New Britain herald., 1916-07-15

far the best sprinter in the New Brit ain contingent and if Carranza gets within hailing distance we will send Powers after him. Seriously, however, we have had a series of athletic events for the amusement of the men. Pow CTS won the sprints and Eddie Prior won the broad jump contest. In wrestling tournament Spillar cOntin- ues to hold his own against all com CTS. His one fear, however, is that Pickup will challenge him and then sit on him. In case anyone don't know Spillar-he is no less than five feet tall. Pickup, by the way, is not much over six feet tall and is built along the graceful lines of an Alec truck. Last night a special race vas staged between Private Roberts and Sergeant Chamberlain. Chamberlain had partaken of a hearty supper and the race proved disastrous for ninl.
 Members of Company H had their first typhoid inoculation yesterday (July 9 and some of them are pret- ty dOpey today because they very fool ishly disobeyed the advice given them and exercised freely immediately aft CT being vaccinated. The regular army men here are taking a great lik ing to the Connecticut men and we stand as high as any Dlilitiamen.
 Company I Does Outpost Duty.
 Last night there v-as a vaudeville show in town and some of the boys volunteered to put on an act of their own. A quartet from the Connecti- cut and California, troops performed. Notice I say "perfOrmed,' rather than sang" Another member of our bat taliCn gave @ roller skating exhibi ton and it was truly an exhibition This morning someone cOrraled a real COW pony and Captain Ladbury gave some bronco busting antics Yester- day morning Captain Ladbury mar shalled the men of Company ] tOgeth- CT and took us for . long hike into the hills around the camp. We marched as far as the Mexican border until we were brought face to face with the Mexican sentries. This is only one or the several trips we have taken ana they are proving their value by keep ing Us in condition for forced marches, as well as making us more or less familiar with the country Tonight (July 10) Company I will Go guard duty again, so the rest of the regiment will sleep in peace. We get our first taste of outpost duty In this line of work we have to go away out from camp and guard every approach, permitting no one to pass without credentials. It is a rather ticklish job, or would be if there was any real danger of an attack As it is, none of the boys feel very sleepy while on duty.
 State Eax in Pay.
 Thera ia one condition hera that could have been avoided, had proper attention been given to the matter. The majority of the men left Mantle with little or no money in their pock- cts, mainly because they had families or dependents to whom they gave their last cent before starting. Today we get the cheerful CD news that it will be at least three weeks more be- fore we can get the ten days pay due us from the state of Connecticut. This hits many of the men very hard and is really working an injustice on them especially since they cannot help but worry about those they left at home.
 Among other things, cards games are all the rage here. "Rummy' is the most popular pastime. There is stray bull that roams into camp cc- casionally. It must be about 1O0 years old for it is not at all vicious and Buglers Anderson and Bigge have had some fun by pestering the old brute. Recently, however, they got theirs for the old beast dragged one of them around the camp as he clung to it's tail.
 First Sergeant Duffy is made the target of many questions. Sergeant Chamberlain came through with the