The Harrison times., 1911-09-23
Harrison at the State Shoot.
The Trip to Little Rock and Stay in Fort
Logan II Roots.

Logan II. Roots.
The company team OF 20 M, OF
the Arkansas National Guards, COM
posed of Lieut. Clay Toney, Cul Bo-
bo, Bob Mitchell, Claude Alexander,
Lon MoSeley, Justin Harris, and
Met Eof took the south bound
train Sunday, September 10th, for
Little Rock There was nothing OF
particular interest on our way. At
Heber Springs Lieut.. Toney secured
nice lunch for each member OF the
team, which was much appreciated.
We arrived at Kensett at 7:lO
We had to wait here for the south
bound Iron Mountain train which
was a little late, arriving at $50
o'clock. While at kensett | learned
that Jesse Harris. our former deputy
sheriff Of Boone county, was a mail
clerk on the Missouri & North Ark
ansas train.
We arrived in Little Rock at 1880
and took Union depot street car
for Hotel Main on Main and Mark
ham Streets, where we secured beds
and went off to dream land to
dream of Fort Logan H. Roots and
the possibilities of winning laurels
for Company NJ.
Monday morning we learned that
Fort Logan H, Roots was about
three miles to the northwest, and
that we could go but about half the
distance on a street car, so we cross
ed the Arkansas river on the free
bridge which took us into Argenta
on the north side of the Arkansas,
Now here occurred a little incident
which attracted my attention As
we crossed the river we came to'a
saloon on a prominent corner,
where people stop to wait for street
cars. While waiting for car we
were approached by nice looking
young man with one arm hanging
out of his coat sleeve by his side. In
his other hand he had some cards
which he handed out. They told a
very pathetic story of how he was
paralvzed, of his wounded pride in
asking for money, and many other
high sounding phrases.
Now decided here as in many
other strange places to ask lot OF
questions, so | stepped into the
| saloon and asked the proprietor
| what all this meant. He told me
there were about fifty such fellows
around there who would beg for
money and come and lay around the
saloon and drink until their money
was all gone. OF course he got a
cool reception from us boys.
We took street cars for the fort,
and went in that direction as tar as
there was any car line, and the rest
of the way we walked, arriving at
the fort at about s o'clock.
The fort is located on point ex-
tending from the north, the west
| and south sides of which arc Il high
! bluff, formerly known as Big Rock
The approach is from the east.
There is nice road that winds
around considerably before it reach
es the top, by means OF which auto
mobiles and Wagons reach the fort.
People on foot reach it by a shorter
route, a foot path in which there
are nine fights of stairs, About
half way up the hill is found a chaly-
beate spring, which seems to wei
come the weary visitor,
In the fort is found the company
brick houses, in which the soldiers OF
the regular army live while in the
fort. Each company has its own
mess hall and bath house. The,
have post hospital and ofhcer $
building their own teams, black
smith shops, gymnasium and base
ball ground, and a mail orderly who
brings in their mail twice q day,
making two outgoing and two in.
coming mails each day,
In the fort a soldier who obeys
orders has very good time, bpt
those who are unruly are up against
a hard proposition. They are put
on extra duty, such as hoeing gar
den, carrying coal, digging bitches,
etc, and are under guard and
clothed in fatigue uniform,
While we were in camp we ate
with Co. NJ of the 18th infantry.
This was one trip in which the pri-
Yates got by far the better deal, for
we were assigned to companies
where we had good grub and COM
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