West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1916-11-16
TEXAS DESERT A
TROPICAL GARDEN
GuardSm0n Have Planted Palms
Before Their Tents.
mud BOULEVARD" VANlSHES
First New York Cavalry, Ordered to
New Camp Site After Getting Old One
"All Fixed Up" Takes Its Palm Trees
Along - STUNNING MandoIins by
Moonlight 10 Romantic.

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"All Fixed Up" Takes Its Palm Trees
Along = STUNNING Mandolins by
Moonlight 10 Romantic.
How the New York troops made Tex
as beautiful and much to be desired is
told I'm the Rio Grande RATHER:
You may recall how the wise ones
laughed when, July rapidly nearing it's
close, certain regiments and companies
began to invest I'm palm trees and ferns,
with a view TO making their new sum
mer homes more attractive and hab-
liable. What foolish waste OF time
and money! No one knows how long
we Will stay In this spot" the knowing
brothers chuckled.
But now the foresight OF the palm
growers has borne fruit, for their
camps have become the most slightly
and picturesque places In the magic
valley. Within the space OF few
months the palms have grown until I'm
some places they spread out over the
tents and form an inviting shelter from
the suns ardent rays.
Tropical Carbon Spots.
At McAllen practically all OF the
camps have become tropical garden
spots. and one regiment vies with an
other In the planting and cultivating
OF beautiful southern vegetation along
their streets. Division headquarters
has Its Avenida de Palmas. where
palms, cedars and ferns grow I'm pro-
FUSION. But few weeks ago the mem
bers or the commanding generals staff
lived In row OF tents on Mud boule-
ward. for that was Its name then. With
the advent OF the comfortable frame
buildings and the structure that houses
the division offices came desire to
Deautify the spot as much as possible.
Small cedars We're set out and the
plaza In the center was planted with
tall and stately palms. II now reminds
one very much OF the Prado, at HI.
yana, except that the dusky eyed seno-
ritas are nowhere to he seen. Rumor
hath it-but no one should believe ru-
mors.
Both the First and Second Field AZ
tillery have gone to considerable trou-
BILE and expense I'm setting out their
palm groves, but the completed result
more than justifies their patience and
liberality. Combining with the trees
and plants that grow naturally on their
camp sites the transplanted palmettos
help to make a pleasant and attractive
spot. The effect OF this verdure is to
keep the artillerymen much more con-
tented with their lot than they would
be If living on bare. sandy waste.
Didn't Mind Moving.
Unfortunately for the First cavalry
they had no more than succeeded In
turning the swamp in which they were
camped into charming oasis than
they were moved TO new camp site.
But their new home proved to be a
much better location, so they gladly
dug up their palms and cedars and
brought them along with the mess
shacks and rumors. All were trans
planted together and are beginning to
thrive again.
Each officer in the Twelfth has his
own private little palm tree alongside
Of his tent until Commission row has
taken on the appearance of Palm drive
at Monte Carlo. Let us add. paren-
thetically, that the resemblance to the
Joy capital of the Riviera goes no
further
The sixty-ninth found few palms
when they moved into Soventy-first's
camp. but have decided to order no
more until that consignment OF sham
rock arrives from the "ould counthree. -
No amateur botanist in the Sixty-ninth
can foretell how palm trees and sham.
rocks Will mix when planted I'm the
same soil.
Say what YOU will. there's charm
to the graceful fronds OF a slender
palm, and when the night breeze sways
them gently TO and fro and the magic
beams OF the moon shine through on
the boys strrmnIhg mdndolins and
guitars Texas doesn't seem such bad
place after all. The man who brought
the first palm tree to camp planted
better than he knew,