THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURO, PA. HECTOR m SAVED AT SEA Taken From Doomed Collier By Rescue Ships. HECTOR HOLDS RECORD Survivors Tell Thrilling Tlei Ves set, Now Total Wreck Wat Built At Sparrow Point Charleston, S. C The 139 teamen end marine who took refuse In open boats Vhen the disabled raval collier Hector was aboudoned at fed, seven miles northeast of Cape Komuln, have been saved. Captain Bryant, of the CharleMon Navy Yard, announced that tho men had been picked up by the lighthouse tender Cypress. Two Vessels To Rescue. Included among the survivors are 67 marine. The collier was abandoned when she was driven ashore nine miles off Charleston lightship after being doubled In the gale which swept the Atlantic Coast. The Cypress and Wilmington were rrnt to the rescue and effected a re markable rescue in view of the high wind and extraordinary roughness of tho seas. Captain Bryant said that the last peon of the Hector she was breaking In two. The steamer Alamo had been stand lnu by tlie collier, having ret-ponded to her calls when she was disabled some f?0 miles off here. When the Navy Department heurd of the plight of the Hector the power ful wireless station at Arlington sent out a general call to vessels In the vicinity of the collier to go to her as sistance and to stand by until the dan ger was passed. The call was heard by the Alumo, which forthwith went to the collier's assistance. Vigilant Gets Call. The first definite news that was re ceived from the collier came through the tug Vigilant, when Captain Hunt succeeded in Retting in wireless com munication with the Hector and learn ed that a steamship was standing by. Later the Vigilant reported that the Hector us 14 ruilea off Charleston and was making headway with difficulty at the rate of four miles an hour. At the same time the Alamo was still with tier. As the Hector approached the Char leston lightship her difficulties became greater aud the beavy sea began to break her In two. Finally she was un able to make further headway and after trying vainly to withstand the tremendous seas which roiled over her he sank. It is reported. The Vigilant reports that part of her superstruc ture still remains above water. The Hector was bound for Santo Domingo by way of Guan'anamo. The marines which she earrb-d were re rrults to fill up the vacancies in the expedition now in Cuba and Santo Domingo. Hector Holds Record. The Hector made a new record for discharging 'coal In August, 1910, at the naval coaling station at Dradford, ft. I., when she delivered 2,2m) tons In seven hours. This was at the rate of nearly five and one-fourth tons a minute. Soon after she was placed in com mission thieves went aboard the Hec tor at Hampton Roads and stripped the engine room and deck of brass work valued at ffiOO. As a result the fuel ship had to be taken to a navy yard for repairs. Propollexl by twin screws, the Hec tor had a speed of about 12H knots. She Is a vessel of 11,230 tons. Her dimensions are: Length over all, 403 feet, 3 feel beam and 32 6 fee depth. She is a sister ship of the Mars aud the Vulcan, which were built In 1909. Three seamen of the Hector were drowned on May 23, when a whalet,at capsized In Cocoa Bay, riant:) Do mingo. Cargo Worth i500,000. The Hector carried coal, oil and stores valued at $300,000. The ship's value was 179.600, which was the con tract price paid to the Maryland Steel Company, of Sparrows Point, Balti more, which completed her in 1P09. U. S. MAY INITIATE PEACE MOVE. Sounding Ambassadors As To Euro, peari Conditions. Uerlin. The t.'iiited States is con fidentially sounding American Am bassadors rei;ardiiiK Internal condi tions in Europe, and th) public's a'ti tude. toward peace, the Amsterdam cor respondent of the W-.-.isclie Keitung reports, with the object of initiating a iicace move. The Amsterdam cor respondent s lid he received this news from a rdijb!e source in Ixndon. CONGRESS PLANS TO ADJOURN. August 20 Tentatively Agreed Upon B Senate Democrats. Washington. Adjournment of Con gress not later thsn August 20 was tentatively agreed upon by the Senate Democrats In caucus to revise theii legislative ,program with a view tc bringing the session to an early close TILE FISH LIKED AS FOOD. Unknown Last October, 1.200.0OC Pounds Consumed In Month. Washington. Efforts of the Bureau cf Fisheries to increase the consump tion of tile fkh caught off the North Atlantic coas-t are materializing rapid ly, it was announced here. Although the flab, virtually was Unknown lu