La Junta tribune., 1913-11-15
REMINIsCENCES or THE Wan
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We got at the Park House t0xt o3I0t
does ~" and II sure didn't.
Well. We ate what We could Aad
threw the rest away. crawled b In
to the cars and were soon al0vlag
to the hill where We set camp. We
pitched our tents In company foPna-
ton, having our own street In frDnt
OF the tents. and the other companies
OF the first and second batAlllons
did the same.
W. ~er. finally issued some
stoves. and after placing them In
the center OF tn. tents with the pipe
reaching out OF tn. top. our Quarter
Master Sergeant I'd Miller told -
We could get some hay and straw u
". wanted to and make our beds. 4
line Was formed and ~. immediate
ly followed our quarter master -
the straw pile. when this WAS COM
plet.d, a place was next TO be found
to put our luggage, so We decided
that tn. head OF our beds would b.
the best place. Through all the
Who'll. shuttle no one Was hurt or ev-
EN- got mad Strange. isn't IL! The
whole bunch was pretty tired BY
night and think S o'clock caught
US all In bed and asleep.
The early rising In the morning
was what hurt. Al 5:i5 We had to
be out In order and answer to roll
call. We looked around for our
commanding officer and also the
first lieutenant. but neither could be
found We wondered where they
were? Sergeant Howard Elder COM
manded us to be quiet. as our COM
manding officers were asleep and did
not wish to be disturbed. Sergeant
Fuller let out few shrill notes and
Immediately Captain Linville poked
his head out OF his tent and said:
Sergeant Fuller. you for the wood
pile for three hours"
Fuller picked up his little axe Aad
played George Washington for the
time ordered
This being the first day Of real
camp life. We all wondered what
Company II would be ordered To do.
When orders were issued from head
quarters. 1t fell to our lot to do the
guard stunt for twenty-four hours
to follow. our company Immediate
~ formed and marched To the guard
house. ". w.r. ther. divided into
thrc. relays. each relay being com
posed OF eight men and there being
eight posts around Ia. camp. each
guard was on duty on. hour aud off
two. The relays had been posted
three or four times when We heaet
the report of gun and next camR
I tn. command for the corporal OF the
guard Post No. s. The corporal
ran down tn post No. and found
Harry Mock shaking iik. lea The
corporal asked what was III. mat
ter and Harry stated that there was
man near his post II. had order
ID him to Halt" but as he did not.
Harry repeated the order With the
,hr.n, that h. would shoot After
h. shot. the object still moved.
Well" Said Corporal W.ir.r. IN
stop him" so h. went through the
sam. lingo. and said II loud enough
50 that IN. supposed party could
hear him. This object sss standing
at tn. .dg. OF creek. the bank be-
ins about fiy. feet deep. and special
orders were given To keep particular
watch at this place as II would b..
very easy to crawl along aud make
an attack upon III. camp THIS deal
of Hsrry's happened about J O'Clock
In tn. morning. and II you will re-
member that when staring at an OBJ
l.ct In tn. dark 1, will be sure to
seem like II ~as moving
Tn. corporal nov being a little
frightened told Harry TO sd,anc. up
ON tn. supposed man aud arr.s, him.
'h'f b'hh tls closer
they got To him III. NOR. creepy IL
seemed, When close enough to To.
coeniz. what 1t ~as. they found A
little. m"aslcy. scrawny tree. With
thick branches at III. top. That's
all. This li,,l. happening was too
good to keep. so the corporal sprung
II at mess tn. n.a, morning. OF
conrs" the company had a good
laugh
The, say that po. xot frightened
AT this sam. object. but instead of
shooting h. Just naturally got down
on all 'ours and .rs~i-d 10 the 9th.
ef end OF Post No. 8. and with all
the effort Of his wrecked body xay.
out = faint whisper. 'G~an. n Won
WANT to- Wh.n