The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-05-25
COLUMBUS, N. NJ.

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mission fees may limit the drinking
some-yes some--the annual dues
are s1.00.
On the side of the railroad next to
Mexico is the soldiers camp. Here
you see hundreds of little brown tents.
Corrais with fine horses. A band stand
where the band is palying.. A big
dripping shack over the big ditch thru
which Villas men approached the
town is the camp bath house. You see
mess tents, officers headquarters, a
camp postoffice, hospital. many sol
diers walking about. stuff being un-
loaded for the store-house, big auto
mobile repair house, many trucks
lined up for repair and much activity
generally.
tenant by the name of Simpson
taking long shot on finding our old
friend who was stationed at Canon
City during the coal strike. Yes" he
said several" But the man I want
has style and the bearing of a colo
nell told him. quite so. sir. quite
So" replied my respectful temporary
guide. "He is in the camp, belongs
to the 18th Cavalry. Ask over at
yonder headquarters and you can
locate him" found Capt. Carson
and his company were in camp. Capt.
Parker is in Washington.
found Lieut.. Simpson after some
difficulty. for lieutenants are harder
to locate at Columbus than they were
at Prospect Heights and the camp is
larger.
found Lieut.. Simpson. hard at
work in a little adobe shack about as
big as a bake oven. and quite as hot
He had on little besides his b. V. DIS
and was perspiring over set of plans
he was making up for a new truck
bed. He dug up some good cigars
home-where he has some good
friends. Evidences of these lay on the
table In the shape of some luxuries
recently received from Canon City.
These soldiers at Columbus remem-
ber their stay at Canon City as a
dream OF green pastures beside still
waters where pleasant breezes blow
l heard here an echo of a menu
for Christmas dinner printed at The
Record office. The boys of the 18th
Cavalry had big Christmas dinner
They planned and had printed foxy
menu cards. When they sat down to
dinner II was found that the printed
menu mentioned everything from soup
to nuts. all except the turkey As
the cards were printed solely for send.
ing home there was much disappoint
ment with the usual cussing of tho
careless printer. On call from
several hnskies at The Record office
IL was found that the copy furnished
did not mention turkey. The chef had
overlooked the chief item of the
Christmas dinner and the printer
saved his face-bnt new menus were
printed Just the same and the home
folks got the corrected copies.
The soldiers are well fed here. An
American soldiers dinner must seem
like a kings banquet to a Mexican
soldier. Breakfast: fired bacon.
fried potatoes. eggs bread or hard
| tack. coffee with condensed milk. and
stewed fruit Dinner: corned beef
boiled potatoes, gravy. fruit. bread
and coffee. Sundays something special
with lemonade or ice cream.
Each soldier is furnished with a
mess kit OF aluminium. It contains
knife, fork. spoon. and plate. When
the bugie sounds for mess call each
soldier lines up before the company
| cook and Is served.
A soldier gets SIS a month for frst
four years, besides food and clothing
allowance. His food allowance is
ample to cover. His clothing allow
ance is Z cts a day-s25.55 per year.
He also gets $4,000 for first equip.
, ment. Clothing is good and cheap
when purchased from government
supply officers. You have seen in
Canon City what they wear. The cost
prices to soldier are. shoes $3.50.
cap Tsc. pants s2.s7. coat 1888. leg
gins 4sc, heavy blouse shirt ss.s7.
Dress OUTFIT: Pants $3.50, coat $3.50.
cap si.o2. An OUTFIT will run year,
except perhaps the shoes. In foreign
service there is 20 per cent increase
In pay.
Many soldiers support wives and
save money. Others gamble their