The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1911-10-11
A TRIP TO McCOMB.
4 Pen Picture Of Conditions and Mil
itary Life on Scene Of Last
Weeks Riotine.

i seQuenL military rule now IN force.
| Our train pulled in at about 8:3C
a. M. and great crowds of citizens il
| Sunday array, such as always char.
acterizes much of the citizenship
lof Rrookhaven at train time" on
| the Sabbath. were about the streets
| and corners. quietly taking note, as
/ Capt. j. L. Storm, Of our Stonewall
Guards, and a portion of the khaki
clad military company of Laurel,
along with The Leader reporter
Ipeacefully entered the guarded gates
and pursued their way south along
theI. G.. where the camps are locat-
ed and where the first to greet US
were members of local Go. H."
! Here we found the pot boil
ing, with Ross Mcclellan, deft of
hand and red of face. doing his
level best in the capacity of cook.
The aroma from a huge vessel of
beans and another of .'army beef"
reminded US of the breakfast we
hadn't eaten and that we declined
just at that moment! Adjacent,
with his off eye on the commissary
we found AL Moore, who informed
us that, obedient to his early rear
ing be was making something to
sit down on" and rest on the Sab
bath Day." but two hours later
when we reached the end of our
circuit at the beginning of it, Mr..
Moore hadn't broken the fourth
commandment much; and we left
him standing close to the Mosaic
tables of stone and huge sack of
onions that seemed to lend him
strength.
As we passed the wide spread
Khaki tents, with their comfortable
cots and blankets and noted the
smiling faces of our State Militia
from Greenwood, Yazoo, jackson,
Natchez, Laurel, Meridian, etc.,
along with the splendid sanitary
conditions. pits a-fire near each
cooking stove consuming waste
material. nothing seemed quite
SO serious at last except the prob
lem of the working man!
Our soldier boys are enjoying it,
even those who had escaped from
the quarters to come home to get
clean Clothes" as we'll as those who
had been tempted to give away
cartridges, as souvenirs. Maj.
He kins. who is one of our model
military men. and who believes in
military rule and discipline had
taken note of derelictions in camp
and informed Capt. Storm upon
arrival of the pending court mar
tial that needs must be held later,
to preserve order.
( Guardsmen are strung along the
yards for nearly mile and Deputy
United States MarshaIs maintain
order at the station. Passes are
required on every hand and strict
military rule is enforced.
When we started across the track
after meeting our late associate of
the Greater Brookhayen Edition,
Mr.. Metcalf. who is member of
the Natchez Company, true to him.
self and his friends in peace or
war. in business or in battle, we
found we had been so engrossed
with what was Immediately before
US. we had failed to observe the
great machine guns mounted on
the Railroad Office. as shown in
Mondays Times Democrat. The
sight of these gave US a thrill un-
known before, and a mounted Cat
ling gun on terra tirma with its
yards OF cartridges on betting
which are run like ribbons on a
typewriter. with automatic action,
and that may be fired in any direc-
tionat will of the operator, further
convinced US that life is indeed un- |
certain under fire.
Behind the ten-foot walls, strung |
with barbed wire. and but yester-
day put up by the /. G. J" we were
permitted to pass. guided by Capt.
Storm to view the shops and behold |
the strike breakers. En- route, the
genial face Of our Company H.'s
surgeon. DR.. Dudley Jones, very
appropriately greeted US near the
Red Cross flag, adjacent to which
was the hospital with two soldiers
apparently enjoying the gentle
ministrations OF our surgical ex-
pert. However, the DR.. himself /
was complaining of a cold caught
from washing his face. = We |
would never have thought Of it; but /
are reminded by DR.. Jones'
experience that the aIl-pervading
smoke and CRIME and dirt, will,
doubtless. tend to protect our
soldier boys against the lower temp
srature now threatening every
where, except in cases Of baths.
Bath houses are provided.
Within the walls where the work
of repair on railroad property is
carried on. the workmen being thus
protected. we noted with deal Of
interest. If not curiosity, the strike
breakers entrenched there. "A Is
different lot they were said TO |
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