The Little River news., 1916-09-23
CUARDSMEN'
 HOME BY NOV.
Arkansans Will Be at Deming Not Longer Than Six Weeks at Most.
 To Have Target Practice.

Deming, N. M.. Sept. 2O.-It is all most certain the Arkansas troops in camp here will be sent back to their homes before November 1, at the lat
 est. It is said the two Arkansas reg iments and the First DeleWare will be relieved here by guardsmen from Col orado, West Virginia and Wyoming Nc official notification of proposed
 caanges has been received here, all though Capt. Chas. Robinson of the First Virginia arrived today and was assigned to headquarters as ssstant chief of staff Major A. H. Williams oi the Colorado National Guard has been detailed on staff duty here for several weeks.
 Col. Edward F. Glenn of the Eign> teenth Infantry, now at Doublas, Ariz., has been appointed commander a, Camp Deming, succeeding Brig Gen. eral Granger Adams, who will retire because of his having reached the agc limit.
 A Much interest was manifested here in the moving of the two Kansas regI-
 ments from one station to another in motor trucks. Colonel Stroupe plans l to take the Second Regiment on u similar hike, probably to Columbus. 1 in order that they may become fami1- | far with that mode of transportation.
 Tn case of sudden need for mere men l along the border that is the way thIs
 camp would be moved
 The men are much interested in the
 report that target practice will begin next week. A range is being fixed up
 near Black mountain This is one
 phase of army life that the men tho;- oughly enjoy and have had nothing
 of thus far.
 These who think of the army as a l hell-born institution run by the devil and filled With his imps would have received several shocks had they been ir Deming Sunday. A union church
 service was held in the recently cor:-
 pleted dance hall and picture house ! with seating capacity of 5000 The
 reason for holding the meeting there
 was to give the town people chance
 tosattend. Since the Arkansas boys
 arrived at Deming the churches have been so completely filled by the solG-
 iers-who go early-that the local
 members have been unabl to get in
 Soldiers in the Choir. The immense building was filled and the soldier boys outnumbered the
 civilians four to enc. The sing g
 was led by large choir, with many soldiers in it. directed from the ros- trum by Lieutenant Stevens of the 5ecCnd Arkansas, The opening pray
 CT WAS by Chaplain Blakeley, Second
 Arkansas. A Delaware soldier boz , stood by the piano and sang Nearer
 My Home"
 Captain Weidemeyer, Second Regi-
 ment. appeared by the piano and sang
 "The Hand Upon the Wall" Then another we'll built figure appeared on
 the platform. clad in red leggings, khaki trousers, O. D. shirt, with q
 plain black tie. Many people might l be surprised to see a minister of the
 gospel in his pulpit in his shirt sleev- es-especially an army shirt-but | those who listened to the sermon de- | livered by Chaplain Gee of the First
 Arkansas forgot all that and had | thought only for tho stirring words Wherein Arkansas Lacks. Arkansas may we'll be proud of her 1 two regiments-what there is of them. | But it may we'll be ashamed of the 1 size of her regiments. The boys from | Massachusetts, Delaware and the oth- l CT Easter and Northern states come visiting to see the natives of the Raa- orback state. They remark to each other, Whats the matter? Hasn:
 Arkansas men physically fit and loy-
 al enough to fill her depleted compan- l ies?'
 Arkansas is standing before the na- | ton today as a sSate without enough
 men loyal to their state and nation to fin the ranks of her two regiments
 Tennessee has just sent 24S0 men to
 the bOrder-Arkansas has 1921. Those boys who answered their president s
 call and have come to the border-and incidentally are having the best time 1 cf their lives-have decided opinions
 of those who have never even tried to
 enlist.