El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-17
FIFTH NEBRASKA
GOING To CODY
It's Band Stirs e. Pasoans
as Soldiers Take Look
at Middle of City.

En- route to Camp Cody at Deming,
\. N. the second section Of the Fifth
Nebraska infantry arrived in FL Paso
Monday morning shortly after II
o'clock. Headed by the band, many
men from the companies Of the sec
ton marched up san Francisco street
from the union station, circled San
Jacinto plaza and returned to the
special which left shortly after noon.
The khaki clad boys from Nebraska
sent scores Of souvenir postal cards
TO the folks back home" They also
made many purchases during their
brief stay.
Colonel Is Court Reporter.
The second section Of the Fifth is
commanded by Col II. J. Paul Of St
Paul. Neb. Col Paul is a court re-
porter and the city is named in honor
Of his father The soldiers entrained
Friday at Lincoln for Deming and
those on the second section consisted
of the band. company A. headquarters
company and the supply company. The
train consists Of IS cars on which is
loaded all the wagons Of the regl-
ment and other equipment
Among the men Of the second sec
ton was +. Edgar McGee, Of Lincoln,
a newspaper writer on the Lincoln
Star.
First Section Is Due.
The first section. which has been
] passed en- route by the second, was
due to arrive here on its way 10 Dem
ing this afternoon. This section is
commanded by Nal r. L. Casson- II
] consists Of B company from Nebraska
.
chine gun company from Omaha and
G company from Hastings
The First Iowa infantry. Col J. T..
Z BARLEY commanding, is also due at
the big camp tonight
Full Regiment Is 25OO.
Including the men who came
through Sunday, and the men who will
arrive later this afternoon, and the
two sections which arrived at noon
the full number Of about $500 Ne
braska infantry viii be settled at
Camp Cody. Mai. f F. Sterricler
was in charge Of the second and Mai.
r l. Crosson in the charge Of the last
section
Coffee Warns Their Hearts.
About so men from company A were
stationed at Llano Grande, Texas, last
summer, but they welcomed the re-
turn TO the border and said that this
was the best trip south they had had,
and that FL BaSO was the IlneSL town
they had hit. The hot coffee warmed
their hearts as well as the bodies Of
the boys. who came into the city in
. a driZZle Of rain
Glad 10 stretch Their Legs.
When the second section pulled in
to the station the band struck up
'Therel Be a Hot TIME in the Old
Town Tonight" amid cheers and en-
thusiastic waving from the newcOm-
ers. All the hustle and welcome Of
war times was depicted on the plat
form as friends grabbed friends with
so much fervor as il they had been
separated for weeks. one man was
so glad 20 get off the train that he
pirouetted about fin the latest dance
steps 10 the JOY Of his follows and the
amusement OF the Red Cross girls.
until flushing, he realized that lie
had a feminine audience.
They're Apple Grabbers.
On the whole it was said TO have
been a fairly uneventful trip When
the train stopped at Dalhart, Texas
Sunday morning, one company was
drawn Up at attention in the street
when a merchant came with a box Of
apples as gift PandemOnium broke
loose. and the boys crowded around
the box like a lot OF hungry cattle,
grabbed the apples. and the next sec
Ond were in line, apples hidden, at
attention once more.