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PAYDAY'S JOYS
FIRE IMAGINATION
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Soldiers May Get "Wages"
'From Uncle Sam at
Border Today
MANY FATHERS WORRIED
Write to Chaplain if Your
Son's Letters Do Not Come
Any Philadelphia mother who has
b son in tha 2d Regiment and who
has not heard from him will rcccivo
h letter in a few days from tha
thoughtless young man if she will
drop a line to Chaplain McPetridRe,
2d Regiment, N. Q. U. S., Pa., Fort
Bliss, Tex.
INOCULATION FOR 2D REGIMENT
By CARL L. ZEISBERQ
KU PASO, Tex., July IB. "ray day! Pay
day I Got no money, but I'll soon have
soma I Pay day aura has comet"
The clear notes of massed bugles shat
tering; against the tawny-jrray sides of Mount
Franklin as they call Philadelphia Boldlers
tor the pay counter will ring out today,
hiaybe. Strenuoua efforts are being made
to pay off the 3d Regiment before the sun
swings down behind the hills.
It all depends on the Government pay
master whether or not the sweetest of
bugle notes will sound notes so sweet that
an tngentousmlnd hoa hooked word non to
the bugle music. It the mass of payrolls
can be straightened out In time the various
eager companies will line up and pass
through'tholr mess tents, where the mogul
will sit nnd dole out the cash In round,
liver.
Jk The 2d Regiment will be paid off Tues
day and the 3d Regiment Wednesday, If
plans do not eo awry.
Nine days' pay, or about $8000 per regi
ment, will be the sum received by the citizen
soldiers.' This amounts to $4.60 for a pri
vate 50 centa a day. The pay Is for the
last nlno day of June, dating from the time
f the United States call for mobilization.
This sum, "not a "hell of a lot," as one
rough-and-ready private said, will come tis
a. godsend to many'of the men and to many
of the officers. There's one perfectly good
major who offered to trade hl3 moose-skin
boots for a dollar, ,and there Is & lieutenant
reduced to a penny and a trunk key.
Seriously, money Is needed by tho regi
ments. Most of tho privates will send
their pittances home and conttnuo to "bor
row" cigarettes and "sody-pop." They are
worried about helr families, those who
have dependents back In Philadelphia.
An undercurrent of anxiety flows through
this array of tents. Letters from home tell
ing of no money In the house and of no
prospects for money have set the men to
wandering what the Relief Committee Is
doing In Philadelphia. These letters, scrib
bled, by anxious wives who are not as "well
fixed" as some others, are days late. Malls
are alow coming across the continent and
slower after reaching tho stagnation of the
overworked postofllco here. Hence there Is
no censure In their minds. There Is only
wondering and thinking nnd worrying.
"No relief has come." wrote the wife of
a prlvnta In tho 3d Regiment. "The only
gent who has called at our house was tho
rent collector. And I had nothing to give
him. I have nothing to buy food." Another
member is expected soon In this family
Which now numbers three children.
Anger did blaze out In somo tent; when
letters were opened and the soldier-husbands
learned of furniture bolng attached for, non
-payment of rent. Terrible threats are be
"Ififf Uttered on this tented mesa against
,1jhoe. .who, secured the writs.
"'Patriotic' scoundrel who attached my
-furniture will have a mark on him that ho
will remember Just as soon as I get back to
;PhrtJulVph.s" flared a broad-shouldered
sergeant- "EiCry stick of It must be put
bacx or W.et will be trouble for him, and
maybe foi me, I don't Care. No man has a
light to tako advantage of my family when
I am away trying to servo my country and
leaving a good-paying Job to do It."
These men signed the cards circulated In
camp at Mount Gretna by the Citizens' Sol
diers' Relief Committee, asking far a state
ment of the number of dependents and their
financial condition. The only balm In their
thoughts Is that relief has come to their
families since the week-old letters were
mailed.
Some of- these soldier-fathers would ask
for their discharges If they knew how to do
It Their only clue Is to wait. Officers
sire awaiting1 Instructions from Washington
following Secretary Baker's recent ruling
that all militiamen with ono or more de
pendents would be granted their discharge
from the Bervlce.
