The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-06-29
COMPANY C. GETS
COMPLETE new
UNIFORM OUTFITS
Bows Look Like Real Soldiers V0D
and Uere the Only Unit Ready to
MoOe Tuesd0y-First Good Sleep
Monday Night
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brand new military outfits. After
they were mustered in Monday they
were ordered to the quartermaster's
department where they we're given
new guns and new clothing. About
fifteen needed complete outfits. Be-
cause the company was the first to
be Supplied. they had plenty Of equip
ment to pick from and so got the hest
ti.c. was TO be had. After tncy were
iuily equipped they made q spia1'id
appearance
The boys have been entertaining
many Canon City people since they
arrived at the camp. Charles R. Nc
Lain and son George, Mr.. T. p. coul-
ter and party. Mr.. and Mrs. G. w.
Yenser and daughter, and Mr.. and Mrs.
James Grafton Rogers and sen. Jim
O'Keefe and son. were among those
who were out Sunday.
Mrs. Lou Hemmerie. Mrs. Phi Col
Iins and Mrs. Coleman and children
were out Monday morning as also
was Miss Mabel King. q sister-in-iaw
of Fred Priest.
Miss Livingston and Nrs- J. II.
Peabody arrived Monday afternoon by
auto and were guests OF Captain Liv-
ingston at dinner in the evening. They
inspected the camp and seemed to
enjoy the sights. Company had Just
been mustered in before they arrived
The camp site Is ideal. n Is stu
ated on n rolling plain about four
miles from Golden and ten miles from
Denver The Denver and lntermoun-
tain railroad divides the camp in two.
One OF the depots il about Atty yards
from the street upon which Company
c Is situated All about are beautiful
mountains studded with trees but in
the camp itself there Is no shade OF
any kind. But the men are just as
well satisfied because they figure they
viii get plenty of sun ON the border
and they might just as well get used
80 II now. John Thomas has started
in to get burned thorouehly while In
Colorado so that It won't be so hard
OF him at the border.
mere II HlthAN va hp0a tfiN<
-ilht to the camp site. Il is cold. clear
mountain water similar to the Canon
City water and as result the men
haven't been affected as yet. There
has been only one hospital case from
the company thus far and that was
Private Long. who had bad boil on
the hack OF his 'leck- The other men
are rounding into share fast.
The company is ready on mo-
r.ert's notice and up until today they
were the only unit that was in such
good shape. There was little drilling
Sunday and Monday t,cstse there
we too msns preparatory matters TO
take care Of but Tuesdiy the drilling
started strong. Park Ragsd lie. c. f.
,auterbach. Edwin Sharman, James G.
Pe..hody and one or two other of tho
I-lvGtes were acting as corporals and
drifting the men. Much OF the drill
work falls Upon the non-commission-
cd officers.
rrivstos Morrill, Horgh and f. r.
chappelle got through the physical
examinations in fine shape. Hough
was examined thorouehly by two or
three lung specialists because of his
past tuberculosis history bit his lungs
we're found to be In irst-class eondi-
sion and he was considered good ma
teriai for u sold or. He has been as
signed TO permanent kitchen police
duty By Captain livingston so that he
will have ample opportunity to get
himself in good shapa before he is
asked to do much tramping and drill
inc. Private chaprelle went through
without a condition OF any kind
CHARLES McKissick was told that he
had slight touch OF tsbaesp heart
but tbs. II would no doust rigat ,tsclf
quickly In the field. Park Ras sdalo
was told that he had athletic heart
out that he was as good as the best
of them ns long as he did no athle-
tic training or went through any strain
from athletics. The examiner told
him the army life was the best thing
for him.
CORPORAL Lesiie Stevenson had a
stonach ache Sunday He went to
Private Lauterbach for pill from his
iirst sid kit. II was given Him and
mis- stomach ache disappeared short
~. later Il was discovered he had
t,sp given headache tablet but as
ling ~ Il did the work Il didnE mat
ter.
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