El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-28
LIBRARY IS BIC
HELP At TRAVIS
Has $4,000 Books Which
Men Are Eager to Read;
Notes of Ell Paso Boys.

Camp Travis. San Antonio. Texas.
Jan. 2S.-Among the features at Camp
Travis to give to the men opportunity
for relaxation and self Improvement
during the hours when they are ION
their own,- as the British say. is
substantial. conveniently located ard
well lighted library building, in
charge of the American Library assc
citation. under the auspices OF the var
departments commission on training
camp activities. The building is an
attractive structure located near the
camp pOstoffice. Y. Il c. a audito-
rum and the y. ". c. 4 hostess
house 1t now contains more than 49,
900 volumes, many of them fresh from
the publishers. and large number OF
them given by generous donors indi-
vidually
Contrary to general expectation
when the books were being collected.
those that were given were found not
TO be caStaWayS, but. on the other
hand. included good literature put up
in attractive bindings. The collection
at this camp IS larger than that in any
other army camp, with the exception
Of Camp Lewis. 1t is desired. however.
to further enlarge the supply - this
place, and books intended for this
purpose should be addressed to J. T.
Marro=. Librarian. Camp Travis.
Tables and chairs are now on the
war for use in the building. and as
soon as they are installed the place
Will be open to the soldiers. Indeed
books are being let out now for use in
barracks and quarters, magazines.
general, technical and military being
also available. In addition to the work
in the building itself. books are sup
piled to the various regimental Y.
N. c. A buildings and to the Knights
Of Columbus building. all OF which
serve as branch stations in the issue
Of books to the men
First Caisson Is Renamed.
Order has come from headquarters
315th trains and military police chang
ing the name of the first caissou COM
pany to company E. 315th ammunition
train The company has been reor-
ganized all around. A big drive is I'M
der way to instill into the men Of the
company that very necessary com
modify called pep" There are lee
lures for privates and schools and lee
lures for noncommis stoned officers.
and the pep medicine" is given in
large doses.
The company is divided into eight
sections which comprise three
platOons Commissioned officers act
as chiefs OF platoons and nOncom-
missioned officers with the rank OF
sergeant act as chiefs Of sections I
The company barracks has been
scrubbed and renovated from top to
bottom and the hunks arranged &C
cOrding to section, and the noncom-
missfoned officers OF each section
three in number, one sergeant and two
corporals-are responsible for the
sanitation Of their particular part OF
the barracks. They are teams work
ing together and much increased ef-
ficiency is looked for as 4 result Of
the reorganization.
Graniteware dishes have been
bought with money from the company
fund. which allows the men TO stow
away their mess kits for use at some
future time. The table is set accord
ing to section and each man IS as
signed a regular place at the table
by the chief Of section In short, the
men eat. sleep and work in sections.
which makes for efficiency, economy,
and that big little word called pep
Makes Good Record.
George l. AIittendOrf is back with
the company from special duty at Re-
mount Station No 2. Fort Sam Hous-
ton, Tex. where he has been attending
the school for teamsters. BE came out
third in a class OF over 100 competi-
tors.
Charles ". Lohmeier. private first
class. has been promoted 10 corporal
He has been assistant to the company
clerk. and lately was selected for spe-
cial duty at division headquarters as
special clerk for exemption board
Promoted to Sergeant.
Private first class Frank r. Garcia
has been appointed sergeant in head
quarters detachment, motor section.
SI5th ammunition train His ef-
ficiency and aggressiveness while act
ing supply sergeant for this battalion
earned him his promotion
Sergt Tuliy H Thomas. Of head !
quarters department I65th F. a. bril- !
gade. formerly OF FL Paso. has COM !
pleted the course in the divisional
liaisOn school. and has been deliver !
ing lectures to the boys in his detach- |
ment on what he learned
Taking Gas Course.
Sergt Modesto Gomez is now at ]
tending the division gas school Upon /
completion Gomez will instruct this
company in the latest uses OF gas
mask.
Corp. Hardy L. Griffin has returned |
to duty after short visit TO his home I
in FL Paso. On his return Griffin was
transferred to the 315th field signal
battalion
The detachment has been issued
Red Cross sweaters and mufflers on I
which are helping TO ward off the cold ]
blasts OF winter in thiS sunny south 3