The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-14
TELECRAM'S WAR
Correspondent TELLS
OF CO. DIS TRIP
Continued from page 81

minutes were lost by going up the
wrong street. However, we soon
oriented ourselves and paid our re.
spects to the historical spot. 1t was
with feeling of reverence for the
spirit so typcally American which
was exemplified within the walls of
this building. that caused every
member of Company D to remove his
hat before entering Scarcely a word
was spoken while in here, and the
lady in charge tan old relic of the
days past) remarked to the writer
of this, "Sir, you must be from the
South Your company is so we'll be-
haved and gentlemanly. Many come
lnWho do not appreciate what the
Alamo means to us that their con-
duct is not becoming to the cloth in
which they are CARRIED" When told
we were from the Land of Flowers,
a smile lit her wrinkled old face
and she said ever so softly, Boy,
can tell them every time wish
that time permitted, as we'll as space
in your good old paper land it makes
us all homesick when it comes i'm to
tell you of our impressions along the
line, as well as of the change of feel
ing in us all as we neared our jour
ney's end, to face what we know not
but it does not We returned from
the Alamo feeling better men and
better soldiers, and with desire to
emulate, if called upon, the same
spirit shown there. Upon our return
to the station we found our train in
readiness, and rapidly loaded aboard
for the last leg of our long Journey
We got out of San Antonio with lit
tie delay and experienced our first
slow schedule of the entire trip. it
taking us from three until a few
minutes after eleven to make the
$50 miles. We arrived at Laredo
too late to unload and pitch tents
that night Thursday and our Col
onel, ever solicitous for the welfare
of his men permitted us to remain
aboard the cars until morning We
assembled everything, had break
fast and were detraining at seven.
going to the camp formerly occupied
by the first Missouri. which has been
sent home. and which was assigned
to us as temporary quarters, until
the Second Maine, which regiment
we were to relieve had broken camp
and entrained for home, which they
accomplished in time for us to again
pick up our tents and, like the Arab
silently steal away" In the mean
time Der Captain" had been over to
our new home to locate our company
street and anything else that would
materially add to the comfort of the
men, and was successful in buying a
bunch of tent floors, some screened
in officers tent walls and enough
electric light wire to light up the
mess hall and tents of the men. We
broke camp for the second time with
in the week at 1870 in downpour
of rain, and moved to our new home,
in another part of the camp. getting
everything pretty comfortably ar
ranged by dark. The work of max
ing the home of the boys as COM
Portable as possible was continued
Monday and today Tuesday finds
them all as comfortably located as
the border conditions will permit Of.
Regular military routine will be taxi
en- up tomorrow. the forenoon being
devoted to drills, while the afternoon
will be filled by a regimental parade,
at the fort, with an escort to the
colors.