East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-07-25
PendIeton Recruit Writes
of Mexican Border Life

Orchard D Devlne, Private Co +,
End Regiment, N. G. So
CAMP STEPHEN LITTLE, Nogales,
Arlz, July 25.-It is with pleasure
that am able 10 write you at this
time to inform you of the doings OF
the 2nd Idaho and especially Of the
boys from dear old Pendleton.
Perhaps 1t is known to you that
nearly half Of Company Z, End Inf
N. G. l., is composed Of Pendleton
men, two Of which have been ap-
pointed corporals, John Boise and
Frank Cornfield. The rest of the
boys are in fine condition and held
in high esteem by the officers of the
company. All of company E stood the
physical examination well and surviv-
ed the vaccination and typhus inocu-
lations without one being sent to the
hospital. In fact, the whole com
pany is first in the regiment with
only one man in the hospital as com
pared TO some of the companies who
had 25 and 80 on sick duty. This is
a good record. We received our last
injection yesterday and every man
reported for calisthenIc exercise at 9
y. m.
Company Getting INTO shape.
The company is slowly but surely
being rounded in to shape by Capt
Kaling and Lieutenant Boiling. Lieu
tenant Boiling, who is a regular army
drill sergeant, promoted to the rank
Of first lieutenant or our company,
Is certainly a competent man, having
had IS years service IN the regulars
At last we are in Nogales, Arizona,
Camped only two m,ies from the bor-
der on one Of the many rocky hills
surrounding the town and in the
midst of trantulas ana centipedes,
many OF which the nuts" of the camp
have captured as pets, The water
here is fair but we al; enjoy it more
when taken as a shower bath than
as a drink.
On Patrol DuIy Soon.
There are with us here one brigade
of California guard, three regiments
Of Connecticut guard, one battalion of
Utah mounted infantry and the 18th
infantry and 7th artillery, L. $ A
Border patrol is being done by the
l2th L. ;. A. and california guard.
our turn on the patrol will come in
about a month In the meantime we
must be content with camp duty soda
pop and watermeloHs aside from
these IuXuries we have been ISSUED
our extra clothing so that when we
are not drilling or eating we can rest
ourselves by washing our perspira
tion soaked clothes.
NOgales Not Half Bad.
However, Nogales IS not so bad as
we had supposed when We arrived
here Tuesday it was raining and it
continued to rain for three DAYS
while even now it Is intermittently
cloudy. The nights are cool ana
would be a pleasure if it
were not Tor the overgrown spiders
and other yermin which exhibit too
friendly a disposition Tor some of ui
who are more used to
with grasshoppers and
iadybugs
Boys Treated Royalty.
The regiment, was certainly treated
royally while in Boise picture shows.
Gance', soft drinks and in some places
We're free lor the asking,
Even the people of the town, young
and Old. seemed to be glad of our
presence and especially the young la
dies, as every soldier had lady that
wanted one
Then, when We received moving or
ders on the 6th of July every mother
and daughter in the city prepared a
basket lunch which lasted us nearly
ali Of our journey to Nogales. which
took us four nshts and three and
one-h3lf days our first stop was at
Salt Lake City, where we laid over
for seven hours. The rest of the story
of that lay over had best not be men
toned, other than to say that Idaho
is extremely dry ana salt Lake is
nee and wet
From salt Lake We proceeded to
Las Vegas, Ney. when is also open,
hut we were not there TOO long
our next stop was a; san Berna-