Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-12-03
TEXAS BEAUTIES IN
CAMP EXCITE
A. |. |.
New Winter Suits and OvercOats

The Americas Light Infantry is
playing-not fighting, true to form on
tie Texas plains, edged up to the Dor
der, where the Rio Grande winds its
way between Uncle Sam and Mexico.
In the Macon Telegraph yesterday.
by their special writer, George NJ.
Sparks, is the interesting story Of
visit by pretty Texas girls in which
the A. L. l. boys seem to take their
prominent part:
Turn out the guard" yelled d pri-
vate with a deep sense of humor. And
q squad from the Americas Light To-
family, among whom was Ralph Joiner,
the former drum major of the Second,
rose to their feet to stand at atten-
tiCn, just in time to hear the private
call. "Yonder comes woman" IT
was, indeed, strange sight out at
Camp Cotton and was a rare enough
occasion to fire salute, if such could
have been allowed, instead of having
emily guard do honor to the occas-
ion.
The girls were five in number and
sat smiling from the tops of stacked
soda-pop cases which were being
brought in an auto truck out to the
canteens of the First and Second
regiments. They were real western
ers and had daringly accepted the invi-
tation of their friend, the driver of the
dope" truck, to get peep at the
Georgia soldiers.
Girls Not Bashful.
The canteens were soon emptied OF
their usual after drill crowd and the
home going discussions interrupted
long enough to rush out and crowd
around the truck and stare at the girls
propped up on top of the carbonatel
sodas. In their true western spirit the
girls were not conscious of being
eyed" from three hundred beam41g
faces; they did not tumble at some
part of their wearing apparel as the
girls back home would have done 20
see if everything was in it's proper
place, but, instead, one of the visit
ors, no holder than the rest, but ra
Their quicker, laughingly rolled back to
the gathered audience. We'll, what DO
you fellows think of us?"
A shout rent the air and more sold
iers ran from their company streets
passing the word along as they came
that somebody's chickens had flown
over into their Uncle Samuel's yard.
The soldiers had found real cactus and
horned toads the first week in camp,
but now something really more inter-
esting had been found, bevy OF
breezy swept Texas girls.
Better Than Medicine.
What did they care if it was Sun
day? Why should they worry if the
conveyance they rode on was only a
dope" truck? Was there any reason
for blushing because 800 unacquaint-
ed soldiers wondered who they were !?
They were Texans and as fresh as
tie night air chilly. They were not i'll
hammered, but just free and open like
the country around them. They were
she-doctors to the Georgia soldiers
casting away the blues and doing more
good than all the hospitals and clig-
les on the border They were beating
all the C. C.'s blouses, panaceas, ser
ums, lamentations, baths, messages,
diets, HASTINGS, mineral waters, trained
nurses, thought cures, besides osteo-
patty, Swedish movements, ct cetera,
going.
Later their truck was allowed to
proceed for recall" had been sounded
and retreat would soon be on. The
Georgia soldiers are fast learning
about things foreign to Georgia Gus