mar kets before latt October, when the bureau started its publicity compalgn, recelpls at Now York have increased ((tidily until in June they amounted to 1,200,000 pounds. GUARD AFTER SHARKS Service to Aid in Locating and Killing Man-eaters. SCHOOLS REPORTED SIGHTED No Effective Preventive Measures Known Bathers Are Warned To 6tay In Shallow Water, Inside Breakers. Washington. -The federal govern ment canvassed Its resources for coin bating the invasion of North Atlantic coast waters by sharks. President Wilson and his Cabinet discussed what could bo done to prevent more tragedies like those which have oc curred recently along the New Jersey shore, and the Coast Guard and Life Savlng Services ware ordered to assist In shark extermination in every way possible. The Bureau of Fisheries Issued a formal statement advising widespread fishing for sharks and warning bath ers to keep ia shallow water, inidde breakers and away from channels, but admitting Inability to advanco a cer tain effective means of preventing fur ther attacks. The statement asserted, however, that there was no reason for panic among seaside bathers. The first effort of the coast guard service will be to ascertain whether a few individuals or several schools of the sea monsters are in Northern waters. A cutter will fish for the sharks If tbeir number is not great with the aid of life-saving corps. Should a large number bo discovered, more extensive operations may be un dertaken.. A beach patrol was suggested to the Bureau of Fisheries by Representa tive Scully, of New Jersey, and Repre sentative Bachraoh, of that State, in troduced a resolution to appropriate j,000 to aid the bureau and State au thorities in the campaign against sharks. Scientists here are mystified at the presence of the bis nian-huntlng Ilsh in such northern latitudes. They be lieve the recent tragedies have been caused by a few predatory sharks, and doubt their presence in considerable numbers ia the summer resort dis tricts. Scientific circles were much interested in a report that the Ameri can Museum of Natural History, of New York, might send expert scien tists, Including Director Lucas, ho is the leading American authority on sharks, to Investigate along the New Jersey shore. 21,600 MOVIE THEATERS IN U. S. Twenty-Five Millions Of People Attend Them Daily. Chicago. Nearly 2,000 delegates at tended the sixth annual convention of the MotionTicture Exhibitors' League of America here. In connection with the Convention some Interesting fig ures on the extent of the industry were made public. They showed the fol lowing: Number of picture theaters In tho United States, 21.600; daily attend ance, 25,000,000, amouut invested in picture-theator property, J.100,000,000; salaries paid weekly, J2,30i,0o0; nuin b'T of picture-theater employees, 205, 000; amount invested in film plants, machines, electrical equipment and theaters, 12.000,000,000. M. H. MAURY TO RUN MINES. President Wilson's Brother-in-Law Will Manage Workings. Erlsto!, Va. M. H. Maury, of Anni ston, Ala., a brother-in-law of Presi dent Wilson, arrived, here to take charge of the extensive minin; inter ests of the Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company, the $10,000,000 cor poration headed by Henry K. Mc Harg, of New York. Mr. Maury Is an experienced Iron man, but In recent yeurs has devoted his time to stock grazing Interests necir here. He owns a large area of blue grass lands in Washington county, Virginia, eight miles east of Bristol. ATTENDS COLLEGE AT 85. Mrs. Winship Going From Wisconsin University To California. Iturkoley, Cal. Probably the oldest coll. -kb student In the United Statos, Mrs, Amy D. Winship, aied S5 years, w.;i soon be enrolled at the University of f'alifortda. She is coming from the University of Wisconsin, wheie she was a student during the first part cf tliis year. 'rs. Winuhij, who laid the foundation tor her education in a lug school-house In Illinois in 1 847, started hi-r university career several years ag-j at the Ohio State University. JOHN H. CLARKE JUSTICE. Ohio Federal District Judge Appointed To Succeed Hughes. Wa.