The state herald., 1916-12-29
Army Letter.


life on the Mexican border for you te
put in the good old Herald. The weatt
er 10 very hot here. the temperature
ranging from 80 to lit. Changes in the
temperature are few The oranges are
ripe and the bananas are in bloom.
Garden truck 10 growing fine. The
camp where am has about Is. 900 men
mostly infsntry and some artillery. Al
to army life. it is great. Some peopls
tlink 1t is hard piece Of work, but il
isn't. All man has to do. can be
done in hours daily We have inspec
.ion every Saturday morning and the
rest of the day is ours Here is an ex-
ample of days work, LIST cali 6:l5 q. IN
exercise 6:30 to 6:l5. Mess TOO; fa-
tlgue 7:45. drill 500 to 1000, recall
1000, hospital cali u:D0. mess 1906
and mess at s pm. retreat 6 p. m. call
to quarters at l0:i5. p. m taps ll:00 pm
Sunday is cur Gay. There ID battalion
parade ever. Toeal-g - thursday.
Every man dc .-.S nt h.ng sno
taisea bis tun. hn Every
|eenkany h.s lis oyr.s .cos. there a,e
|12 e5mpahics n iSgnheiiF, compostd .
OF BatslliOaa. Majlrs. IL Captains.
"a Li.utenantr. ! Colonel. ilssimer.
tai Sergesn's. 3 Seayseuts 20 Com
pany and Corporal 10 every fquad. n
squad Is priyates and a corporal.
n hen aiegiment is war strength 1t
mas 1900 men. but all the regiments ar,
short about 800 msn. The 4th Nebras-
ka Regiment has 592 men and the 9Th
Nebraska Regiment has 532 men. The
Regular Army is short rs. 900 men AND
the Navy $4,000 The war department
is ,aiking compulsory military law SC
that every able bodied man in ths Uni
ted States will have one years training
This includes every man between The
age Of Is and 25. They will make O
man drill 75 days ou. Of the year for
years till he 10 trained soldier. Water
has to be boiled before you can drink it.
There 10 no such thing ss typhoid fe
yer in the army. When q man enlist,
they shoot doses Of typhoid germs In
his right arm then he il supposed te
have the typhoid fever for 2 hourr.
Then small pox vaccination, he msy
be sick for while but h. soon gets O.
yer 1t. There has been one man hat
typhoid out Of II. 900 men and he didn'i
have It bad. There 10 lots Of snakes IL
this country. Everything car
stick or sting. This country is covsrct
with Mesquite brush which IL about II
feet high and full Of thorns, cactui
grass about 10 feet high, and giant cat
tus which grows toa great height, .
ven ths grass has stiekers on IL. Their,
10 no booze Of any kind brought int,
camp. All the cities are under militar,
law. The woods are full Of oil kind
Of game. antelope and deer. and the
streams are full Of Rsh. We are Z,
miles from the Gulf Of Mexico, and al
kinds Of ducks and geese are on th,
/ beASss ASNsSys1uik 1sStoo W " 4uto
here. There have bssn no raids for I
long time. There has not bssn an A
merican killed In Mexico for quite I
while. villa gets beat In most bsttlsl
with Carrnnza. He was defeated O
Porsll and at chihuahua, Mexico. Car
ranzs has = good sized army and vill,
has = bunch OF outlaws which he pickle,
Iup over tho country. We are going I,
leave the border soon ns possible
There are 300 going home next week
One Nebraska among those going hom,
We have fnc Y. NJ q. A. h,r,
There 10 no one In this part OF ,hi
country TO mention ns the Mexican
ran them out aI h1 z lTasyil's raid
An the bpnkn 'r Erf'' bv : soldier
Imagine han. win iron bars inehv
svuare across the windows. guas
'e'.ndinr 5y The door and one At III
sifn TsAfsh 70 o. iai liype
and Phillp' eoJn'g for n.,.
X iouss ,rUly.