La Junta tribune., 1913-12-06
soldier Bo,s Eajoy Thanksgiving

ana business men OF the best town In
the valley how CompanyH appreciat-
ed and enjoyed the Thanksgiving
dinner that was sent to US. To be-
gin with. We received everything o.
X. the day before Thanksgiving Day
and 1t was one OF the busiest bunch
oi fellows that you ever saw making
Arrangements for the dinner. The
tirs, thing to be done Vas to find =
place to serve our dinner. Mr.. Dan
lord. superintendent OF the G. +. L
l. at this camp. came to our aid and
furnished US two company houses.
Just as We wished: also all the ium-
Der and material that was necessary
Tor making tables to serve the din
ner on. We busted ourselves the
rest OF the day making nine tables.
each one OF them large enough to
sea, squad OF men,, and one extra
tabl. for commissioned officers and
guests. We rented = large bakery
oven to roast our turkeys In. the
rest OF the meal being prepared over
an open fire outdoors.
Company II was very fortunate
In having two firstclass cooks. Joe
Areallno and Private Leroy prepar-
In. the dinner 70 = kings taste. Din
ner ~as served at } p. m. There
ser. about seventy-fiye present for
dinner. Captain Linville had for his
guests Captain Householder and
wife from Company T.. End ReEi-
ment. First Lieutenant John White
aud Second Lieutenant Fraute. also
Of Company C., who are stationed at
Valdez, Just one mile east OF Segun-
do
Tn. dim .r proved to b. one grand
success. There ar~ no words that
could explain how everybody enjoyed
IT, IL Vas the most thankful bunch
OF boys that you ever saw. Many
serr heard To make the remark that
II Is awful nice to be at home for
Thanksgiving. but 1t Is still better
to b. away from home and have the
folks at home remember you ON that
dsy. After dinner was over and
th. boys ~ full that they could hard
~ move. there were enough eatabies
left for another meal equally as
good as the one Just consumed. The
boys lunch.d on cold roast turkey
and apples for a couple of days
The boys OF Company II We're
somewhat surprised on the return OF
Captain Linvill- from his furlouIh
home. When We met him at tn. de-
pot he had with him twenty-five
new recruits u sure looked good
to the boys. as the entire company
had been standing guard eight hours
nov. they get eight hours guard du-
~ out of every forty-.'rh,. Th.
password on III. guard lin. has be
com. very popular In camp, II H..
what viii members of III" national
guard do To K"n.han when election
come round again" The boys hav.
learned that soldier does not need
any pay Tor what they do as long
as they get three Kquar. meals "A
day. clothes to wear and tn. soft
side of pine board Ia sleep on, TIL.
all-absorbing question II, How will
We get money to buy postage stamps
Ia writ" home?
Company II sure has som. ball
play"rs. They played III" strikers
of th. old Town aud beat them To-
the tune. of tweniy-nins To seven
teen. The battery for the strikers
was Zlakci and Martinez. and for
Company II. g Davis aud Richard.
son.
ON Monday Of this week l.lcut"n.
ant winship. e. G Williams aud my
self took little excursion to Torcio,
eighteen miles west of S"gundo. "a
hunt bear aud bobcats, or anything
els. In season "" w"f" met vt th'
station by Captain willard. zap
tain of ,h. min" guards Tor III. G. =
a |. We were taken Ia IN" &. y
a stables aud had our pick of "a
saddl. horses AFTER making our
selection. We started to the hunting
grounds with goo: guide" We rode
Tor dag aud u half aud saw some
OF the widest. country that "N"i
laid out of doors ". got two meas
ley iit,l. shots at one Lonesome coy
otc. Lieutenant Winship shot one
Innocent little rabbit. ". saw man,
friendly deer tracks. bu, no de"i
showed up. nor bear. nor Wild eats
Nevertheless. We w.r" very vel
pleased with our trip
I viii say b.for. closing that W
nr. huxiuy r.aI uiut.f weather here