-hington. John Hessin Clarke, Federal district Judge at Cleveland, Ohio, was nominated by President Wilson as an associate justh-e of the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Charles Evans Hughes to accept the Republi can nomination for the Presidency. THREE KILLED UNDER BUILDING. Lightning Strikes Chimney, Causing Collapse. Buffalo, N. Y. Three laborers were killed and five seriously injured in the collapse of a superstructure sur rounding a new building at tho plant of tho Semet Solvay Company, on the Niagara Hiver road near here. Tho s'ruetuie went down in a sudden sc.":iii that swept over Niesara river, in-,' so.ue of the workmen declared lit the building was struck bv Ui'ht- WAITING FOR WINDFALL APPLES TO DROP -J&SZWr Pe ml" """" I AiPt -fr. a i&r - V tA one it'opvrljrht v 'ill AT FORI VERDUN One Large Defense WorksSepa rate Germans From City. GREAT ATTACK IMMINENT Forces Of Crown Prince Two and a Half Miles Away After 143 Days of Fighting British Moving On. London. Only two miles and a half from the center of Verdun, the German Crown Trince Is believed to be pre paring for a series of the greatest storming actions of the war. The battle, which opened 143 days ago, is fa.-t approaching a .climax. Only one of the larger defense works now separates the Germans from the city, the shattered Fort Souvllle. The German approach to Verdun now lies down bill. The capture of Froid Terre has given them artillery command of the neighborhood, and from this dominating position they are pouring down a tremendous fire into Souville and the two smaller forts to the southward Belleville and St Michel. Further east on their front, which now stretches practically on a straight line from a point on tho northern ap proaches to Souvllle to a point south of Damlop, the Germans are heavily bombarding the strong Laufce field work, a fortified forest They are ctm- ct-ntrating their energy on the left' bank of the Meuse, their occasional outbursts on the opposite side of the river being apparently merely intend ed to prevent the French from trans ferring troops to the sectors of the main attack. Information from Berlin is to the c -fleet that the citadel of Verdun is a mass of ruins. The German artillery has had the last French defense under fire for more than a week and the steel and concrete works have been trans formed to dust and debris. The latest statement from Paris makes no reference to any action ex cept the bombardment of Souvllle. The earlier report also told of the furious - fire which is being poured into the French defenses. Berlin announces, more than 2,000 prisoners have been taken In the fight ing around Souvllle. The recently cap tured positions are being brought still further forward. British Moving On. The British have made a further ad vance north of the Somme, according to a repot t received from General Haig. With Contalmalson and the entire German first line of defense on that and adjoining sectors firmly in their hands, the English troops are striking to the eastward toward Combles and Bapaume, Longueval, a junction point on the high road system, and the heights of Martinpuich. two and a half miles northeast of Contalmalson, which command the battle ground for miles around, are the immediate ob jects of their campaign. Strong Infantry Attacks. General Haig is not relaxing for a moment the pressure by which he hopes eventually to drive the invad ers from France. Taking a leaf from their own book, the British are direct ing aguin.-t the Germans in the field the same sort of campaign the Ger mans ate attempting to carry out against the fortress of Verdun. Strong infantry assaults, each prepared by artillery fire, which wipes out trenches and levels fortifications, are being launched by the British at many points on the front and so far satisfactory headway has been gained in all of these. The Germans are reported lo have concentrated 80,000 men on a short front to check the British advance on the dominating heights of Martin puich. These troops are being hurled forward in savage and costly counter attacks. Berlin, admitting the complete loss of Contalmalson, claims success in TO NOTIFY WILSON IN AUGUST. Ceremony Early Next Month Will Be At Shadow Lawn. Washington. President Wilson probably will be formally notified of his nomination by the St. Louis con vention at Shadow Lawn, his summer home In New Jersey, in the first week in August This was tentatively de cided on the understanding that for mer Justice Hugheri would be notified July 30 of his nomination by the Re publican party. BIG CLIMAX breaking up French attacks south of the Somme during the preceding after noon. Near German's Second Line. The British force at Mameti wood are within 000 yard-s of Uie German second line. Tho French forces are soparated only by the narrow Somme Valley from the German third line through Teronne and Mont SL Quen tln, aud both armies are doubtless engaged in preparations