The Washington herald., 1916-08-27
Notes of Camp Ordway
By WATSON DAVIS.

Guard mounting in the infantry camp
Is now at o'clock instead Of 7:3O o'clock
as heretofore. The change has been
made because darkness has been falling
before the exchange of the guard Is
finally accomplished. The hours for
visitors have remained unchanged, and
the wives, sweethearts and sisters of
Guardsmen will not be able to witness
the stock shOw-otr event of the day any
longer. as they are not admitted until
$50 O'CLOCK
When Corporal J. H. CARMEL awoke
bright and early on Friday morning he
found p pairs OF shoes laid at various
places over him. He was much sur
prised at the novel arrangement Of the
shoes, and wondered why they were so
placed. Suddenly a number of his COM
rades rushed in upon him. and beat
him UnmerrifUlly tventy-One times and
''once TO make him grow" Then he
remembered that he was q years OF
age, and had told his terminates about
It the evening before.
Wagon load after wagon load Of straw
700 pounds in all. has been received
at camp. also a thousand ticks have been
drawn BY Capt. Will H. Chase, of the
supply department. Every man in the
Third Infantry will be given a bed tick
and forty pounds Of straw, on which
to sleep These will prevent the chill
OF the fall nights that are coming, from
creeping uD under the men as they
sleep, and is expected to cut down an
already very small sick list
The life on the border gets monoto-
nous Just ss life at Camp Ordway does.
According 10 a letter that Capt. Horace
P. Hobbs, T.. 5 A. inspector-instruCtor
at Camp Ordway, has received from
Mai Walker. commanding the First Sep
arate Battalion. at NaCO, AriZ, the new
ness Of the border has worn of, and the
men would be glad to have a change.
Many of the men at Camp Ordway real
iZs that ina rtivity on the border would
be just as tiresome as inactivity in the
camp. and have announced that they are
just as content with Camp Ordway as
they would be on the border. Many
would still like to so to the border, how
ever.
Troop will come into possession of
sixty-two horses of the regular cavalry
at Fort Myer this morning, to keep. tend
to, and use temporarily. They will be
kept on the picket line that has been
erected, and the cavalrymen will see
that they are fed and curried every
night and morning. The militia cavalry
men will then be doing as much work as
regulars.
The plumbers detail of Troop A con-
sists of Troopers Olmstead, Nolan, Buck
ley. Blng. Lawrence. and Hooper. The
name sounds like a Job with a little
work and much money. but it is differ
ent in the army. The Troop A plumbers
squad digs trenches and picket line post
holes and does other manual work about
camp.
A 7-weeks-Old recruit came to the
Troop A camp the other day. He is a
three-inch high Boston TERROR, black ant
gray, known by the name of "Spud.'
Trooper Harry Newman is his master
He and "ROodles' are already good
friends
The first meeting preparatory to the
big athletic field day was held yesterday
by Troop A at noon. Corporal Harry
Semmes. who will manage Troop A ath.
letic teams called the meeting to take
stock Of the athletes OF the troops. He
says that Troop A should easily clear
up 80 per cent of the events.