El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-02

I support Brother Tan X" still small
I sr ones bearing the signs = Help
TOO and even smaller ones labeled
I 90 Do ~ The tanks bore the legend
Make Way For Ne or I'll Make Ny
o"n way. Another big hOWitzer
I bore the sign Don't Tease the AMI
mas MACHINE gsns were labeled as
Adobe Wall N-Ray Mechinesn
At one place, the name OF Gen
fershlnE was displayed in ammuni-
ton Beneath was an exhibit Of all
kinds Of ammunition. from the rifle
cartridge I'D 10 the shell that hurls
death bv the ton from the six-inch
Z hOwitzers.
The base hospital showed every
/ thing from N-ray machines TO con
Ealescent wards and got first prize
by the way. in the exposition The
ordnance display received second
prize and the Eighth cavalry display
was awarded third prize.
An interesting collection Of exhibits
is that OF the utilities department
In which construction methods are
shown. This department received sec
ond award in the vocational section
the FIRST going to the ordnance train
ing department.
Cannons Ready to Work
One Of the interesting demonstra-
tons given at intervals by Capt
Nickum, commander Of the ordnance
section, was that Of loading a tank
onto q trailer and unloading II again.
de also had 2 big field piece mounted
on truck flOu see" said Mai Gen
Howe. EXPLAINING it. "a heavy piece
OF artillery can only be hauled about
SIX miles an hour without burning
out the bearings. because Of its
weight Wa mount them on trailers
hitch them behind a truck and can
move them 70 any location as fast as
a Truck can move I could send one
% Faoens in an hour and ten minutes.
y tne occasion should require it, The
general dru not mention how far
south he could send one in the same
The Military Tournament.
me military tournament, beneath
the Fort Bliss "rim." Saturday after
noon, was witnessed by 10000 people,
generally estimated, and proved an
attraction that was revelation to Fl
Fasoans- In front Of the officers
CLUB reviewing stand has been
erected for the commanding general
and his staff and guests. on each
SIDE thousands Of people darkened
the hillside watching the maneuvers.
A massed band played upon a small
knoll, from where the music floated
up 70 the spectators throughout the
afternoon.
AT last the military has discovered
what TO do with this piece Of land"
said A. p. Coles, as he applauded the
maneuTers- The level space down
there is ample in size for such exhibit
tons and this mesa rim makes an
ideal grand stand for spectators. They
said this land was useless to the gov
eminent Gen Howe has solved the
problem 1t is 10 be seeded in grass
in short time, 10 keep down the
dust"
Sensational Exhibitions.
One after another branch Of the
army gave eLhibitions--live" exhibit
tions, Gen Howe called them-and
az times It was equal 70 three-ring
circus, as James G. McNary asserted
Horsemen jumped hurdles. artillery
men sailed across the field in a cloud
OF dust, unlimbered, fired and got off
as quickly as they came. cavalry
drilled in the manual OF arms then in
horse show and other fancy forma-
tions; in1antrymen drilled like auto
nations, tanks laboriously climbed
hills and fired at imaginary enemies
some turned over, just TO show how
tt could be done without hurting
themselves or their occupants. per
haps - alrplanes buZzed overhead.
snapped pictures OF the crowd, then
sailed off and came back in II
minutes and dropped copies of the
photographs at the feet Of Gen.
Howe; medical outfits came in, set
up for business and as silently left
and signal corps men reeled off field
wires and put the general into COM
humiliation with every section OF the
fielo In less than five minutes.
Congratulations: your work IS
splendidly done is the message the
general sent over the wire TO the cap
tain commanding and the sergeants
listening in at the various stations
when the wires were strung
A Spectacular show.
The most spectacular event Of the
afternoon was probably the exhibition
by the 8th engineers, when they
dashed on 20 the field. under machine
gun, fire from the right and left
TANKS, threw a bridge over an ar
royoi crossed It. permitted a company
Of Infantry 10 cross. and then dyna-
mited the structure as & troop OF
enemy" cavalry rushed Il. all In the
space Of four minutes The "debris"
was cleared and the organization was
of the field In six minutes from the
time IL came on.
A platoon Of the Eighth cavalry in
al sorts or fancy maneuvers and a
company OF the 24th infantry (negro)
from Columbus. n. NJ, divided honors
IN the opinion Of most spectators as
to the next most spectacular event
Inc negroes drilled so perfectly that
when the order was given 10 lead and
fire, every breech block clicked at the
same time III bet those fellows are
all banjo pickers.~ said Charles Bas-
sett- They received second prize in
the events
The spectacular feature OF the cav
airy drill was a dash up the side Of
the hill and back down again. after a
rush across in front OF the generals /
stand. As the platoon dashed down
the side Of the hill. the horse Of one
OF the caTalry-men fell and rolled over
Another cavalryman had 70 jump
horse and rider OF fall. he jumped Il
brought the spectators TO their feet in
an instant; il was intensely dramatic, I
but the tension was relieved when the
soldier hObbled off down the hill [
apparently uninjured, and he received Z
as much applause as his mount got
later, when, riderless. he took the
hurdles with his fellow horses. The
cavalrymen were awarded first prize !
Cen Howe received congratula- !
tons galore from civilian as wen as
military men on the big military car
nival