The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1916-07-14
MEMBERS COMPLAINING OF TOO
LITTLE WORK-ANXIOUS
TO MOVE.
GET End SHOT In ARM
More Troublesome Than The First
Was Second Vaccine Treat
ment.

getting on the road to the border.
Not that they want to be rushed off
to the sands under derby hats and in
blue serge trousers but rather a sense
of indignant evaporation at the
seeming slowness with which this
great country of ours is furnishing
equipment. And the worst feature
of it is that we can offer no criticism
when we consider the miles of red
tape ii takes to make a step, What
we can't see is-why, with all the re-
sources OF this wonderfully rich ma
ton, completed fighting machines
can't be had for the mere handful of
National Guardsmen and be had at
once. The men are being held here
at For, Thomas and will be kept do
ing nothing for days yet and all that
has been accomplished, so far, is the
making out of the muster-in rolls.
Only part of the physical examina-
ton has been completed. Almost
nothing toward developing the var
ious elements of an army into fight
ing units has been done. There are
numbers of men in the various COM
mands who have been transported
to the mobilization camp and held
under arms nearly twenty days, at
an approximate cost of fiftyt dollars
per man, who can not execute right
and left face correctly. Further
more, a large per cent of them will
be rejected in the physical examina-
ton and sent home again without
doing more than showing that they
are of the patriotic strain and are
willing.
The second shot in the arm was
given on Thursday. This time il
wasn't so funny. Several Company
II men we're considerably under the
weather the day after. A drowsy
aching sensation all over the body is
the effect described by all. And the
worst of it was, we went on guard
that evening at five-thirty and the
men had to walk post for two hour
stretches with all that aching sensa-
ton and those swollen shoulders. II
was tough at the time but by now all
that is forgotten and almost every
man feels perfectly well and mt for
duty. The good humor displayed
by the men in general is feature of
the stay in quarters.
Sunday the grounds swarmed with
visitors from Newport, Covington and
Cincinnati. At retreat all of the
company commanders seemed to be
afraid to take their men out on the
parade grounds for drill on account
of the thousands of eyes which were
eager to see some action. Co. II
took the field and gave the crowd a
treat by executing some difficult
movements with a snap and swing
which received applause from both
citizens and idle soldiers.
So many of the companies of the
First Regiment having lost about
thirty per cent of their men in the
physical examination We were anx-
iously waiting to see what the aver
age was going to be in the Third. Up
to the present time three or four
companies in the Third have passed
the test and lost very few and we are
somewhat treasured. Those of Co.
II who have reason to think they
may be rejected still have hope; those
who are reasonably certain to pass
want the thing over with just as soon
as possible so that nothing but red
tape may separate them from the
cynosure of all their eyes-the bor-
der. II is absolutely certain that a
few men of II Company will be de-
MED the apple OF their eye, so the
folks at home may as well prepare
TO offer condolences to the heavy
hearted patriots who will soon re-
turn with no hope. The test is very
rigid and no favorites are played in
this examination.
The writer is enclosing a letter
from Mr.. C. A. Denny, of Greenville'
who is the father of Private Lewis
A. Denny, TO Capt. DeWeese, This
letter, we think, is an example OF true
patriotism in the highest sense OF the
word and we hope the editor may
make such use of it as will bring out
its thought and purpose.
The following is the muster-roll OF
Co. II, 3rd X. N. G. When the new
equipment and uniforms are issued
to these men they are going to pre-
sent an appearance which il would
do the people of Ohio county good
to look upon. They are going TO be
soldiers. They already outshine
most of the companies present:
Captain James M. DeWeese.
1st I fout Clarence II shown