Chaplain McFetrldge, of the 2d Regiment,
laid down the law this morning to "his
boys'' about writing home. Any private
who Is delinquent In that Is In grave danger
if being forced to write a letter home, with
the unyielding form of the "sky pilot" over
him. This actually happened this morn
ing, after the athletic chaplain received a
letter from a heart-broken mother who had
not heard from her son since he left home.
The thoughtless youth was seized by the
Key. Doctor McFetrldge, pushed into the
tent) given paper and Ink and compelled to
write a few lines to his mother, the chap
lain using his authority as captain to com
pel obedience.
Fhoto by Evening Ledger ntnff photogrnpher with 1st Ilrlsiulc,
Col. Hamilton D. Turner gets a second dose of anti-typhoid serum at
the hands of Surgeon Major Allcr, Camp Pershing.
VILLA, WITH 8000 MEN,
JOINS FIVE-DAY BATTLE
WITH CARRANZA FORCE
Bandit Leader Still (Engaged
Near Diaz and Declares He
Will Take Chihuahua City
in Two Months
EL PASO. Tex., July 15. Pancho Villa,
in command of 8000 men of the brigades
of Cnnuto Reyes and Cnlixto Contrcrns,
fought overwhelming forces of Carrnn
zlstas, led by otTicers of General Jacinto
Trevlno's division, southwest of Jimenez,
for five consecutive days, nnd Vllllstas are
now engaged with Carrnnza troops at Dlnz,
near Santa Rosalia. This Is a report
brought to the border by a member of a
military band nt Chihuahua.
"I will tako Chihuahua In two months,"
is tho frequent declaration of Villa, ac
cording to tho jnus.lclan. He says Villa Is
getting about with a crutch nnd a cane,
one of his leg3 being badly Injured.
Trcvino's troops drovo the Vllllstas out of
Jlminez after they had confiscated all the
available foodstuffs In that town. The
bandman said there were 15.000 Cnrran
zlstas opposing Villa's men, He said that
during the engagements around Jlminez two
trainloads of dead and wounded Carranza
soldiers were brought to Chihuahua.
Tho Mexican said thnt when he left
Chihuahua Wednesday fighting was report
ed still In progress and desertions of Trc
vino's men to Villa were going on. Ho as
serted that the soldiers In the Chihuahua
garrison are nil for Villa and would like to
see him take tho city.
A body of Vllllstas raided OJoa Callentes,
the Hot Springs settlement, two and one
half miles west of Santa Rosalia, Chihua
hua, early this week, confiscated provisions
and Impressed all tho able-bodied men they
could And Into service for Villa, according
to the statement of the wife of a physician
who reached El Paso from Mexico today.
General Trevino made public a statement
In Chihuahua City proclaiming tho loyalty
of himself and all other do facto Govern
ment military chiefs to General Carranza,
declaring none could be so foolish as to
stir up trouble at a time when they were
about to witness tho fruiting of their ef
forts toward peace and declaring that he
will fight the Vllllsta "cutthroats" without
mercy until all are exterminated. He added
that three Villa officers had Just been
shot to death at Camargo (Santa Rosalia)
and that the same treatment would be ac
corded all others apprehended.
There were no developments today to con
firm a report that General Pershing's col
umn is to be withdrawn from Mexico.
One Infantry regiment may be with
drawn, since the line of communications has
been so greatly shortened by the concen
tration at Colonla Dublan as to make It
unnecessary to keen large forces In Mex
ico to guard the lines. This has been the
sole duty, thus far of the Infantry with Gen
eral Pershing's columns. The 16th In
fantry Is expected to be wlthd.-awn soon to
take station at Camp Cotton here.
CULLENS MEET AT EL PASO
A strange coincidence at the border
was the meeting of Walter Francis
Cullon, of 118 North Robinson
street, and Andrew Francis Cullen,
of 6610 Hagerman street, Tacony.
Both are members of Field Hos
pital Corps No. 2, but had never
seen each other before and are not
related so far as known.
STATE GUARDSMAN RECOVERS
Lewis B. Wilson, a private In Company I,
1st Pennsylvania Infantry, who was Injured
nt Fort Bliss, Tex., when a blaBt was set
oft without warning laBt Tuesday morning,
Is out of danger, according to dispatches
from El PaBo. Wilson was In a shower bath
Tuesday morning when careless Mexican
workmen set off a blast of dynamite di
rectly back of It. Tho blast net rocks flying
In all directions, and one of them struck
Wilson on tho head. Surgeons nt tho base
hospital announced yesterday that a minor
operation had been performed and that all
chances favored his recovery.
