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Hughes de Courcy Slater, editor of the Herald, was another who
put on the uniform and went to France. He left the management of
the newspaper in the capable hands of Zach White, a leading business-
man," and departed for Leon Springs, Texas, for officer's training.
He was commissioned a captain and in July, 1919, was shipped over-
seas. While he was in Europe, he not only attended to his military
duties but made the most of his opportunities as a newspaperman.
He kept a careful record of all that happened, made a quick tour of
historic and beautiful spots in Europe before leaving for home in
February, 192o, and for some time shared with the readers of his
paper special pages from his Overseas Notebook." He too valued his
military rank and title and was called Captain Slater thenceforward
until the day of his death. He habitually spoke of superior men as
"officer types" and implied that God intended them to direct the
destinies of lesser beings.
All this preparation for war overseas was complicated by some
serious shooting nearer home-in fact, just across the river in Juarez.
In June, 1919, Pancho Villa attacked the town for the third and last
time in his career. His star was setting fast, but he was still strong
in northern Mexico and Juirez had always been hospitable to him.
On June 13 he was camped outside the town with 4,000 men. The
carrancistas under General Francisco GonzAles were outnumbered
two to one. Confident of victory, Villa attacked on the morning of
the 14th and drove the federales out of the business district. Under
constant pressure, the government troops retreated to Fort Hidalgo
and other prepared positions.
By this time a chain reaction had been set off on the American
side of the river. From the beginning of the attack, bullets had been
coming across the international boundary. A number of military units
were stationed in or near El Paso, and it seemed that sniper fire was
being deliberately concentrated on these positions. Hardest hit was
the regimental headquarters of the 82nd Field Artillery, which Colo-
nel T. E. Merrill had set up in the El Paso Stockyards building. On
the evening of Sunday, June 15, aided by bright moonlight, snipers
firing from Mexico killed one enlisted man and wounded another.
by William V. Curtis, see ibid., January 15, 1919. For the welcome home see ibid., June
4, 25, 199.
0Mary White Boykin to C. L. S., interview, March 2o, 1965; El Paso Herald, August
21, 1917.
"El Paso Herald, July 18, 1918; March 3, lgso.361
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