for tho next attacks. A conference of the muni tions ministers of the four entente allies held in London and presided over by the British war minister, David Lloyd-George, shows that ef fective .steps are being taken to en sure munitions and their proper dis tribution. Major Moraht, In the Ber liner Tageblatt, expresses the opinion that the coming days will be decisive of the issue of the whole war. The reticence of the Piussian offi cial communications at the present moment, Judging by precedent, Indi cate the progress of some Important movement which will only be an nounced when the operations are con cluded. The Austrian and German re ports, show that General Von Bothiner Is still holding on in the region of Tarnopol, although the two wings of the Russian advance are 40 miles be yond Tarnopol, which seems to show that Van Bothmer feels secure in his line of retreat Heavy fighting con tinues on the Stokhod line and north west of Buezacz. The Cologne Gazette foreshadows the Introduction in September of a butter and fat card throughout the empire, providing for three ounces apiece each week, and probably an egg card entitling the holder to two eggs a week. WOULD HONOR LAFAYETTE. Dr. Eliot, Roosevelt and Others Ask For Celebration. New York. An appeal to all patriotic societies In the country to celebrate appropriately the anni versary of the birth of General Lafay ette on September 6 was made by Dr. Charles W. Eliot, president emeritus of Harvard; Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Watterson, Joseph H. Choate 8nd other prominent men. The larger cities which possess statues of I.afay etto are particularly urged to arrange elaborate ceremonies. $24,000,000 FOR AGRICULTURE. Bill Providing For Grain Inspection and Cotton Tax. Washington. The annual Agricul tural bill, carrying approximately $24, 000,000, was passed by the Senate in virtually the same form as passed by the House. It contains provisions for Federal grain Inspection and licensing of grain warehouses and levies a tax of 2 cents a pound on cotton sold for future delivery. U. S. AVIATORS MISSING. Motor Party Searching For Lieuten ants Rader and Brooks. Field Headquarters, Colonia Dublan, Mexico, by wireless to Columbus, N. M. Lieuts. Ira A. Rader and John B. Brooks, of the Army Aero Corps, have been missing since Thursday, when they started from here for a wostward flight. A motor party was seut out in search of ihe missing avia tors. BURLESCN UPSET IN POTOMAC. Postmaster-Ceneral and Other Officials Rescued. Washington. It leaked out here that Postmaster-General Burleson and a party of officials from his depart ment capsized In the Potomac rapids last Sunday while fishing from a canoe. They were rescued after be ing sr. .-pt down stream a short dis tance. SANK 61 ALLIED MERCHANTMEN. Berlin Declares 101,000 Tons.Went To Bottom During June. Beriln. via London. An official statement Issued says: "In tho month of June 61 of the enemies' merchant men, measuring about 101,000 tons, were sunk by German and Austro Hungariau submarines or by mines." TO FORM AVIATION RESERVE. President Instructs Secretary Baker To Prepare Order. Washington, President Wilson di rected the formation of a rcaerve of officers and men for the aviation corps of the army, In accordance with pro visions of the Army Reorganization bill passed recently by Congress. He instructed Secretary Baker to prepare a formal order. Information has been received that there are many expert civilian By ot a willing to Join the re serve. 111 GOSI OF LUG Average Decrease cf One Per Cent. Shown in 1915. MEAT, LARD AND EGGS DOWN Eureau Says Retail Prices Of Food, With Exeeption Of Sugar and Grain Products, Are Not Gov erned By European War. Washington. The cost of living, after rising steadily since 1907. except In 1911, took a downward trend during 1915, A report by the Bureau of La bor, just Iseued, analyzing retail prices of 29 articles of food, shows mat relative retail prices during 1915 aver aged ono per cent, lower than In 1914. Meats, lard and eggs averaged from 1 to 9 aceivL lower, while potatoes were tl per cent, lower. Wheat, flour, cornmeal and granulated sugar were h If her than In 1914, flour being 20 per rent, and sugar 11 per cent, higher. Commenting on statements that the F.uropean War is the dominating In fluence now controlling price changei of all commodities, the report says: "It Is true that retail food prices increased greatly Immediately after the outbreak of the war, and It seems probable that they have been main tained at