The Weekly orb., 1898-05-29
FROM THE FRONT.
An Interesting Letter from the
 Orb correspondent.

CAMP WooD, San Antonio, May g. Talk about southern Arizona heinz hot, it $ not far ahead of this section oI the south in the matter of heat. It is true that the mercury does not climb as high as ia Phoenix and vicinity, hut the,e is co much moisture in the atinos s- phere that the heat is more oppressive than in Aiiyoia. The Arizona bows sa: Gee whiz." That is not the only eXi.rassinn helrl but will sn ii:a for the reason that Webster does not define sone of inc other remarks.
 There was a hot time in camp this morning and our broncho5 and mus tangs were training all over the country w,,h ,ie riders cl'rping io tie saddles Mnjnr Brodie took his squadron out to dr II under fire, The men fired their six shooters in the air and the circus commenced Despite the lmcking of the animals the troopers kept their seats and fired their revovers several times. The practice will be continued every day until the horses are thor oughly broken in. The sport was excit- ing and very much enjoyed bv the hoys.
 The camp now presents the appear ance of a "tentel" alley. The firt and second sqnadrons were issued tents ves- ter,lay and the commands moved from the big exposition hall which they have occupied since arriving here. Each man has half of a tent which in army parlance is called shelter or "dos tent" Two men occupy a tent. The tents are lain ont in company row, and last night for the first time were occupied by the men.
 AZ lle equipments for the first and second souadrons have been issued and nothing is wanting now but the com man4 to march.
 A couple of days ago each troop was again mustered into the regiment. The original muster roll 't Wh;pple called for three years servlre. but there seems to have been mistake for the pres. drn's proclamation only called for two years.
 Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt gave every man the option of bein. dis charged from the regiment feS days ago if any felt SO inclined, but to the credit of the regiment not one man availed himself of the opportunity to fr, "imself from army life.
 We now have all our equipments, in. cluding rifles, six.shooters and ma. chetes. Our company, which is Con- lmny B, have been given sorrel horses, and some of them are dandies. The officers of our troop have been changed several times since we arrived here The complete roster of the officers and non-commissionrd officers of the troop is nov as follows: Captain. J. II. Mn- Clintock; first lieutenant, George B. Wilcox; seconl lIeuten mt, Tom ltyn- Ing; sergeants, Davidson, llawley, Campbell, Norton, Uuing. Pate and D. Hughes; corporals, Lee, Greg ,ry, Hsit- man, Waterbury, McCabe, pemberton and Mccarthy.
 The boys from Bisbce arc all doing nicely. We have all had our tutn xt guard duty, etc. Wlssin| is acting as pastry cook and is becoming expert at the business. Tho supply of reading matter here is very short, and any old magazines. books, novels, papers, etc., that the citizens of Bsbee would send would be greatly appreciated by the boys.
 We expect to go to the front via Gal weston or New Orleans very shortly. Col. Roosevelt expects the orders at any me. w Il write aga n il few dave. The toys a send ti,eir best re- gar $ to all. Y~urs t,uy,
 J. XXX HALL
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