Evening star., 1917-01-14
MEX|CANS ATTACK
BATTERY B P|CKETS
District Boys RepuIse Marau-
ders in Dark of Moon.
:" Raiders Lose Three.
GUARD RESPONDS QUICKLY

CAMP OF BATTERY b, rlIhD
~ARTILLERY, N. G. D. c., Douglas.
-Arix.. January (by maiD.-Durins a
full eclipse of the moon about 1880 this
-morning Mexicans made another attack
on the picket line of Battery B, Field
Artillery. n. G. D. c.. and In the skir-
-mish that followed lost three OF their
number one being shot in the arm and
1.-TWO captured
Corp. Emmett p. Bateman discovered
the Mexicans attempting to plunder
> harness and horses, gave the alarm and
held the attacking party Off until the
a guard arrived in double quick time.
The battery had just finished a three
= foot trench about its picket line FOR
: drainage purposes, and Sergeant OF the
got ,he Guard Jimmy Power quickly
s-tS advantage of this protection and
= lin Il the guard up in it
= Corporal Gives Chase.
a Corp Bateman gave chase to one
= Mexican. who was shouting "Caballo"
. at the top of his voice. Caballo means
: horse in Mexican. but Bateman thought
: the Mexican meant something not COM
plimentary to him and fired his entire
!: clip of cartridges at the fleeing Mex
team. One shot connected, hitting the
: STACKER in the arm, causing him TO
= drop an army bride which he was carry
: ing away. The Mexican stopped to fire
: three shots in Bateman's direction. and
= then continued running.
: Sergt. Austin ]. Hall and Corp. Harold
Mccarthy of the first section, hearing
: the alarm. jumped from bed, stopped
long enough to don overcoats and ran
to the scene of action in their bare
!. feet. They had nerve enough to COM
) plain on the way hat the ground was
cold.
A lieutenant of the regular army
who was on provost duty in Pirtleville,
adjacent to the camp. complimented
the commissioned officers of the
guard on the record time in which
the guard was turned out. The two
captured Mexicans were turned over
to the civil authorities in Douglas.
Shower Bath Completed.
The new shower bath with hot water
heating plant has been completed and
was turned over to the battery yes
terday. Practically every one took ad-
vantage of it,
Although the battery has been in the
field more than six months and is prac-
IDEALLY letter perfect in its drills, any
one passing and looking at 1t now
would think that II was a new party
of recruits in the service for the first
time. The new drill manual for field
and the men are being schooled in the
revised drills every afternoon. AS
some of the men express 1t. the outnt
is just like a baby learning to walk,
and in its first attempts was just
tangled mass. but it Is now making
good progress and expects to have the
manual down pat in the near future.
Mess sergt. Richard Henkelman has
made some radical changes in the mess.
and has a system that avoids the usual
confusion when the battery lines up
for mess. Each section has two tables
assigned to it. and ten men sit at
table. Each man has number with a
correspondfng number on the table II
is the duty OF the Chiefs OF sections TO
see that the men sit at their proper
numbers at meals. No man Is allowed
10 start eating until the entire section
is seated. when at the command from
the sergeant in charge the enti. bat
terry begins eating. The men like the
new system and often give three cheers
for the new mess sergeant. Enameled
cups and plates have taken the place
of the tin mess gear.
Plan to Buy Medals.
The officers and men of the battery
have decided to use the money sent
by The Star from the citizens of Wash
ington for Christmas in the purchase
of some sort Of medal commemorative
of their services on the border and the
generosity of their Washington friends.
The officers are at work on a design.
Private J. P. Brown has been pro-
NOTED to corporal. An examination
will be held on January 10 of all cor
porals in the battery to fill the vacancy
in the rank of sergeant caused by the
recent discharge OF Sergt Bernard
Rome to join the Sd Field Artillery.
Tomorrow has been announced as
! nay day which has been expected for
nearly a week. and many men have ap-
piled for leave to visit Douglas and
vicinity.
While out hunting Private Benjamin
Chamberlain was thrown from his horse
and badly shaken UP. He is expected
to return to duty tomorrow.
The men are anxiously awaiting Gen.
Funstons decision in the matter of
ordering the District militia home for
inauguration, and they are confident
that Battery b will be included in the
next movement of troops home, as 1t