a higher level ever since as a consequence of the Increased de mand abroad for our foodstuffs. A study of tho retail price statistics of the bureau, however, will convince anyone that with the exception of sugar, flour and possibly cornmeal, the prices of the principal articles of food since October, 1914, have been mainly governed by lornl and seasonal conditions and not by the oxt inor dinary exigencies brought uhoul by war. "The price of sugar shot up f2 per cent, from July 15 to August l.'i, 1914. Tho elimination from the American sugar market of beet sugar coming from Germany, AtlsCria and Russia has kept sugar prices high during 1915. While flour did not Jump In price so spectacularly as tmgar, the rutting down of the area devoted to wheat growing In Western Europe and the cutting off of Russian wheat from Weslern Europo, resulting from the war, have so increased the demand for American wheat and flour that flour prices have advanced even more than sugar prices. . "Beef prices Increased suddenly at the beginning of the war, but soon fell attain, since which they have behaved normally." WILSON SIGNS ROADS BILL. Authorized Expenditure Of $85.000,. 000 For Highways. Washington. President Wilson signed the Good Roads bill recently passed by Congress authorizing the expenditure of $K5,0C0,O00 In five years by the Federal Government on condi tion that states expend amounts simi lar to those apportioned to them. The signing was witnessed by members of the Senate and House and repre sentatives of farmers' organizations. AUTO RUNS AWAY WITH CORPSE. Stricken While Learning To Drive, Dies In Car. Carlisle, Pa. Guided alor.e by high curbing a new automobile carried the body of Frank W. Hoffer, 50 years old, a butcher, along the 600-foot block from Carlisle's Federal building to West street Hoffer, who had bought the car a few days ago, was stricken by heart disease while learning to drive. GUARDSMEN ON PATROL DUTY. Fifth Massachusetts Infantry First Eastern Organization. F.l Paso, Texas. The Fifth Massa chusetts Infantry was ordered to the border for patrol duty, the first of the Eastern military o-guniz-ations com ing here to see active service. The guardsmen will be stationed along the border from a point west of Fort Quitman, Texas, to Nori.t, N. M. E5 DEAD OR MISSING IN FLOOD. Property Loss Put At $10,000,000. Situation Improving. Atlanta. The Southern Hoods are receding with the cessation of the rains which began last Wednesday. About S5 persons are dead or mlsin;,' and the property loss, mostly crop damage, Is estimated at nearly $10,. 000,000. Central Alabama Is the only seci ion showing no Improvement. WASHINGTON NEWS Agents of the Department of Justice have Increased their vigilance to pre vent passage of iirnis and ammunition across the Mexican border. Senator Works,, of California, urged exclusion of Japanese Immigrants, de claring that the Koot-Tukahira "gen tlemen's agreement" was ineffective. Senator Ransdoll, of Louisiana, lim ing government action against the ravr.ges of typhoid and malaria, esti mated these t wo diseases rost the I'nltod States approximately 900,000 000 annually. Passage by the House of the Water power Bill, providing for the erection of dams in navigable streams under governmental control, left the Corrupt Practices Act the last of the important measures to bo considered by tin Hou during this sossicu. 5 DROP R. R. MEN WIN SIX FULL CREW CASES Railroads Get Decisions In Four Teats Of 1911 Act Before Service Commission, Harrlsburg Six of the ten complaints brought by representatives of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen against the big rail roads of the State alleging violation of the "full crew" Act of 1911, were de cided by the Pennsylvania Tubllo Service Commission in favor of the mon and extra men ordered placed on trains. In four cases It was held that the complaints were not well founded. Tho six decisions upholding the train men were given by Chairman W. D. B. AInoy, who went Into them exhaustive ly. In one case, which wag watched with Interest all over the country, he held that sleeping cars must be con sldered as coaches in the meaning of the Act, and that the Pennsylvania Railroad must place a baggageman In charge ot the bnggnge car. In four othor cases it was held by the chair man that dining car conductors could not be considered trainmon or brake men and that It would be just a logic al to make waiters trainmen. The cases in which tho railroads got de cisions Involved construction of trains, definition of