Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-09-22
NEWS NOTES FROM
THE SECOND IDAHO
Special Correspondence. }

Nogales. Arizona, Sept. 15.-Com-
paratively speaking the Second Idaho
boys are now having an easy time.
Since their return from FIT. Huachu-
ca the drill schedule has been cut
to only two thirds of what 1t had
been prior to the big hike" Still,
before It may really be said that
there isn't great deal OF hard work
done every day, the drill schedule
will have to be revised about twice
more along the same lines.
Before the hike and during the
stay at the fort seven hours drill
was the program. Now there is only
( four.
/ Company, battalion and regiment
! al drill is the order Of things now,
! instead of squad movements.
Rapidly, too, the companies are
all rounding into shape in their com
/ pany drills; many of them now
march as a single man when in full
company front.
When the day comes, and 1t will
as all things must pass in this world,
that the Second Idaho marches thru
the streets of Boise at its final re-
view. 1t will be regiment of which
the whole state may we'll be proud
Guard dutyl That's what the Idaho
boys eat, sleep, dream, think and
really do these days. Three com
panies each day are furnished by
Idaho,-one for regimental camp
guard, another for duty on the Mexi-
can border and the third To guard
the pumping station that supplies the
water to the city of Nogales and the
military camps surrounding the city.
All three require a mans services,
No sleeping on the job.
First call for guard mount sounds
at 1850 In the morning; at ] o'clock
assembly blows and a few minutes
later another $50 are taking the
place OF the ones who have been on
duty the preceding "a hours.
The camp guard protects the va
rious parts Of the camp that need
: 1t and guards the prisoners.
The men who do duty on the Dor.
: der are transported from the camp
to their posts in the large Kelly
Springfield motor trucks, of which
! the government has $50. To theil
! various posts. Some guard the com
: missary, others are posted at tbs
1 ordnance department and there arr
I three posts within few yards O.
(; the border.
The pump station guard Is per
/ haps the greatest strain on the men
! Il is eight miles from the camp ant
! this distance is marched, the mel
/: carrying full equipment~Sand 81
), rounds of ammunition. This equip
J., ment weighs 60 pounds. As soon a
!. the station ia reached the old guar,
II is released and the new men TAX
n their turn.
!. All of the guards are formed Il
three reliefs. Thus, each relief is o
duty for two hours and is Is off fou
hours. But when the sentry is o
r post those two hours seem twice a
d long as the four he is of. Psychology
" as IT were. SO those who do not kno'
sr say. but it's the real thing. say tn
ID boys in khaki.
le The Army and Navy Y. NJ c. 4
" building for the Second Idaho wa
a dedicated last Tuesday night. Th
Il building was filled to capacity. Al
n propriate services were held, man
lie of the men Of the regiment takin
le part.
ID This branch OF the Y. NJ. c. A.. a
1T tho comparatively new. is doing
IN great work. There are four of the
er in Nogales-a central headauartei
,k building and one each at the Tdah
ed Connecticut and 7th Californ
lie camps.
ne All of the late magazines and
large number OF the daily pape
are on the reading tables all Il
time. On one side OF the buildil
there are about Il tables supple
~ with cheekerboards and on the 9th
mt there IL q writing table sufficient
iai large 10 accommodate 25 men. Eve
m other night at least free pictures a
sat shown
ms These places are very popHl
ur gifh the soldier boys. and All
ms them spend good many pFofltal
yn hours IN the Y H. g. As each wee
'ur All Of the companies hare h
nd their large frame mems'' halls col
ext plsted for some time now since I
cd. return from n. Haaehuea This