New Britain herald., 1916-07-24
Correspondence by J. F

II
 Way of camp life and camp building
 has been a busy one for all. A var Mety of tasks coincident with construc-
 ion camp since it has been moved
 pave kept the soldiers going at full
 peed all day. The remainder of the
 connecticut troops are now on their #Vay to the camp here and are ex-
 pected shortly. The ''rookies'' from
 connecticut will be assigned to the
 yarious companies in the First and
 becond Regiment that will bring them @ ID to full or almost full war strength.
 t is not likely that Company I will
 receive any of the new recruits, but # here are a few vacancies in Company
 1 that will probably be filled, Com
 banfes from other cities about Con-
 hecticut will have their somewhat de-
 bleted ranks filled.
 Pickup Celebrates Birthday. # It has been decidedly hot day to- Hay and one of the men, at home he
 s g. member of @ church and also be-
 longs to d Sunday school class so I 8orbear to mention his name, states hat if he owned Hades and Arizona
 
 he intense heat today the drilling
 has been hard, yet it is noticeable #hat each day the work comes easier, 1T Physically and otherwise. Officers and men alike have to keep digging #bll the time however, and there are lew minutes when someone has not #Bot 8 job on his hands. Even Ser
 geant Pickup, who oftimes casts wist- ful g1ances at the shady side of an #abode shack, had to shoulder the
 life and drill his squads irregardless < bf the fact that today he goes down S@on the books as a, full f1edged man. &roday is Pickup's birthday and al- ' though many years ago he attained
 mans estate physically, 1t was not
 until the sun dawned this morning khat he was able to throw out his
 chest, look everyone in the face and #proclain to all the world. that 'I am #h man. He's twenty-one years old #and celebrated the event by working #a little harder for now that he is a #rnan much more will be expected of #him. Oh yes, Lowell's getting to be Ssa big boy now.
 Y Canteen Popular Plan. # Corporal Winnfger and his squad #have learned all the fine arts of #trench digging but for fear that they %may not be thoroughly proficient in %this form of recreation they were set Nat it again today. Their job has been #to clear away the debris of the former &camp (sometimes referred to as the #"old swimming hole.") Sergeant Pow Hers and his little squad have also been #busy working on the company can #teen This canteen will be a monu- 4o of &the nation Friend Brier will pre- #side at this resort during his spare 8hours and is looking for a painter 3who is capable of printing a sign, < "Briere's tonsoria1 parlors," "One @chair, no waiting etc. Here he will #operate on all who feel that they need &the touch of his fingers to put their $scafp on edge. Briere also believes in making hay while the sun shines for #sonewhere between this place and 8New Britain are 300 safety razors zconstgned to the New Britain contin- gent, Tn the stall next to Briere's hair. clipping establishment will be H1ittle Charley Chaplin Squiller. His idea, of nothing to do Is a laundry and he will put any Chinese laundry aI4o shame Although there will be no mahogany bar etc, etc, etc, there will be a secluded nook where anti dotes for4 parched throats, a nicotine hankering or delicate taste can be satisfied. But the New Britain white ribboners need not hold up their hands in horror for Arizona IS a "dry'' state and nothing any more like the spirituous and intoxicating than root beer can be purchased, and that is like the s. and 1. only Tn It's last name. When carpenters were needed Corporal Barrett, busier Bfege, Mechanic Martin and Private ''Garry'' Mercy responded and dld a thorou gfiy satisfactory job. AS a favor the men have been permitted The use of the bakers ovens so that inc pie expert of this body of empty stonachs can rise to further pin nac1es of fame. Think and ponder over this word: "Pie." It sounds like million dollars to the sweet tooth of the men in camp.
 Captain Ladbury has been behind every movement for the benefit of his men and the next thing to do is to law an abode floor for each tent. It was necessary to buy some lumber for various things and the finance com roi+teo got an awful jolt when the hill came-$47.50 per thousand for spruce.
 As your correspondent has been writing this one Interruption occurred when a series of dynamite blasts were
 set off. It put all the men on the
 o11i yive for a few minutes for Il
 sounded like trouble.
 A serious charge has been made against Bug1er Anderson. He has
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