expressmen and baggage men and yard work. The latter case came from western Pennsylvania, and was one In which the railroad men took much Interest. It was contended that trains containing over fifty and hlxty cars were run through yards without the number of men required. Commissioner M. J. Ryan, however, In a long analysis of the work performod, hold that the trains must be con sidered as yard switching, and that as the men were paid on a different basis and worked on a different system the Act could not be held to apply. Phila. Will Have 1918 Endeavorers. Enthusiasm among Philadelphia Christian Endeavorers has been run ning high since the announcement that the State Executive Committee of the C. E. Convention had selected Phila delphia for holding the 1918 conven tion. The big Philadelphia delegation received the news with cheers and plans were at once begun for the en tertainment of the convention two summers bence. The executive committee was In fluenced In Its decision to take the con vention to Phlladelphlt by pressing in vitations from the Philadelphia C. E. Union. Mayor Thomas n. Smith and the Philadelphia Chamber of Com merce. B!g features of the session were ad dresses by William T. Ellis, of Swarth more, and Miss Mildred Haggard, Junior specialist, of Minnesota. Dr. William S'haw, of Boston, ad dressed the convention and a big page ant was given by the Junior Endeavor ers. "Endeavor Experts" held a ban quet, when they were addressed by Stanley B. Vandersall. of Ohio. The parade of tho Endeavorers was prevented by a thunderstorm which swept tho city at the time scheduled for the event. Seetional meetings where various phases of C. E. work were discussed by leaders from Phila delphia, Reading. Pittsburgh, Allen town and other cities. Annuity To Oil Discoverer Is Closed. An opinion given to Thomas A. Crlchton, cashier of the State Treas ury, by Deputy' Attorney General Kun, closes an annuity which the Common wealth of Pennsylvania granted to E. L. Drake and w ife by Act of 1S73. The grant was made to Drake because "he discovered large quantities of petro leum" in the State, which "greatly stimulated various industries" and "also added d-lrectly to the revenue of the Commonwealth more than one mil lion dollars." The annuity was $1,500. Mr. Drake died some years ago and his wife has been drawing the annuity since. Her death occurred recently and Mr. Crlchton is informed that he may pay the amount of the annuity which had accrued at the time of her death to her estate. Supplies For Workmen Part Of Wages. The State Workmen's Compensation' Board has ruled that amounts deduct ed from gross earnings of an employe by the employer for furnishing eup plles necessarily used by him In his work should be included in computing "average wpekly wages" In compensa tion proceedings. The ruling la made In an opinion by Commissioner J. W. Leech, In a case wblch will have an Important bearing upon the claims in the anthracite region. Refuses To Lift Road Race'Ban. Highway Commissioner Black re fused to reverse his ruling forbidding hlll-climblng contests and rare on State highways, informins a commit tee of Fayclie countlans that if public sentiment was In favor of such con tests the Legislature could be petition ed to permit tliem. . Labor Department To Inspect Schools. Arrangements have, been completed whereby school buildings throughout the State' will be inspected by men of the State Department of Labor and Industry, who will make recommenda tions as to fire escapes and similar fire hazards. . t . Two Justices Appointed. These justices of the peace were named: John M. Scott, Beaver, and William E. White, Beaver Falls. In a fall from a tree, six-year-old Therena Luttenberg, of Bushkill Town ship, Northampton county, was killed. INTERESTING NOTES FOR ALL Abyssinia is an lmiportant cattle breeding country. Lhassa has a population of 15,000, of whom 9,000 are women. , One-fourth of the world's lead sup ply comes from Great Britain. E 01 THE BORDER Camp Too Small, Will Be Moved Nine Miles From El Paso. SOLDIERS HIT BY BLAST Lewis B. Wilson, Formerly a Subway Engineer, Mortally Wounded On Border Blame On Mexicans. El Paso. Lewis B. Wilson, a yotinr civil engineer, of Philadelphia, private In Company I, First Pennsyl. vanla Regiment, had his skull fmciiir d accidentally and Is lying at tl,. point of death at the field hospital at Fort Bliss. Wilson was In a shower bath r. freshlnfr himself aftrr the mflifarv duties of the day, when without warn ing some Mexican laborers blustlng