CAMP SIDELIGHTS BRIGHTEN LIFE
AMONG SOLDIERS ON THE BORDER
Jay Connelly s Peaceful Slumber Beside a Tarantula, a
Mexican Dog, a Horned Toad and Snake Regarded as
Notable Achievement
Elj PASO, Tex., July 15. Since Jay Con.
nelly, of 310 East Eleanor street, slept
peacefully beside one tarantula, a full-bred
Mexican dog, a horned toad and a snake,
other members of the1 1st Regiment have
decided they have no complaint worth men
tioning when a scorpion gets Into the cots
with them. Jay -Connelly, a member of
6 Company, began the night with Bruno,
tha Ilex dog, as a guardian, A little later
Gi'iv the tarantula, entered the tent to get
aoms of the fleas off Bruno, or something.
Horned toads llks tarantulas. Jay Connelly
Djures. Anyway, one came In after Gyp,
and the snake followed,
1st Regiment
"Chaplain" Clifford Van Dyne, of Com
pany C. Is a 'plumber. Ernest I. Bardsley
14 a dancing Instructor In a-Jrmtntown.
imsi combination.
Two marine experts In Company C
haven't much opportunity to splash around
ta this dry mesa. They are Arthur Lucy,
iiAs of the Quaker City Barge Club, and
.Catpjrai Turner BardUey, winner of the
lMfjk r t treat canoe two-mils doubles.
ittftsftnt William Broclsmeyf r, of C, is a
tIHSvl .SCC-Ut.
ffrf "WWdon, of Company Qf practices
flwsr wry night
, Sam Worroae, of i Jorth 80th street,
ft Sfet hmptoi bartwr ot Company G, His
wi to It men s&nved and powdered In
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By CARL L. ZEISBERG
Evniita Ltdncr Staff Corrtapmdtnt
Philip Xavler Pourron dreamed the Mexi
can army was after him when somebody
fired off a cap near the hospital corps tent.
"Fire!" yelled some wag in the hospital
corps, and Allen Morgan, -who was dreaming
of a fire, poured a bucket of fine Ice water
into hla cot
Wilson, the black Texas shepherd dog,
has a rival as mascot of the hospital corps
It's a. Mexican horned toad.
Ham and cabbage served the hospital
corps made Simeon Goomen, the Irish come
dian. 1L
3d Regiment
The only real baldheaded man In the regi
ment is Tony Boots, of Company P.
Tho big squad In Company K is composed
of Corporal Ed Knight Fred Knight, Irwin
Brodhead. William Kelly, John Hottenfeller,
Harry Herron, John Dueber and William
Morris, They're, each 8 feet or more tall.
The "Italian brigade" of Company A has
this line-up: Sergeant Frank Artnaslo,
Corporal Pope Bonner. "Kid" Musollne,
James Baldlno, Fred Dolan, John Perry,
Ivacols, and Mature.
Hospital Corps
Six physicians at the Philadelphia Gen
eral Hospital are enrolled with field hos
pital No, 2, commanded by Major Kelssr.
They are Dr. William Uneberry, Dr.
William B, M. Allen, Dr. Stewart Trow
bridge, Tr. Bradford Massey, Dr. Joseph
Ferabach and Dr James Doughty. Doc
tors Allen and Fernbach are sergeants and
th others are privates. All will become
WtjunlMtoiscd eJBetr in the erect t( war,
The. peauiona at BtoeWey are those of in-
New-Sleeping Car
To
BALTIMORE
And
WASHINGTON
Baltimore & Ohio
Commencing
SUNDAY, JULY 16th
Pullman Drawing Room Sleeping
Cars will be placed in service on mid
night trains between Philadelphia,
Baltimore and Washington on the
following schedules;
I.V. Philadelphia, 21 til &
Cheltnut 8ts , ,.4.15 A. 31.
Ar. iUlllmore, 9It. ltoyal 6.45 A. M.
Ar, Hultlmore, Camden 6.50 A, M.
Ar. Washington ,,.,,.,,,,.,7,50 A. M.
Car will be placed for occupancy
at 24th and Chestnut Streets Station
at 10 p. m.
Keturninr
. Washington ......... ..10.40 r. M.
