The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1916-11-23
CONDITIONS AT NOGALEs.
Statement That Boys DO Not Want
to Return Home Branded
as False.
NOgales, Arizona, NOV

as False.
Nogales, Arizona, Nov. 9.
Dear Friend;
As ] can't 20 down to the city this
evening / will write you few lines
and try and tell you some of the CON
ditions here.
The Mexicans as a general rule are
very poor, and it is not an unusual
sight to see a whole family carrying
wood for over a mile to their little
dirty howell that is made of scraps of
wood, tin, rags, and In fact, anything
that they can find laying around loose.
1t Is stated that many of the Mex
leans that work for the military
authorities on this side by day draw
extra wages from the Mexican govern
ment by doing guard duty on the Son
ora side by night. 1t is quite a sight
to watch the Mexican trenches with
a field glass and one sees many pecul-
lar sights. The other evening a
friend and myself went upon the hill
near the border and while there saw
the guard going from the city, and
when they saw us watching them they
yelled and waived their arms, and
after reaching the trenches they climb
ed upon them and we could hear them
yelling and saw them aim their guns,
but / hardly think that they could
have hit us at the distance. In most
cases the boys would welcome a shot
as it would give us a chance to start
something.
The Mexican cemetery is near our
line and have made several trips over
there In hopes of being able to get a
picture of an execution but so far have
had no luck, but / wish to say right
here. that they sure keep the cemetery
In fine shape, and every day there Is
crowd working around it. The name
Is the Cemetery Of Roses but l have
not got far enough along In Mexican to
I spell 1t yet in Mex.
We are doing border patrol and have
about two miles and 1t keeps us pretty
busy, and makes the boys feel that If
that is all the work that they have for
us to do down here it is time to send
us back to Idaho. 1t sure makes
the bunch sore to read some of the rot
that is sent from here about how the
Idaho boys do not wish to go home
because they feel that they are entitled
/ to go, as the three months of training
are up and all we are doing now Is TO
give the 18th Infantry time to play
poker and get drunk and as we did not
enlist for that kind of work we think
that we are not being treated fair.
But If they can show us that there Is
q chance Of trouble we will be willing
to stay here but we want to be sure OF
1t before we stick. Several parties
have written articles relating how con-
tented we are and what shame II
would be to send us home, but these
same people are no doubt drawing bet
ter wages than they ever drew In their
lives before and at the same time they
are yelling with the crowd to go home
/ think that If vote was to be taken
In this regiment that 1t would be safe
to say that at least 80 per cent of the
men would vote to go home and a.ma
jority Of the officers feel the same way
The members of Company 'E' are
enjoying good health and If they
thought that they were to see active
service within the next month or two
they would be willing to stick, but they
J are from Missouri, and promise o.
, trouble don't satisfy them, they wan
the thing to start at once.
The members Of the End Idaho ap
preciate the work that the home people
are doing for the boys here and hop
that some day they may have thu
. privilege of thanking the citizens o.
4 the state for taking such interest In us
The other regiments sure looked a
. us like a lot of lost souls when the,
left for their native states and al
think that we are stuck here for TIN
=. winter, but l think that after election
we are billed for Boise, at least 1 hop
One of the boys.