EL PASO. Texas, July 24 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The crossing of Ameri
can troops into Mexico at Juarez June
5 last brought prominently before the
American public Brigadier General
James B. Erwin, commander of the
border district, who gave the order
for the crossing. His action later was
sustained by high military authority.
For a long time he has been a figure
of considerable prominence in army
affairs, and was commander of two
of the divisions that helped defeat the
German army.
General Erwin’s expression most
frequently is a smiling one, and his
men declare he is one of that tribe
of “smiling fighters” whom it is the
part of discretion not to arouse.
^ From his graduation from the Unit
ed States military academy in 1880
until he assumed command of the Sev
enth cavalry on the Mexican border in
1914 there was little in his career to
attract wide interest in civilian cir
cles. In the army, however, his work
was well and widely known and his
promotions were rapid. He held vari
ous posts, usually with cavalry regi
ments, but including details in the in
spector general's and adjutant gen
eral's departments. In 1SS3 he was
an honor graduate of the infantry and
cavalry school.
His arrival on the border in 1916
gave General Erwin his first oppor
tunity. He was second in command
under Colonel George Dodd, of border
fame, who led the cavalry brigade of
General Pershing’s punitive expedi
tion. Colonel Dodd, recommending
him for an appointment as brigadier
general, wrote: “For gallantry, cool
ness and marked activity in the fight
with Villa’s command at Guerrero,
Mexico, March 29, 1916, and for most
commendable energy displayed as sec
ond in command on the long and dif
ficult marches, I recommend,” etc.,
and added in closing: “Favorable
consideration of this recommendation
is strongly urged.”
When the United States recognized
that a state of war existed with Ger
many the then colonel early was given
a brigadier general’s commission. He
remained with the Eighty-second di
vision for a few months, and then he
organized the Sixth division. He went
overseas in command of this division,
but after the signing of the armistice
was transferred to command the
Ninety-second division, with which he
returned to the United States. Last
March he assumed command of the
border district.
General Erwin is known to many of
ficers, particular]}7 of the old army
school, as “Jimmy,” while the men
he commands have dubbed him affec
tionately “the best ‘old man’ on earth.”
He is to be retired next year. General
Erwin is a native of Georgia.
INTERNED PRISONERS
ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE
FROM CAMP BY TUNNEL
SYDNEY, Australia, June 4 (Corre
spondence of the Associated Press).—
Several hundred Germans and Aus
trians made an attempt to escape by
tunneling from the Holdsworthy con
centration camp here recently in order
to foil the purpose of the Australian
authorities to send them back to Ger
many and Austria.
The military authorities had previ
ously notified the interned Teutons
that they were soon to be returned to
their native countries. Shortly before
they were to be taken out of the in
ternment camp the authorities discov
ered a tunnel 150 feet long which led
from one of the barracks underneath
the fence inclosing the camp, and
thence to the surface outside. The
tunnel was the work of about one hun
dred and fifty men, and apparently was
begun as soon as the prisoners re
ceived warning of intention to send
them home. They had planned to
break free from the camp on the night
before the sailing of the steamship for
England.
Earth removed from the tunnel had
been so distributed around the camp
that it was not noticed until the tunnel
was almost completed. When the tun
nel was discovered the Germans made
a hostile demonstration, but the guards
suppressed it. The prisoners watched
with chagrin the filling in of the tun
I nel.
FOURTH OF JULY LAKE
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i LOS ANGELES. July 19 (by mail).
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coln park here. The monster confec
tion. which was a feature of the Fourth
; of July celebration, was six feet high,
, four feet thick, and weighed nearly
half a ton.
Special dinner served from 11:30
o’clock every day at the City Bakery.
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