I,v. Baltimore 1.S5 I', at.
Ar. Philadelphia ,......,.., 8.5U A. 31.
Car will be placed for occupancy
at Mount Royal Station, Baltimore,
at 11:45 p. m.
Passengers may remain in car at
Philadelphia until 8; 00 a. m.
Secure reservations at Ticket Offices,
SJ( Chsstnot St, and Baltimore & Ohio
Btatteo, Sltli Chsstnut fits.
MAIL OBDEB
SHOES MADE TO
MEASURE
At OLS SHOP
309 CHERRY ST.
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SOLDIERS ON WAY
TO PRESIDIO CAMP
Two Companies .of Second
Infantry Rushed to
Patrol Duty
MAY MEET VILLA MEN
MAItFA, Tex., July lb. Notwithstanding
tho reassuring reports fathered at Wash
ington that the Mexican border Is com
paratlvely quiet, the next week may see
an entire brigade of Pennsylvania troops
far flung as a patrol over hundreds of
miles of the frontier somewhero In tho Big
Bend district. Mexican scouts thrown out
yesterday from Presidio relumed today
and reported that bodies of Villa banditry
were moving at the rate of SO miles a. day
through northern Chihuahua, and unless
they are Intercepted by Carransa troops
they should be at the nio Grande within
a few days.
This disquieting news caused a flurry of
excitement at the base of tho 2d Battalion
of the 2d Pennsylvania Infantry and the
6th United States Cavalry. Colonel a as ton,
In command of the regulars, refuses to dls
cuss the situation, but thero was Unwonted
activity at that camp today.
Privates declared that tho entire forco
of regulars from Brownsville to El Paso
would bo succeeded by National Guard
units. Tho regulars. It Is understood, will
be sent to concentration camps at El Paso,
San Antonio and other places, ready to be
hurled across the border at the first sign of
nn outbreak,
TWO COMPANIES SENT TO PltESIDIO.
Two companies of the 2d Infantry shot
through tho heart of the desert today In
motor lorries. Packed two dozen to the
carB, these Boldlers, nrmed with 200 rounds
of ammunition and supplied with stores for
soveral weeks, started at 7 o'clock. They
were due to reach Presidio at nightfall and
will pitch their tents there until thoy have
been deployed to their permanent post to
patrol tha border. The other two com
panies will leave here on Sunday morning,
and It Is expected that four battalions from
El Pnao, made up of companies from the
brigades of Generals Price and Logan, will
leava Camp Pershing to tarry here until
they have received orders to move.
Mexican refugees reached here today
with tales of n. revivified Villa movement
nmong the peons of tha Parrnt and Chihua
hua zone. These Mexicans, who numbered
several dozen, reached Marfa after tramp
ing tho 90 miles or more from the Itlo
Orando. They talked pigeon English usu
ally, but knew enough of the language to
make themselves understood.
According to tha stories by tho refugees,
revolution has been Instigated by tho de
fectlon of several generals who were align
ed with Carranza. Villa has not been seen
In the vicinity of Parral or Chihuahua, but
his lieutenants are In force there nnd peons
are deserting tha Federal forces and the
haciendas to enlist with Pancho's legions.
These refugees also said thnt In the last
two battles In central Chihuahua, Carranza
troops have been defeated, and that Villa's
supporters have taken this as an oppor
tunity to agitata warfare on tho grlngoes.
ARMY OF 50,000 WILL GUARD
LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY
Diggeat U. S. Forco Since Civil Wnr for
Eastern Texas f
BnOWN8VILT.E, Tex., July 18. An
army corps, with a division for guarding
its. line of communications nnd Us base,
will be organized In tha tower ltlo Grande
Valley. Tha additional division was ordered
Into this district today.
This will be the largest army got to,
g'ether under tho Stars nnd Stripes since
the Civil War. Its war strength will bo
60,000 men. It will comprise nt least 2?'
regiments for expedltlonnry duty, available
for service on short notice. It wilt liavo an
artillery strength of moro than 100 guns.
Of Its 27 regiments 20 wilt bo National
Guards.
A major general of tho regular army wilt
command tha mobilizing army corps, nnd
his name wltl bo one of these three: Majors
General Tasker 11. Bliss, Major General
Leonard Wood, Major General Frederick
FUnslon.
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