El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-23
PRESBYTERIANS
SOLDIERS
Mems Club Reads Honor
Roll in First Church;
First Pastor Speaks.

While the Mems club Of the First
/ Presbyterian church was listening to
talks Wednesday night at supper
/ from men invited by president Henry
I r. Bowie TO address the members. and
especially the young men Of the
church going away 10 va. on the
subject nearest the hearts Of many
I of the men and women or the con
greEation-the bUcklinE on OF the
+ parap hernalia OF war by some IS
boys and men OF the Organization
into the supper hall walked Rev John
A. Merrill the first pastor OF the
First Presbyterian, who Sc years ago
rode into FL Paso in a stage coach
from Old Mesilla. New Mexico, to
plant the banner OF the church in
what was then. he said, @ hamlet of
about 500 souls his Introduction by
postmaster Z. A. Shelton. one OF the
pioneer elders, and the talk that Rev.
Mr.. Merrill gave was the climax Of
meeting where sentiment for the men
in uniform and 10 be in uniform was
the keynote.
Soldier in Civil War.
Quite apropos, Rev. Mr.. Merrill said
Civil war So years ago. enlisting at
] , years Of age He said he had just
come over from Deming, n N, dusty
from the arrival Of the first guards
men OF Camp Cody, and was seek
ing TO learn If the First sbyteEians
were holding their weekly prayer
meeting. He said his vision of Fl
PaSO OF today recalled TO him Hum
bOldts prediction that q mighty city
would spring up on the Rio Grande
m"
this Is the city Early preachers and
other settlers, he asserted, predicted
even in 1881 that this city by the
river would some day rival St Louis
for population
Held Services In n Tent.
Rev Mr.. Merrill. who has been con-
nected with church work in Los
Angeles for years. said that the old
adobe Masonic hall where the Popular
store now stands was the only meet
ing place for religious organ zatiOus
until a tent wassspread on East san
Antonio street and jointly occupied by
mis- and four OF five other early day I
churches until the First Presbyterian f
built lis stone church with materials
from Mount Franklin He was told +
by MI shelton that the windows of .
the old church are now In the Alrura .
Presbyterian church The first pastor
had = word for the departing warriors .
and was given warm welcome by
the men and women present.
Reads Roll OF Honor.
Rev Charles Leslie Diversified the +
pastor read the names Of the men of
the conErega ton going of 10 the
army and expressed the desire of the
church 10 keep in close personal touch T.
with them, q desire which took the
practical form Of having their names
printed on the weekly calendar
Refers TO Low Mortality. i
Edward c. Wade IT.. pictured the
leaving Of the men and how that
would touch many homes deeply.
the vicissitudes OF war life 10
the debts and credits OF commercial
life, out OF which more credits than
debts may be looked for. from the
fact that great moral and physical I
good viii come TO the survivors, and 3
that the mortality in battle probably
the other speakers, M Wade stressed
the deep feeling that viii follow the
men at war from the church.
Cobb says Sentiment Rules.
Zach L. COBB spoke OF the sentf-
ment that has ruled the actions Of
those who held out for the perse-
cuted and dOwntrOdden. He referred
to Washington, Lincoln and Lee,
Roosevelt and wilson, as examples Of
American sentiment and said that this
nation is in this war for the seut5-
ment OF human liberty. regardless of
all else. He paid his respects TO the I
man or men who place an OrEauiZa- j
ton such as the / w. W. ahead of I
their duty to the country and said
that they had lost all patriotism Mr.. I
Cobb suggested the printing OF the /.
honor roll, which follows
The Men in Service.
Harold Detwiler. 18th field artillery
Douglas. Ariz., Dan Crockett, com I
pany K, san Benito, Tex Harry |
Fraser officers reserve lieutenant. /
+ T. sam Houston Earl Hardy, navy. ]
u. =. S Huntington, Capt David
Stanley, regular army; Clyde Johnson, l
enlisted. Douglas. Ariz.. Harold De (
pew, quartermaster corps, Reginald
TwiIley, orderly with Gen J. j. Perish /
ing; Hinton Blackshire, quarter
master corps Glen BlNler, signal
corps, i'll in Hotel Dieu; Dave Carlton. !
army. Capt Z. ?. Rankin. quarter I
master corps; Capt Richard F. Z
Burgess, company 3. First Texas in
fanCry- r. r. Deason, officers re- /
serve: Fred Hewitt. Allen Sayle, War (
rem D. Small and i. A league, Of I
ficers' training school; William Tay-
Tor, navy. Thomas and Clyde Wooden, !
who came TO the supper TO say good I
bye and leave with their OrEaniza- I
tom c. Y. Jackson, lieutenant. Off I
reserve Sheard SOrenson. selective
army. J. Mack Williams, ambulance
corps. regular army; Clark Wright. /
officers training school; Tom 3. /
Newman, bakers regular army; Capt I
J. a. Barnes. Guartermaster corps.
Harvey Wilcox. aviation section. /
Kelly Field. san Antonio; Ray Camp
bell. officers reserve. Donald Ho-
garth. company B. First Texas;
George kiester, radio section. navy, \
Mare Island: Angler Foster VINO Of I
fered his service. but was kept by
government in University Of cali 4
fornia, and Carl Upton, at Annapolis .
academy.
Capt Barnes responded for the sol 1
diers, saying they would be glad to /
Keep IN communication with the .
church wherever they might 90. The I
assemblage had = personal greeting
for each one present
FITZHUGH LEE PROMOTED A
GOES TO PETERSBURG