Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-12-15

Inc manner IN Wnlcn the member
Of Company B OF the Second IdahC
infantry enjoyed themselves Oh
Thanksgiving, lie told by the NampJ
Leader-Herald correspondent, who II
q member of the company:
NOgales, Ariz., Dec. 3.-Thanks t
the ladies Of the auxiliary and gener
GUS donations from the citizens gen
orally of Nampa and Montpelier
Company b enjoyed q Thanksgiving
dinner that came as near being a rea
home feast as any meal cooked in 9
military camp could be. From plen.
ty of delicious brown roast turkey
to small mountains of candy and
nuts, the banquet was amply com.
plete in every detail of choice food
that usually goes with such a cele.
bration.
The boys were noisy and sincere in
their many times repeated express
sions of thanks to the good people
of their home towns who made pos
sible the sumptuous repast. Through
the merry din that made the mess
hall vibrate and sing like a sound
ing board continually broke such re-
marks as these:
0CCs 4 ~ DCN SAOA GdlnI aHOIhGI
company in the regiment having
such feed as this
Say, those ladies In that auxiliary
sure look after us fellows fine, don't
they?"
Some dinner this is! I'd stay in
the army all my life IL l thought we
would feed like this every Thanks
giving"
Holy mackerel, we can't eat all
this stuff in six years! I'm gonna
die tryin'. thought"
And most of them very nearly did
die tryin," Had drill call sounded
after the dinner there surely would
have been mutiny in Company B, for
everyone was stuffed" to the point
where anything remotely resembling
work was impossible.
The Menu
Cream of Celery Soup
ROAST IDAHO TURKEY
Oyster Dressing Giblet Sauce
Baked Sweet Potatoes Southern
Mashed Idaho Potatoes
Peas in Cream
Hot Cabbage Slaw
Tartar Sauce
Idaho Celery
Cranberry Sauce
Jenny Lind Pumpkin Pie
English Plum Pudding
Minee Pie
Brandy Sauce
Dill Pickles Waldorf Salad
Mayonnaise Dressing
Assorted Cakes Fruit
NVIS G1RaFH Gandfno
Veron Heilig. Mess Sergeant, C. D.
Maxwell, Cook.
Program of Speeches
Following the dinner, the first
thing on the program was a call for
nine rahs and a tiger for Company
Auxiliary. the people of Nampa
and the citizens Of Montpelier, who
contributed to the feast. So vigorous
vas the response II seemed the roof
Of the mess house would surely rise
and go soaring heavenward.
Captain Van de Steeg then spoke
briefly of the things the men had to
be thankful for. and the deep debt
Of gratitude they owed to the people
of their home towns and especially
to the auxiliary. Not since the com
pany has been on the border, he said
has request. or even a suggestion
been made to the auxiliary but wha
Il has been quickly and generousl.
fulfilled.
After the captains speech and
few timely remarks by f. M. John
son, formerly first sergeant of thu
company, but now chaplain OF the
regiment. came a program of non
sense, satire and impersonation that
the boys had prepared for the oc-
casion. Though they had but q few
days to prepare for It, the program
ran off smoothly and kept the mess
hall in an uproar OF laughter for
more than an hour.
Impersonating different people
OF note. the speakers put themselves
on the grid" and brought out their
peculiarfties. mannerigms, and espec-
tally their mistakes, as the speakers
viewed them. Though all in a spirit
Of fun. the harpoon was used unmer-
cifully.
President Wilson. the first speak
er, traced the steady progress and
wonderful success" OF his s.Mexi-
can war"
Ny war has already cost nearly
as much as the Spanish-Americzn
var" said Mr.. Wilson. land II has
been prosecuted without the horrfd
ahoOting and fighting that charae-
fartzed that affair. II has given me
wonderful outlet for public funds
and has made me a host of friends
among army contractors and mer-
chants Of the border states.''
Mr. Wilson predicted that hfs
var would be brought 20 n wne-