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Show TWENTIETH 16 ' NOW SPEEDING TOWARD MEXICAN BORDER EXPECTED TO REACH FORT BLISS TUESDAY MORNING SCENES incident to the departure of the Twentieth for the Mexican border. On the right at the top is seen the loading of the last of the camping equipment of the regiment. At the left top and at the bottom are soldiers waiting until their special train is ready to leave for El Paso, Texas. With Band Playing and Colors Col-ors Flying, the Start Is Made, THE Twentieth regiment of United States infantry is now on tho way to the Mexican border. With band playing and colors flying, the men of tho regiment marched proudly away perhaps to war. At least, thoy aro going near war, the iho fighting of tho Mexican federals and rebels is in almost constant con-stant progress only a few miles south of El Paso, uear which city tho Twentieth Twen-tieth will be stationed. It is expected that the regiment will go direct to Fort Bliss, four miles from El Paso. The men of tho regiment -wore up before be-fore tho sun at Fort Douglas yesterday yester-day morning aud at 7:45 tho march to the station began. Most of tho equipment equip-ment of the regiment was startou on its trip to the border the night beforo and the men had ouly to pack thoir personal effects. i Nearly S00 Men in Line. The regiment swung down from the fort to Brigham street and then marched straight to the Salt Lako Eouto station. sta-tion. There were nearly 800 men in line. They wore their khaki sorvice uniforms and marched with a spring that betokened their health and spirits. As tho band played the popular military mili-tary marches the soldiers hummed the words. At Brigham and Stato streets tho soldiers sol-diers broke step and waited a few mo-meuts mo-meuts for some passing streot cars. Then they resumed tho march to the station, whore tho regimental unit divided di-vided into three battalions, ono for pach train. The rifles wero stackod nnd tho soldiers sol-diers -broke Tanks to bid farewell to their friends. Somo of the farowells wero sad and for somo there wero heartaches. heart-aches. For tho most part, however, tho Econo was chcorful and from tho smiles and laughter one might judge that tho journoy was a pleasure trip rather than one that might be to war. On Three Special Trains. The Salt Lako Houto fast special carrying tho regimental band, the color eguad and tho first battalion of soldiers sol-diers loft tho Union station" at 0:55 o'clock yesterday forenoon. Tho socond battalion lott in tho second special. spe-cial. The third train, bearing the third battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Frcdorick Perkins and the regimental headquarters, headquar-ters, left the station at 11 o'clock. Just beforo tho last train left Colonel Porkins shook hands with Colonel J. A. Irons and Major "Willis Uline, both of whom remained behind tho regiment. Colonel Irons probably partod from his regiment for tho List tlmo as its commanding officer. He will leave Monday for Japan, whore he is assigned to duty at the American legation. le-gation. Before ho is relieved of this assignment ho will probably have achieved his promotion to brigndier gen-oral, gen-oral, Major Ullno will remain at Port Douglas as post quartermaster, succeeding succeed-ing Colonel Irons as commandant of tho post when tho latter leaves for Japan. Few Left at the Post. "With Major Uliuo at tho poflt -will remain about twenty-livo soldiers for police and flro protection, in addition to about a dozen othors whoso terms of 'enlistmont in the army will expire in the next fow daj-s. Should tho Twentieth Twen-tieth regiment remain indof Lnltoly at Fort Bliss, a battalion of somo other regiment will probably bo sent hero to garrison Fort Douglas until, in the regular course of army movemonta a regiment is assigned to Fort Douglas. It is improbable that tho Twentloth will Teturn to Fort Douglas. If It does not romaln longer than a forr wooks at El Paeo it will probably bo sent to tho Philippines to rolleve some rogimont, the term of service of which in the islands has been completed.- Tho first long stop of the trains on their way to tio Moxican border will bo at Colton, Cal., whore the trains will wait about an hour whilo they are being transferred from the tracks of tho Bait Lake Route to thoso of the Southern Pacific. Tho trip from Salt Lake to tho Mexican bordor will be mado in about sixty hours. |
