Arizona republican., 1910-09-21
1.-THE OCCUPATION l OF ATASCADERO O
THE kATAsASIS OF THE ARIZONA
 GUARD.
Description of the Scenes and Routine
 of the Camp.

Atascadero, Cal, Sept. 17.-(Special Correspondence to The Republican)- Four hundred and fifty khaki-clad sol
 diers from Arizona are today en-
 camped here. The Arizona national
 guardsmen arrived at the station of
 Atascadero at 10 o'clock last night. slept on the Pullmans and early this morning marched mile and a half to
 the camp grounds, among the oaks Of
 Atascadero. This afternoon they are
 putting the final touches on their
 camp and Monday will settle down in
 earnest to the business of learning how to make war.
 The journey from Phoenix to Camp Atascadero was uneventful. Nothing
 occurred to mar the pleasure of the trip
 and all the boys seemed to enjoy them
 selves immensely. They became a It. tie hungry yesterday but didn't mind that. With merry jokes they accepted
 this as one of the fortunes Of war and every man swOre that he wouldn't re- enlist-not until his present term of enlistment ran out
 The approximate time of the journey from Phoenix was thirty-si& hours. It was not until after 10 o'clock Thursday morning that the two special trains chartered to bring the Arizona troops to Atascadero left the capital city. It was pretty warm between Marlcopa and Yuma. Tine ice water on the cars didn't last very long after the junction had been passed and there was no place where more ice could be secured until Yuma was reached, which was about o'clock in the evening. Canned goods served for subsistence the first day Corned beef, beans and tomatoes and bread were served. There
 was plenty of this kind of food. such as it was. But it was exhausted with ! the Thursday evening meal and the l Arizona soldiers had to wait untll noon Friday before they ate again. santa
 Barbara was the place where they were [ fed. AS the train had to wait more
 than an hour, the officers decided 10 | take them all to one restaurant. AT arrangements were made with the pro prietor of a hotel near the station Cit was not the Potter) to take care or | the boys in his lunch room. Only about seventy-five could be served at
 once. It was probably the busiest day | that restaurant every had. Most ot
 the boys got through in time to scat
 ter through the city and buy something extra to bolster up the limited meal. 1 San Luis Obispo was the next place where the guardsmen ate. The train pulled into that place about 7:3O p. m. l Practically every restaurant in the city was patronized, for the train could not stop long. Some of the companies fared we'll and some did not. Company B of Phoenix had what everyone of tthe bows termed a swell feed" Per
 haps that was because they knew how to jolly" the waitresses. Wherever 1 there are waitresses, Company B
 makes a hit.
 | Only one man was lost from the two trains between Phoenix and Atasca- dero. one of the First battalion priv ates was left behind in Los Angeles, having strayed too far away from the the station. Several others just did catch the train. Transportation was wired back for the private and he wih 1 reach camp tonight.
 1 In Yuma several members of Com l pany K (Tucson) fingered too long ana did not catch their section of the train l They were in time to swing on the second section, however, and fared Just
 as well as though they had been with their own command, for there were
 plenty of extra berths. They rejoined their company in Los Angeles the next
 morning
 Much beautiful country lies north or Los Angeles, and the boys enjoyed themselves every minute of the time
 It was a singularly happy, jolly bunch of youngsters and the Phoenix boys, from A and B, were not the least jolly