El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-09
To MOVE GUARD
HOME At ONCE
Tennessee, South Carolina,
Ohio and Pennsylvania
Units Packing to Go.

The movement Of the national guard
organizations from FL Paso TO 1heir
home stations which was suspended
. week ago by orders Of the war de-
partment. viii be resumed Saturday.
orders to prepare the troops which
were under orders to return TO their
home stations were received from
southern department headquarters at
Fort sam Houston. and Mai. William
Elliott, depot quartermaste- At FL
Paso, was instructed TO arrange trans
portation.
Two Trains Leave Saturday.
Two trains were secured Friday for
the Tennessee field hospital and am
bulauce companies, troop a, south
Carolina cavalry and the South Caro-
lima field hospital and ambulance COM
panieS. II is expected that they VIII
leave Fl PasO late Saturday
Orders were read Friday morning IN
the camps of the South Carolina and
Tennessee outfits telling them TO pre-
pare to again entrain for the trip TO
their states as soon as possible. II
was said a Tenth division headquar-
ters that instructions are to get these
outfits ready to 80 as soon as cars ana
coaches can be assembled
These organizations were entarined
a few days ago when the order came
from Gen. Funston to suspend the
movement Of national guard Temporal
rily- They are in Camp Pershing-.
Start Homo Feb. IL.
Ohio outfits in the second brigade
have received orders TO entrain for
departure At Gen. Speaks's head
quarters il was said Friday that the
Fourth infantry Will undergo medical
examination beginning Saturday pre-
paratOry to leaving February "a. The
first Ohio cavalry squadron probably
viii get away an the 18th The Fifth
infantry is scheduled to 20 February
ganization goes with the Fourth regi-
ment- The infantry was scheduled 70
muster out at Fort Wayne, Mich, and
the cavalry at Fort Harrison. Ind
New Schedules Arranged for Departure.
San Antonio. Texas. Fen $--NeW
schedules for the departure of national
guard organizations from other border
points were being worked out at de
partment headquarters today Only
q bout one-third Of the $4,000 guards
men chosen TO 80 home. had left for
their destinations when the order came
from Washington last Monday for the
suspension Of all scheduled guard
Additional schedules for departure
from the border arranged 20 date are
Second Virginia infantry, from
February II. squadron
Iowa cavalry. Llano Grande. and Iowa
ield hospital and ambulance company.
Brownsville. February Is. Fifth Mary
and infantry, Eagle Pass, February II.
Sixth Penn. Goes Monday.
Announcement was made at the
headquarters OF Gen c. T. O'Neil. COM
handing the third brigade. Pennsylva-
ia infantry, that his organization. &C
by the Sixth regiment,
would probably entrain Monday for
This regiment was near
: packed and ready TO go aboard its
rain when the recent order OF suspen- q
ion came.
No New Designations Given.
It was announced at district military
headquarters Friday that orders had
,eeu received from the southern de-
,artment for the quartermaster's de-
iartment to prepare transportation
or the resumption movement OF ma
ional guard troops already designated 4
o their home states.
No designation of other troops 10 so
Ome al this time was given, 1t was
dded-