Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-07-23
The Manner OF Life at the Well-Known
Arizona Post.
THE VOLUNTEERS Enjoying IT.

Special Correspondence
Whipple Barracks, July 2l.-There are
no idle men at this post; nor, indeed, IL
there anything else idle. During the day
old Sol Is shooting his rays directly at
our brown and corrugated features. The
nights, hover, require substantial cover
ing. We have not yet received any
equipments. The boys OF Company A are
working willingly. There are dive drills
now each day. The Lord aud commander
OF the post. Russell, only know II they
will be Increased. II they are they will
have TO be crowded into one drill before
rising and one after retiring. The first
to timber up 10 rise, the second TO tire
out for slnmber.
But really, the men are fast acquiring
proficiency, and that Is what we all de-
sire so that we may speedily take thu
field. The officers OF Company A will not
be outdOne, and the men are with
them. Like q wart, they are always
on hand. As usual the company
Is kicking about the cook and the
cooking, and this morning, especially,
with good reason. We had for breakfast
two small slices OF bread with a hard
fried piece OF fitch the size OF a cock
roach quietly hidden between them--and
oOffee-well. the cook held a pound Of 1t
over a barrel OF water, and kindly
allowed the shadow TO fall on II,
then sweetened II by walking around
the dec0ctiOn one and one half times
and executing q right oblique." And
you will kindly remember that we had
risen and drilled In order 10 get our ap-
petite for this breakfast. As | write
many are still In possession OF the appe-
tite. We know quartermaster Sergeant
Smith 10 be n rustler who Ia doing all he
can and the company complained u
Capt B~OrradAile who will undoubtedly
try TO remedy the III. Other companies
complain OF the grub even louder than
we. The cooks hres are Just under the
windows OF the FIRST and second squads OF
company A, and anon throughout the
the day a report In heard from his fires
and q cloud OF ashes and living Goals rise
into the air and about the kettles like an
eruption OF the Vesuyius. And from the
debris will come a voice saying: "NOw,
here Ill be ------tfl don't -
----i II you don't stop your -
-" Then as the boys crowd about
him 70 ~sympathiEe, we hear some
thing like this: "He II aber oily mes sin
tab sec" which translated, e that
thera are many cid u%nexploded cartridges
lying about and possibly n or some
may somehow have crawled into the fire
These explosions always decimate a regi-
ment Of dies on guard duty about the
soup kettles into which they fall, thu.
dispensing all hospital service for the
wounded. IL | was q woman, which
hope 10 be when this cruel wal IL over,
would never marry other than a soldier
lie Ia experienced In these things ant
won't kick. | but chronicle the fac
that company A il the crack company a
the post at present, but the other com
panies are working hard and especially
Phoenix and this rivalry serves 10 hasteI
the progress OF all,
While the boys have nothing but sin
cere thanks for the good ladies OF Pres
colt, who have kindly done much for u
here, they do emphatically protes
against the extortiOns OF some OF Oh
business people OF Prescott. They ar
charged from three TO four prices 70
every thing they buy. Pies are twent
cents; beer fifteen cents; pillows, S2.W
and everything In proportion. The pos
has b~OycOtted the pie mai until he come
down TO ten cents. He cannot sell q pl
TO one OF the 800 men in camp. II h
does not come down on pies In two day
he will not come within the lines. tn
soldier Ia the last man In this cOnntr
whom a decent business man would hOl
up.
To days noon drill showed the con
panies averaging about sixty men IN
deficiency were ~indispOsed, excused or !
the guard house. The latter IL not
| name only as reported In Prescott paper
To-day II Is we'll padded; but most Of n
. charges are "0ut u time"
. am glad TO be authorized by the bOy
Q 10 vote their thanks TO the mother
. daughters, sisters, sWeethearts, friend
: and people OF Albuquerque for the
latest consignment OF provisions. v
i love you all better than ever, II this
o we're possible. The good things have n
a yet been distributed but II Ia a comic
TO know they are here, and will be.
The Las Cruces company, came In q
evening OF the 18th. The Albuquerqu
n Santa Re and Las Vegas companies m
them aud escorted them 10 their quartz
! through files Of Arizona volunteers
the parade mountaineering, we'll, d
3 The CITIZEN hear any noise about 8 p.
that day. That was I'VE uns."
O Last night a rumOr Vas eirculat
!, that there would be an excursion
!, greatly reduced rates from A%lbuquerq
l. and other New Mexico cities 20 WhipI
z barracks, and the quarters buzzed like
. disturbed hive OF bees, The boys no
the Tumor Is true-we would be- va
g. glad; 1. Q. those OF us not on guard, in
81 Kitchen or locked up. The camp won
be a sight worth coming 10 see. T
work they dO-the buzz-the hurry-t
N b~ugles-the parade-the flags and cole
10 the bright cleaning guns and swOI
and uniforms, when they all GOMEZ a
the men-the men-frOm every class a
II profession and degree.
am just informed that there are nj