The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-28

Oklahoma national guard. now at San
Heni'o, Texas, has beep received by
The Times;
Quite long time now since the folks
AZ homo had any word from the boys
And We are sorry 20 sav that none VI
the boys have received any mail or pa
per, since leaving Fort Sill lat Wed.
nc'day the lYth A. wc think every
body knows that Our Pullman car, did
not matefialiye. they do not know that
under the circumstances We were well
taken care oi, thank, 81 the respective
company commanders. and 10 the hard
work ~ the commissafy department
1T i, quite a complicated affair 'o
move whole regimen, Of men and ma.
tcfial. and at the same time give the
proper attention to both men and
beasts We had the very gratifying eN-
p,ricnee Of cool shower bath On
reaching Houston 1cVas. ard sand
Wi,h. Plus all the lemonade anyone
would drink
Expresses Gratitude.
"Our thanks 10 the Young Business
Men, a,soc's,or ~ Nou,lon Would
there wcr, few more oi such associa-
iion' spread around the country.
We arrived here san Renuo, TtSa'.
Saturday morning, abou, a m. the
Louisiana regiment arriving at the
same time Marching from m, train
10 the campsi,e which i' about one hall
mile from the business center of ,hi,
town. WE commenced go clear ,he ground
and pitch tents. Rud AZ the sound nj
recall az p. m, everybody wa, N.
stalled IN hi, new CHARTERS
The boys arc in fine condition ard
high spirits, Although none ~ us I,
especially m love with clmpl'e or
camp routine. We arc gradually set.
Ting down 60 business IN a business
way
On Patrol Duty,
we arc only sixteen miles away
from the border here, and guards arc
detailed to patrol duty IN every dir,c.
ton from one 10 three mules out from,
camp. We noticed on ouf way down
that most every railroad bridge wa,
guarded along out route from llou'.
ton 10 San ncni,o
Another thing We noticed was that
most everybody on the tcadbsd wa.
Mexican
Reading Matter Received.
The hov desire through your "a
per 10 thank those individuals who hav,
been senefou, and kind enough ,o hett
our call Tor reading material. maya
fiueS and papers Miss Mabel lei
itie,. blp Terminal building, Franz
Bennett, Mrs. II, Louise Howard. 9l'
West Main stree, also the po,,maN,,
at Nini,a. Okla. iot a hig bundle o
magazines. which reached u, iuu ii
time ~ Ne distributed ~ ,he hoy, hr
fore leaving Fort sill aud proved Il
be a teal blessing IN the long hour, OF
the tram.
What surplus magazine, and paper
| I've had ! have distributed tn the o,h,
companies. and with the kind help o
Lieut. Barnes. our fegimcntal thaplai'
and postmaster. We can take cate o
any amour, ths, may he sent US
Band Given Praise.
Yesterday. Sunday. was a quie, IA,
and given 10 te,, In the evening Oh
band gave a concert which wa, latsel
attended by civilians and soldiers am
the comments NJ the oui,iana req
mtnt as well ~ m -iiuen,. att Y
the eiier, ,ha, the Oklahoma regimen
has the best baud. the best in,,ni
men,s. the hest musicians. A. we'll a
tho best hsndma,,,t IN Mr Flynn. IN,
can he found anywhere
~ " will in,,r,,, the homeiolk,. I,
me say tbs, and then uui, tot m,
time. The hoy, IT Oklahoma have wc
the admiration and respect ci ever,
body because II 'hc manly and otd,tl
behavior in transit over the whole lin
Travelled |, kind " make, every ma
ie.l proud ~ hNssli and ~ the sta,
iium which he hail,
Thanking yuu iuf pa,t cnur,s,i,
through yout paper tn this regimen
and company N IN particular. an
Yours ttuh.
PRIVATE FRITZ BiUMtNrHAi.
Company N, First Infantry, q. n. /
San Bsnito, 1esas,