The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-05
Moody's Appetite.

for breakfast.
Moody's Appetite.
Sergeants leighton and Moody are
the hardest to get up of all. If they
would quit sitting up, waiting for the
| cooks to go to- bed, SO they could get
an extra feed, they probably could
get up earlier.
We had breakfast in Lewisville,
! Ark.
At 10000 a. m. we arrived at Tex
arkanna, Texas, where we had roll
call to see that everybody was still
| with US. There was nobody short.
We had another parade here. The
citizens seemed glad to see us, ask
ing us all kinds of questions, such as
where are you all from?" where
you all goin'?" and you all sure
enough look good" The farther south
we get the darker the population
grows and it sure shows up here.
We had dinner at 80 a. m. 1t was
served in hard rain, but our spirits
we're not dampened. We left Tex
arkanna at 1870 p. m.
So far on the trip the country look
ed the same as the northern, but now
we are beginning to see cotton fields
at q big reservoir, one mile south of
Big Sandy for another bath. 1t was
quite sight to see about four hun
dred men swimming at the same time.
At TOO D. m. we stopped at Tyler,
Texas, for supper. Here we received
the best reception Of the trip. Tyler
has q population Of about $4,000, and
the citizens were certainly sociable,
showing us all kind OF respect, and
giving us water1nelons, peaches and
tomatoes. From what we could see,
all the good loking girls do not live
in Iowa. We were all willing to
camp here instead OF Brownsville,
Texas. Sergeant Moody says he is
promised lot of candy and cake,
but it has failed to arrive as yet.
Sergeant Fred Brown made quite
hit with an oriental beauty. She was
sure a good looking girl, dressed in
her native costume, but the only
trouble she was only a little Chinese
baby about two years old. Some OF
the boys wanted little colored
mascot, but the last we saw OF him
was q dark streak headed the other
direction
At $3.50 p. N. we left Tyler for
Waco, Texas, where we changed from
the Cotton Belt route 70 the 8. A. &
A. P. railroad. Some time during the
night.
July 29-At Cameron, Texas, we
had breakfast, and left Immediately
for Yoakum, Texas, where we had
dinner. At Yoakum we were delay
ed for three hours by some of our
coaches jumping the track. The Sec
ond section caught up with us again.
They arrived just rs we were leav-
ing.
Hennemann, the Life Saver.
At about $50 p. m. we stopped for
a swim one mile south of Cuero, Tex.
The river was very dangerous being
narrow and swift Eight men OF our
company, under Sergeant Moody,
were appointed as life savers. There
was one near accident, but Corporal
Hennemann was on the job and res
cued him. About an hour later we
stopped at watering station for
supper.
During the night we were awaken
ed by some one yelling "help!"
several times. On investigating we
found that the motion OF the train
had caused Private Burk to bump his
nose very vigorously on the side OF
his berth He thought Mexican
was after him.
During the night we changed from
the s. A. & A. P. railroad TO the st.
L. & A. B. NJ, at Sinton, Texas.
July 30IWe ate breakfast at Milf |
lin. Texas, seventy-seven miles north |
Of Brownsville.