The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-09-15

Camp Stephen Little, Nogales, Ari-
iona, Sunday Sept. 10, lol6.-We have
again met the enemy and-they are
ours.
Saturday the Second Idaho met the
Connecticut regiments, reinforced on
their way home from For Huachuca.
The result of the manuevers was such
a decisive victory for Idaho that even
the Conn. men are satisfied they were
beaten.
Late Friday we left camp for the
pumping station, some ~ miles, on
the Santa Cruz river. The night was
so perfect that scarcely pup tent
was put up. At $50 a. m. first call
sounded and the regiment started
forward to intercept the enemy"
The problem was very interesting
from a military standpoint, though the
work was hard. The country is more
hilly than Idahlo-and simply one
huge mass of more or less disinte
grated rock.
The boys were paid Friday before
leaving and are yet pretty busy
settling debts and making purchases
Naturally some money is spent fool
ishly, but the vast majority of it goes
out in perfectly legitimate channels.
Many of the stories appearing in
various "home" papers are amusing
and some aggrevatingly misleading.
The boys here are the same boys that
left Idaho two months ago-sobered
somewhat by discipline more strict
than that to which they were accus-
tomed-but they are the same
honest, clean-hearted lads and have to
stay that way. There is small oppor-
tunity for anything else. The work
is fairly hard and exacting. There
are no excuses accepted for the most
trivial dereliction in duty and to make
good it is necessary to keep in the
pink of condition all the time.
No Salt Needed.
Probably many of OUR friends take
the stories of the provinces and gen.
eral efficiency of the Second Idaho
with a grain or two of salt. A day in
headquarters would convince the most
skeptical. Those high in authority are
very kind to the Second Idaho in al
"memorandums" and official reports
Only a few days since some of the
officers of the 9th regiment stationed
here for the past two years, were dis
cussing the possibility of getting som,
organization to relieve them-they
having grown tired of remaining sc
long in one post on temporary" ser
vice. They could not think of an,
organization available. One of then
suddenly exclaimed, "Why, what's th'
matter with that Idaho regiment re
lieving us?' Put up to the colonel II
command, he considered the matte
for few minutes and then said
THAT might be possible. They ar
able to do it."
Perhaps a COPY, verbatim. of lette
from General Plummer, will be of in
terest to the readers of The Tribune
1t follows:
; Headquarters Nogales District,
Camp tephen Little. Nogales, Ar
!, IONA, September 6, lo16-From tn
! District Adjutant. to the Commandin
Officer, End Idaho Infantry. Subjec
Inspection of Troops.
: |. The following extracts from tn
= report Of the District Inspector, in h
: recent inspection of the Nation;
i Guard organizations. is furnished fc
= your information.
+ March discipline poor. except
4 the Idaho regiment. +,
IS. The march discipline of II
Idaho regiment was excellent. On II
day was with it, and it was a parties
larly hot, trying day, this regimes
carried packs, marched fifteen mile
l. Columns were closed up, no unnece
n sary noise. no Struggling, apparent
1t no feet sore or weary, and not 81
H. gle man fell out" !
G 2. The District Commander
greatly pleased with the favorable r
in port made by the Inspector on tt
S. feature of your training.
s. BY command of Brigadier GeneI
IS Plummer.
]. T. DEAN,
III Lieut.. Col. Adjutant Gener
To one conversant with the pauci
of commentator emanating fro
those higher up" this letter is S
~ nificant Even though the report W
nc favorable to the Idaho regiment,
"a indicates unusual friendship and
IL gard for a man buried under an oce
&C of detail, as is General Plummer,
=, give his time and attention to
VI writing of such letter.
II Officers Busy.
ms The officers are now busy with
to course in map reading. Soon 1t v
be engineering.
Each week now the regiment
I'M Joys, company by company, com
ge exercise with the 9th regiment. 1
at is another instance of the favor
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