El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-10
Commissioned
After 80 Years
In Ordnance
Lieut.. Eldndge Could Re-
tire, But Elects To Help
Beat the Boches.

Beat the BOCheS.
First Lieut. Arthur C. Eldridge.
ordnance reserve corps. who left this
district Monday for duty at an arsen-
al in Maryland. has a very interesting
I career, in that he has served over 30
/ years in the army as an enlisted man
and. although eligible 10 retire as
/ such, elected 10 remain in the service
/ on account Of the war. and as a re-
suit he VIII be able to complete his
many years Of service with the sat
isfaction that he has held a commits
sion.
Lieut. Eldridge enlisted over 80
{ years ago and has served continuous
lT without break in his record The
larger portion of his service was in
this record. The larger portion Of
his service was in the coast artillery.
but as recruit he served on the
plains with an infantry regiment
In later years he transferred TO the
ordnance department. where he was
appointed ordnance sergeant on the
nOucommissiOned staff. a position
which is given only to faithful and
well tried soldiers and after a very
strict examination. He also held re-
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infantry.
Lieut. Eldridge served I'm the Philip
pine islands on COrregidOr island near
Manila. Returning to the United
States he was assigned 20 duty ut Co
lumbus, y. NJ and late i'm 1916 was
transferred To the ordnance depot, FIT.
Bliss. where he remained until COM
missiOued-
Although eligible 90 retire from the
service he stated that he would not
think Of such a thing while the pres
eut war was on and even III he was SO
years old and had given 80 years Of
his life to the service, he believed he
could be Of further use 20 the gov
eminent. Il is believed that there
are very few cases in the army where
an enlisted man has served so years
and then rewarded as Lieut. Eldridge
has been.
Has Many Commissioned.
Since the declaration OF war. April /
6. 1917. 16 enlisted men from the 4
ordnance depot. Fort Bliss. have been
commissioned Although the strength I
Of the detachment at this depot aver I
ages about 80, the men on duty there I
at various times since the beginning I
of the war and at the outbreak Of the I
war, have applied for and received !
commissions which range from major Z
these men have been ordnance SER
Eeants, members Of the noucOmmis-
stoned staff. and had been appointed I
TO that grade after long and faithful
service and. after having been eX-
amined and found qualified. many OF
those commissioned are now on duty
at the front.
Capt Otis J. 1Iinter. the present
commanding officer. stated that he
believed his depot has done we'll in
the supplying OF officers and as he
knows every one Of those appointed
H-HnmuHu HmnHH will give
excellent service to the ordnance de-
partment, as they had the advantage
Of being schOoled in ordnance work
before being commissioned The men
commissioned had an average OF about
rs years service 10 their credit
3aldyga, East Hampton. Mass; Henry
vs.. Barnes. Steubenville. o.. Michael
5ayer, Cleveland, o.; Luther Bradley,
dorrillton, Ark; levi H. Cooper, Hill
Tenn; Prosper de Lee, South Bend,
Ind; John q. ElrOd. OttOWa. o. Jo-
seph B. Freedman. Boston, Clas- d.
Fulton, Boise, Idaho; Albert l. Harle, I
Boise. Idaho; Ernest Harris, Thomp- {
.onville. Ill Charles Jewell. Center !
Won't; Robert H koppenhaven. Gil {
pert. Ia. Geo. %. LlndDlad, Moose :
AXE. Mimi; Clement j. NOOnani :
,rosbv. n. D., Elmer NUshan. Waka-
'usas ma IOuu q. Eealeols Ely Elas
D.: Berat Polaski. Detroit, Mich, sam [
;alariko. Sunnyside. Utah; Bradley a 7
;ego. Krupp. ny; James Simenotti. 2
80 J., JOS A. Sistek, {
omaha. Neb.- Bruce a. Spencer, z
,ampbeu. N. c.; Herbert de w stan
ey. OhoOpea Ga. Ethan C.. Todd
ltchison. Eans.: Richard p. Werner, G
Christ be Zernascus Dys- !
vt. Canada
wounded slightly. Pvt Felice Bar y
.iere, ST. Louis, No. {
Missing In Action. y
Lieut.. jay ]. Carr enter, Rochelle,
IT,. Pvts. -atthew Casey. New York .
.fty. Alva y Graves. Akron. ColO.;I
william Carrick. Elmira Heights, N,
r. Robert s. Rankin. South Boise,
IDAHO; Joe r. hoenische. Los An
relies. Calif- william r. stewart, FL
.ins. W. Va. Nadie sick. Nolinsh.
}ussia- Tony Tocci, Brooklyn. n. I-ti
'hMip +. Warfield. Sunburry, Pa; y
ohm L. Wilson. Utica, n. y; Hyman Z
Wolfe. Chelsea Mass. y
Prisoners. s
Lieut. Harold Gle. Colorado h
Drings. Colo; Pvt. James 7. Norton s
hamilton. Ont
Prisoners. previously reported D
Missing. Corp Frederick r. Hyde
hester. Vt; Pvts. Burnett A. Har- Z
IAN. Middletown. Conn; Michael J. I
IcDermOtt. New Heven, Conn; Ed q
-ard j. McGrarh. New Bedford, Mass 5
has 3. Reese, Spring HilL n. c.