New Britain herald., 1916-07-12
BOYS AT MORALES
 HUNGRY FOR NEWS
And, Our Correspondent Writes, ! They Want It in the Herald
By Daniel BidweII. Especial Correspondence of the
 Herald

Herald.)
 Nogales, Ariz., July 6.-Company E has just come off guard, having been for day from 1 p. n., yesterday, to 1 m.. today the protectors of the camp. It was a sensation for the boys to feel that their eyes and their tongues and their rifles were what in tervened between potential peril and the men in this camp. Barely half a mile away, over a steep hill, is the Mexican line and in recesses on a crag beyond are, so it is believed all over camp and down in the town, masked guns which Mexico can use if we get at grips with the "greasers"
 At any rate B company had the guard, with Captain Low as officer of the day Sergeant Olsen, diligent, faithful and dependable, acted as commander of the guard, a high and signal honor for him and a trust which he we'll met. It Is not given to every captain to have as reliable a sergeant able at short notice to swing a guard ,as Captain Low has in Ol- sen; and in fact the captain has more than one as capable.
 The non-coms of the guard were Corporals Schuetz, Simons and Quee- min. The musicians were Duplan and Andrus, the latter just appointed. The privates were fourteen in number
 The first three hours were hot as well, convention forbids the use of the word. Captain Low made the watch only an hour long and when the air began to cool the time length ened into two.
 We may as we'll admit there is some heat in camp. Rumor has it that the "silver pulse in the crystal vein'' rose to 99 in the shade. Several boys swear that it crept to 1O4 de- grees. Heat and attitude together made soldering bit more realistic than a drill in the New Britain armory. According to the Santa Fe railroad the altitude is 3,857 feet and is higher than any point in Connec- ticut.
 From nightfal1 on the mercury has behaved. Tn the morning a breeze tempered the air. This afternoon clouds are piling up in the west. The rainy season is due to introduce it. self the first week in July. Any even ing it may begin business With it's advent conditions will improve.
 In fact conditions are good even now. Sickness is almost as scarce as pearls dissolved in angels tears. The altitude is the cause of three cases of nose bleeds. There is a little consti- patton. If you add a bit of huski- ness or rawness in two <+ or three throats due to the altitude, there is the sum total of sickness in the company. The lads say to Father or Mother and Dear May or Dear Sadie and the Kid Brother: Don't worry; don't fret.
 And that leads along to answering the question which Father and Mother and May and Sadie and the Kid will ask.
 "Tell Dad," husky buck in Aus tins squad says, ITO send cigars or smoking tobacco"
 "Tell the bunch,' a fellow in Ol- sens says, ITO send safety razors or safety razor blades.'' But the thing which every blessed man in B com pany from Captain Low to the newest rocky wants, is home news and he wants it in The Herald. He wants the family to send clippings from the pa per, or better still he wants the fam fly to send the entire paper. Every fellow in the command feels that he is 8 cog in the Real Thing. He takes pride in that fact, in himself and in the company. He wishes the family to keep a scrap book as well as to send him the paper.
 Now for a word about the com- panv location. The camp is on the south side of a wandering country road. gray with dust and with little shade, except for native shacks and a few bushes A path diverges from this dusty road and slants up rising gradually until it meets the line of the tents of the officers of the First Bat talion. Then it has an elbow ana ia ces the company streets of the Sec ond Battalion, a day ago a patch Of bushes and mesquit grass; now clean of vegetation.
 E company has the first street. It's nut brown pyramidal tents face the rising sun It's members are fast get ting as brown as the tents. At the head of the street is hydrant ana there E company boys wash and fill their canteens.
 Down near the First Battalion there 1 is a "bath house." relieving the hy- ! drant of one duty.
 Near the head of the street is the field range and the culinary depart ment The age of sandwich ended when troop train rolled in. Now is the age of bacon, the prune, ham and coffee The boys also have fruit, sometimes fresh, sometimes preserved. Melons are occasionally on the menu; beans are on it more frequently