The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-13

!, ready To move across the river at no
tice In all. arrangements have beer
made 10 protect American lives an,
property i'm Mexico should il becom,
necessary. and our position at thi.
Texas sea port is said To- be the key I,
the whole situation. IL war should b,
necessary.
"Our duties recently have not beer
very tedious. drills have been short
and easy We have To furnish mer
To guard the camp. also a provost
guard to protect the citizens ana prop
erty In Texas City. The city is not
under martial law but the military
| guard handles cases OF all soldiers
that come up in the city. We are look
ing forward to our Christmas dinner
and holiday. An excellent dinner is
always prepared for us.
The monotony is broken each after
noon by band concert i'm the camp of
each regiment. They are hard to
heat when il comes % coed music and
are tNttlltul on nltltntS.
Several times large storms came up
from the gulf and struck us run force.
In several cases water came into our
tents and oflating our clothing ana
other paraphernalia but We have re-
paired our tents TO keep it out. so the
last rains have caused us very little
trouble We have twelve new men
who recently joined the company and
are receiving their first touches of mil
Itary training. / have been in charge
Of drills and find them good boys who
are trying THEN best to learn the ways
OF the army.
1t seems the days are over when
the new man is made the butt Of prac-
teal jokes He is not treated at ali
rough and is given al the chance in
the world To make "A good soldier
don't like To see new man reminded
Of mis- ignorance or army ways as We.
were all that way once and had To
learn. 1t may discourage him at first
and cause him 10 desert, something
believe no man has yet done without
seriously regretting ii in later yeare
even though he may escape the au-
thorities.
we are supplied with large shower
bath houses, dance hail, baseball and
basketball fields, also -four reels of
free moving pictures at the Y. NJ. G
A. tent each evening. The reels are
chgngcd every day.
There are allisators not many
Sergeant Reeves, ana corporal Went
on a hunting trip through that part of
the country and had fine time but
got no large game. They killed one
alligator but did not succeed in land !
ing him, much To their disappointment, !
as they were very anxious To bring !
one in.
In August Of 1912 our regiment /
through the Yellowstone Ma
tional park in Wyoming and saw all |
cool while were were there but We
were willing to endure hardships for
the privilege We were given. ! tool; !
many pictures of interesting features /
in the park, such as the large falls in
the Yellowstone river, the old faithful |
geyser and others. 1t was a trip none
of us viii ever forget or regret. We
more than $50 miles while in
The park.
During the summer months the first
aviation squadron was i'm camp here
ana flights were made above camp
many times each day. At first it l.
vas quite a novelty bat this soon wore
If. ON July S, a lieutenant fell with
his acroplane i'm fun view of the entire
amp, killing him instantly. From
acre they moved To san Diego, Cali
ornia Reports were received lately
IF the death of a lieutenant at that
lace. The machines were fine pieces
If work and will be handy in time Of
var.
we also saw the hydroplane which
lew ON the bay, skimmng the water
It times and then rising several hun
ircd feet in the air. We have given
ip hope of being sent back to our
ornament station, and are making the
vest Of our long stretch of camp
re-"