New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1916-10-13
CITY TODD HONOR
TO SOLDIER BOYS
SOLDIERS EXPECT TO
GO BACK TO BORDER
Many Believe They May
Yet See Fighting in
Mexico.

Physically better than when they
marched away last June, with clear
eye and hardened muscles. with ex-
periences that will ever be valuable,
New Britain's troops are now back
home. Their work for the time be-
ing Is done. Only routine work re-
mains until they are formally mus
tered out which will probably take a
week more. But there Is hardly one
of these men in khaki with his per-
sonal knowledge of conditions as they
exist on the border, who does not be-
lieve that it will not be many months
before the soldiers are called out
again for border duty. And next
time they believe, it will not be pure
ly a patrol duty, it will be actual
fighting.
Sergeant j. F. Corners of Company
I, Herald correspondent at Nogales
during the time the troops were at
the border, speaking generally on the
situation, today had the following to
say:
More Trouble Expected.
Due to a strict military censorship
along the Mexican frontier, the gen.
| eral American public Is not familiar
with the true situation. They think
that peace Is assured and that the
Mexicans are ready to eat out Of
Uncle Sans hand. 1t is no so. They
| are merely quieted for the time be-
ing. They are as smouldering
| spark, ready to burst into flame ct
| the slightest breeze And when that
| time comes, if it does New Britain's
| companies will not be found wanting
| n IN, tIn ~ {rr, ic TO
| be waged for more members of the
| National Guard here. The National
! Guard today Is on the best footing
| that it has ever been. The training
| given the boys during the four months
on the border has made them al
| most the equal of the regulars and
: with this nucleus to build upon the
| new National Guard should be far
| superior to that of past years.
Many Knocks Unjustified.
| published reports from the Dor
| der seriously criticizing the food and
equipment of the mon and the treat
ment accorded them, as we'll as the
| statements Of some of the rejected
men made in a derogatory sense, can
not be too severely condemned. They
| are all false and unjustified. The
quality, nourishing and wholesome.
1t was fresh and was ordered from
only the best houses in the country.
In addition to the regular mess, the
men could also have additional food If
they wanted to. Tho mess sergeant
is allowed 81 32-100 cents per day
for each man who is credited. to his
| company. He can make the daily
mess cost this amount, cost less or
cost more. If 1t costs more the men
have to pay. If it costs less, how
ever, the company is credited with
the difference and this money can and
must be used for mess. Thus, by
! economlZ1ng on some things AMI
profting by the absence of some of
the men on detached duty the COM
! pany is enabled to have some unusu-
ally fine meals. In this manner
Company I obtained several regular
| banquets In which chicken and other
tasty articles Of food were served.
Physically, Men Are Perfect.
Under the head of physical con-
clifton a mere look at the bows Is sur
fcient to dispel all doubts as to the
treatment they received There is
hardly man who, after the natural
effects from change in water and eli
mate, did not gain in flesh and muscle
and some of the men are heavier to-
| day that ever before in their lives Th @
air was clear and pure and with the
| regular hours of sleeping, the whole
some food and the proper amount n,
| Continued On Fifteenth Page).