El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-16

I GIL PASO is the only city in Texas
i which does not have community
singing as one Of the big features OF
I the war" said Charles J. Andrews,
chairman OF the music committee of
the University club. Dallas. san An
tonic, Houston and Fort Worth have
all developed community singing TO
a high point and it is not uncommon
to have 5000 persons singing the war
songs. FL Paso has the musical talent
to organize the community singing
and / believe it can be made q LiE
help 10 the Liberty bond and Red
Cross campaigns and all other patri-
otto endeavors by inspiring the people
who hear community singing TO
greater war efforts Thomas Chris
tian- who went from here 10 Pueblo.
Colo, introduced community singing
there and IL was so successful that the
city council fostered it financially
after the first night While FL Paso
does not have as many singers as
other cities, there are enough here to
form q splendid community singing
organization and I think the Univer-
sity club would be the ideal organiza-
tion here TO sponsor such a move
ment
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In fact the experiences Of other cities
show that this is against the best in
terests OF community singing A
leader. while he assists, Is not essen
tial for all that is needed for the peo-
PIE 70 come together and sing with
an their hearts The coming Liberty
bond campaign would be a fine period
70 launch the community singing
movement James A. Dick and have
talked this over many times since the
splendid singing at Cleveland SQUARE
Victory Sunday evening when the
people stood on their feet for two
hours and sang war songs as they
mad never been sung here before"
"Of me many qualifications a city
may have, and FL Paso certainly has
ma there Is one decided drawback
tfat Is blot on her high reputation
which is especially noticeable I'm the
business district even to a casual Wis
ltor.' said r. +. Seay- That is the i'm
mense amount OF splitting that is al
lowed on the streets and in the parks.
one mas only TO glance about him TO
see prohibitory splitting signs posted
IN conspicuous places. With the great
NUMBER or health seekers who are
here It seems that FL Paso OF an
places would make strenuous efforts
y
lations she way have along that line"
Long range rifles have almost
eliminated cavalry as an effective
fighting force" said ". c. Badger. Of
Georgia Cavalry IS worth but little
except for duty on the Mexican border
and IN a few other places in the world
where similar conditions exist. and
the automobile truck has taken away
something from its peculiar value IN
der such environment For a long
time, military men have realized that
cavalry is not so valuable as il once
was and IL has been amusing to the
other branches Of the service TO see
how hard cavalrymen have striven
TO keep their usefulness red lettered
in text books on tactics and strategy.
They have been careful to have hand
in the revision OF every book used by
some Of their statements provoke
smiles. They say that cavalry can
fight anywhere except at sea and
that Il once captured a squadron of
battle ships-went out and took some
Dutch ships that were in ice. Not
withstanding the fact that its peculiar
effectiveness is a thing of the past.
yet It is the most spectacular branch
Of the service and 1t is chosen by a
Of the most spirited men who
graduate from West Point While the
measured swing OF infantry excites
admiration, cavalry charge always
brings spectators to their feet and
cheers from their lips. There is some
thing about a hOrseman that strikes
deep in the human heart and neither
time nor change seems to affect his
power.
"Infantrymen take great pleasure
IN narrating an Incident that occurred