Arizona republican., 1910-09-30
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 PHOENIX COMPANIES A AND B IN RACE FOR HONORS AT CAMP ATAScADERo. Amusing Features of Life at the Army Maneuver Encampment-Storyo of Skirmish lines-The Ari
 zona Quartet.

 Guard of Arizona. Intense rivalry has sprung up between these two com panies to see which will secure the largest number of orderly appoint ments before the end of this cncamp- ment
 Each afternoon, at guardmount, Col onel Tuthill selects from among the men designated for guard duty, his orderly for the ensuing twenty-four hours Private Wilson Larmor of Company B was appointed several days ago. B felt pretty chesty over this honor, but the days rolled by and no other member of the company was se- lected by Colonel Tuthill.
 Saturday Marshall Humphreys of Company A was made orderly. This put the two Phoenix companies even. But when Private Harry Falls, also of Company A was made orderly the fol- lowing day, the boys of Company felt that it was time for them to do some thing So every member of the B de- tail that reported for guard duty this afternoon was spruced up in grand shape And Louis Stewart captured the honor. Company A claims that IL will have another orderly tomorrow, but the men of Company E have an idea that 1t will be easy for them to capture the honor two or three or even four times in succession.
 It chanced that both Falls and Humphreys, the Company A orderlies. were members of the first squad. This morning squad one went on sleep de bauch. Not one member. not even Cor
 
 or reveille, but were sweetly sleeping when the company fell in for roll call. Despite their protests that every man 1 in the quad intended to be an orderly this week and were sleeping late to put themselves in proper trim, Captain Grinstead ordered that they be given any extra duty that might be on hand. Therefore the first squad men, ex- | orderlies and all spent the day clean ing the latrines, picking up waste pa per and doing other odd jobs about camp.
 Little work was required of the Ari- Zona boys today. In fact it has been one of the lightest days since camp was established. This morning the com panies were marched about a mile below | camp and permitted to snap their guns at distant targets. This exercise was | for the purpose of teaching the men how to set their sights and aim their pieces.
 This afternoon there was a sham battle about two miles north. It was very mild and unexciting. Amusing features. Numerous amusing features crop up in the camp life of Atascadero. Not the | least amusing of these features has 1 to do with Company As skirmish lines. The cooks and quartermaster of Company B as well as several persons at the regimental commissary are will 1 ing to swear to the truth of the story. Quartermaster A. C. Taylor Of Com pany A refuses to discuss the sub ject.
 One afternoon late last week a Com pany B cook noticed Quarrermaster Sergeant Taylor passing by and threw out a careless remark to the effect that it was about time for the sergeant to go down to headquarters and get his issue of skirmish lines.
 "Skirmish lines?" said Taylor per plexedly.
 Sure; there are a lot of skirmish
  been issued, so our q. m. says"
 A great light broke upon Taylor. "Skirmish lines." he exclaimed ''Why. of course; soap, candles, toilet paper and such stuff"
 Thereupon he went to his top ser geant and requested a detail of ten men. Marching at the head of the de- tail, he went down to headquarters and asked for Company As skirmish lines. After a few minutes conversation with the commissary officers another light broke upon Taylor.
 Another amusing feature, something | that causes passers-by to smile broad ] ly is the fad of freak shaving that has struck Company B. Fearful and won derful are the faces of some of the ! Phoenix boys in this company. It started shortly after camp was established and it has by no means run its course. The young men began | to leave patches of stubby Wiskers here and there upon their faces. shaving the | remainder of their hirsute appendages. l The favorite way was to let the mus | tache and chin whiskers grow. Varia- tions were quickly invented and pa | raded. Some left only the mustache and a goatee on the lower lip. Others ! shaved everything except the sides of | their faces.
 About the time camp is broken most 1 of the freak whiskers will come off, but some of the boys swear they will let their weird boards grow until they are | back in Phoenix.
 Unfamilarity with the details of | guard duty lead men into queer mis- I takes. one of the rules is that guards l shall halt all relief parties with the | command to halt and inquiry, Who I goes there?" The corporal answers: T Corporal of the guard" Then the i sentry says, Advance. corporal, and be recognized"
 T The other night one of the sentries went through the program in proper , style till he came to the Advance part of it. His invitation was. Cor . poral, come. forth"
 Fl And fhe corDoral came forth.