Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-19
quartermaster warehouse at Fort Sam
Houston. Wagons were at once dis
patched for them.
Others in Race for Stoves.

Others in Race for Stoves.
But other regiments also sent hurry
calls for tent stoves today and. despite
the efforts of Capt. Chase. he was able
to get only enough to allow five to a
company tonight and a promise that
the remainder will be forthcoming to-
morrow. No time was lost in setting
up the stoves. In fact. there is very
little about an army tent stove to set
up. 1t consists of sheet iron device
resembling a huge funnel, and that is
all Midway of it there is cute little
door and to its smaller end a stove
pipe attaches. There is n tin shield
that sets on the pointed top of the tent
and keeps the Smokepipe from coming
into contact with the canvas. The set
ting up process of an army tent stove
consists chiefly in clearing away the
space under the tent tripod, where the
stove is designed to set. and getting
clothing out of range of the smoke
pipe. The rest can be done in about
two minutes. g.
The distribution of fuel was the next
problem 1t was quickly solved, for
Capt Chase had supply of firewood
on hand and soon had a detail of men
distributing it to the companies. Each
man is allowed a twelfth of cord of
f1rewood a month for heating purposes.
In other words. two-thirds of a cord is
furnished every pyramidal tent accom-
modating eight men.
Tonight the camp of the Sd District
regiment looks like a miniature fac
tory town. Neat little smokestacks are
sticking up everywhere. Men who
were fortunate in getting a stove al
lotted to their tent are sharing their
warmth with their less fortunate COM
rades until bedtime comes. Then those
who were "out of luck today will have
to return to their fireless homes and
shiver the rest of the night. Tomor-
row they hope to fare better.
Activity on "oficers' Row."
There was great activity on Officers
row" today. There stoves also made
their appearance, but they were not
the funnel shaped ones which Uncle
Sab provides for his fighting men. Of
ficers have to provide their own heat
Ing apparatus, and, as result. the
stoves in their tents are not uniform.
Tastes in stoves differ. Some have
coal oil burners that are absolutely
guaranteed not to smoke and smell;
others have cute. little egg-shaped
heaters and drum shaped stoves. From
out of the rear walls of the officers
tents stovepipes are protruding. Ihey
are smoking away for dear life-
enced with the little heaters Men who
declared they could make big steam
and hot-air heating plants ''eat out of
their hands had hard work getting a
little apparatus as big as a water
bucket to operate properly. First
they would get SO hot they made the
tents almost uninha bitable. When the
drafts were closed to lessen the fire
the little critters went out entirely
One officer remarked that his ma
chine" had only two speeds. high" and
reverse" Il am going to take cou-
pie of hours off tomorrow" he said.
and see if l can't find an intermediate
speed about it somewhere"
The subject of tent floors and walls
was discussed quite freely today. These
have been promised to every one, men
and officers alike; but just when they
will arrive no one knows. Many of
the officers have dug down" in their
own pockets and paid for the lumber
themselves.
Conditions were bad today in the mess
hall used by the field and staff officers
This is located at the most exposed
place in the Sd Regiment camp. One
officer declares there is nothing between
it and the Atlantic ocean. Unlike the
ma jority of the company hess halls, this
one has nothing but wire netting to pro-
tect it from wind and rain. A Texas
''norther' has no respect for wire net
ting. no matter how close the mesh
may be.