The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-07-19
lMPANY L BOYS, NOW
ENROUTE TO BORDER
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p 4 at camp, the men are max
themselves more comfort
by stripping down to bare"
sentia.s, leggins, shoes, stock
ngs and both layers of shirt be-
.ng commonly discarded. Ice
water is supplied in abundance
for each car, and just ordinary
water for an occasional cooling
canary flutter." After a light
rations had been served for din
ner at 400 o'clock, the men
quickly lost their burger Crouch
es and settled down in peace and
'kQntentment, ready for any
Emergency. Cards, magazines,
song services and way side flirta-
tons at present are the sched-
uled recreations. Tomorrow Of
ficerS promise a swim, provided
enough water can be found in
any one pace along the way.
Military rules are enforced on
the train. Guards are stationed
at each end of the cars and no
one is allowed to leave at any
stop except by official permits
SION, nor in fact are the boys al
E3Wed to walk back and forth
j. from enc car to another.
The battalion will be we'll fed
during its travelling incarcera-
tiCn. Uncle Sam furnishes gen.
erous rations of corned beef,
york and beans, bread, tomatoes,
jam and coffee, while practically
each company has provided a
few extras Company L requi-
sitioned S65 from its special fund
for the following trimmings:
one crate of lemons, three crates
of oranges, twenty gallons of
pickles, one hundred pounds OF
soda crackers, one hundred twen-
ty pounds Of ginger snaps, for
ty-eight quarts of varied pre-
serves, thrty-fve pounds of
ewienars, twenty-five pounds of
bojleo ham ana twenty-five
pounds of minced ham. A socl-
! etv of St. Paul women distrib-
uted to US three cases OF corned
beef and Lauterbach Brothers
donated two punches of bana-
mas. Even though we have moth
ing but cold lunches, with an oc-
,casional issue of hot coffee, we
do not expect to go hungry any
of the seven days planned for
the trip.
Cooks Shoemaker and Chaun-
cey WEIGH with Mess Sergeant
Gallea have reserved a third Sec
.-tion of one Of our coaches for
kitchen quarters and have or
ganized an efficient mess distrib-
ution with a special detail OF
z assistants, Everett, Morgan,
Mowry and Bollum.
All along the line through
southern Minnesota the batta-
lion has been enthusiastically
greeted. At no time did the
train exceed the speed of TWEEN
ty-fve miles per hour, prescribed
by army regulations; and it
stopped at practically every vii
,lage or town between Mlnneap-
Oils and Albert Lea. At the lat
ter place the troops left the
coaches for exercise, a privilege
supposed to be granted for ev-
cry six hours trave., and were
marched in company formation
UP and down the streets of that
city. Albert Lea was most hos
pitable. The two preceding sec
tons of the regimental train
had stopped there, each for two
hours and our train was held up
for an hour and half. Many
of the boys met friends, others
made friends, and Company L
warblers attracted large num-
bers of auditors. To climax the
reception the entire battalion
was treated with iced lemonade.
Blessings on Albert Les!
The past few days spent at
camp had been filled with med
.ical examinations and issuing of
New equipment. Company L was
summoned before the doctors on
Wednesday morning. The tests
as whole we're rigid and thor
ough, and several failures in 9TH
er companies due to appar fly
slight defects chilled many OF
our fellows with fear of their
own possible failures. On the
first examination, the major in
charge of the doctors claimed
Company L held the record Of
the brigade, only two of our
men, Ed. Ahrens and Harry
ckson being ruled out. Sew
!. al however. were held for a