for a refuse nit behind the Kecn4 ir.i. talion set off a charge of dynamite which gent a shower of rork-s In all directions over the ramp of the First Regiment. Two missiles, each weighing ant less than a pound, struck VVilsoi on the head. He was picked up unoonwiom and In fplte of the efforts of surgeon, who operated on him Tuesday nJi-lit he has not recovered consciousness Little hope is entertained for this r cover'. While the rarelesness of the Mexi can laborers is regarded as tho cause of the accident. Colonel Allen U mak ing a thorough Investigation in orcler to fix the responsibility. Fourth and Eighth At the Border. The Fourth and Eighth R"i?inient of the Pennsylvania National Guard, arrived, completing the Pennsylvania contlngeat -of guardsmen In L3 Paso. Guardsmen and regulars now here total about 26,000. Fifteen car loads of small arm am munition, said to be the larneat filngle shipment of munitions ever ntuilp along the border were sent from here to the Douglas, Ariz., base. Military authorities placed powerful searchlights on bill tops and oBhor vil lage points near the Mexican border at Eagle Pass. These will make It prac tically Impossible for any military activity to be conducted near the bor der under cover of darkness. EI Paso. Tho greatost hardship con fronting militiamen hero is in store for tho Pennsylvania division, Major Gen eral Clement commanding, which, be cause the camp sites are proving too small for the great number of troonn arriving, will make camp about three miles north of Fort Bliss, making it approximately nine miles distant from El Paso, and with no street car lines nearer than Fort Bliss. Two battalions of the Pennsylvania troops left for Boqulllas, in the P.is Bend country, to patrol that border in conjunction with two squadrons of Texas cavalry. Tho battalions nre taken one from the Second and the other from the Tenth Regiment. The order for the dispatch of relu- forcoments to Colonel Gaston's com mand followed closely reports from the district that Mexican bandits had raid, ed the Lamula mine, an American property, about 100 miles south of the ltnrilAP nn thuf ..uMnn. ........ Tl,. qulllas heard that the outlaws were moving north. Guardsmen Well Fed. Food complaints which flooded the East for the first day or two after the Massachusetts and Pennsylvania troops began arriving, were little Jnstifled, even though the quartermaster's de partment here was almost swamped In putting adequate supplies In pos session of the rapidly-arriving con tingents at widely separated camps. Queries at the various local canton ments elicited the fact that the guard? men are being well fed, many or them better fed than In civilian life and that in quantity, quality and assortment of food their rations are now different from those of the Regular Army. In fact, the militia messes are very much more diversified than those of the Regu'urs, for the militiamen are sup plying themselves with all manner of delicacies while many a tent is equip ped with a private Ice box and a sup ply of cold bottles. Very little sickness has occurred. Many unhardened militiamen arrivinc here were overcome while making camp, due to the combination of train weariness, the effects of too much pie lutd (oilu pop, hot sun, high altitude and the labor of pounding tent pegs into rock soil. These men have Ions since recovered and the health of all tho commands is. excf llent Many ef tho complaints sent East are undoubt edly due in large measure to home sickness. Around tho camps small houses have been erected aud these ore serving as residences or club houses for officers. Colonels and othor commanding offi cers of mllltla here say very few en listed men with dependents have ye1 made application for discharge. Care is being taken by officers to see tha' their, men with dependent famine nend the greater part of their Pv home, and in some Instances regiment al funds have been established to glv further aid. To Be Organized On Army Basis Army officers are convinced that the coming of General Bliss would re sult Mi organization of tho National Guardsmen into tactical units. Gen eral Bliss 'will mako a study of this service, and will supervise the cn' centratton of the tcattered units on divisional basis. . Such action is in line with the sug gestion of General Funston, 'h0 recommended to the War Depnrtntent a few weeks ago the division of the border command into three parts, eac part to be commanded by a major gen' ral KEYSTON III
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