southern department
They expressed their regrets al their
inability 10 be present
Gen. scott Praises Officers.
a message from Gen Scott. which
morning. read Thank you for invi-
tation- Would like very much 10 help
YOU do honor TO IershilE and his Of
Ulcers, who have held high the ideals
nj a
patience under proVOcatiou ana con-
sideratiOn for natives. Please greet
them and my old Fl Paso friends"
Gen Funston Will be represented nv
MAJ John F. Madden. inspector general
of the southern department. with head
quarters At Fit sam Houston. san An
tonic
Mnj. Parker Comes in sF3earskin,
Mai. John Henry. Calling Gun" Par
ker- -ith infantry, viii come from
Douglas to attend the banquet He
had wired his regrets. saying he had
lost mis- dress uniforms in Mexico, but
secretary George Il Clements, OF the
chamber OF commerce. replied. telling
him 10 come in "Dearskin" Mai
Parker wired Saturday morning that
he mas sent a detachment OF troops
after q --bearskin' and would be IN
II Paso saturday night to attend
Following are the FL Paso men who
have taken tickets to the banquet:
Z. c. Held and three guests, h 7.
=. J
W W Turney, +. +. Stevenson. W T
HixSOn. J. NJ Goggin. r. Burt Orn-
dorff. F. :. Ainsa. ". 4 Hawkins. a J.
McQuatters, T G. Hawkins. G. P. Put
nam. A =. Coles. q. g. Coles. W NJ
Drury. + c. Davis. Carl Leoaha-dt. @
J. Binford. .. c. Merrill c. NJ Harvey,
Paul Harvey, Dr. ". l. Brown. Dean -
Clark Sol l. Berg. B. L Farrar, W. L
Gaines, W r. Shelton. Tom Mayfield
Ben : SherrOd. Hugo Eichwald. Hope
NJ smith, 7. J. Stafford. Or. J. b Brady.
J. H Nations. F. NJ NurChiSOn, J. "
Wyatt Lee H. Orndorff. mayor Tom
Lea. Tom QuebedeauN. 7. NJ. Schu-
macher, Max Moye, Adrian Pool. c. +.
Kelly. IL W. Broaddus. Geo. r. Lee
Baron. 4. l. Nicholson. Walter Kohl
: Curtiss, r. L. Ely Y. b. Andreas.
Frank p. Jones. A. F Kerr. J. 4
IRA kauer Roht- krakaucr. Gus Fork.
kuno Doerr, W c. Jolly. Charles Davis.
G. c. Neville. L. T. White. F. W. Nor
ton. James c. McNary, W. L. TOoley.
j. J. Mundy. DIR. H. H. stark. Geo n.
Clements, Ed ID. Lachmau. J. A Hspper.
Jas A. Dick, Claiborne Adams. H n.
slater. VIII Winch. r NJ Wingo. "
Cooley, g. F.. Hawks. T. : Stewart. !.
W IL Burgess. ~ y Macrate. Herbert
h. Field, J. F. Coles. N Schwartz. u
W. Murphy, H. T. FOusford. q. y. Bas-
sett. r F. Burgess. f. W. Kayser
Newspaper men who will be guests
are Rufe p March. Herald: William
Griffin. Edmund Behr. Webb Miller. +.
c. Scoville. y. NJ Walker and J. 5.
Black.
Officers in the army whose names !
were not previously included in the /
list are Mai. John F. Madden, Mai.
O. W Pinkston- and Lieut. J. 3. Wheel
er. 4 u. c. Third Pennsylvania bril- !
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