New Britain herald., 1916-07-19
FLOODS CAUSE COL
 TO MOVE ITS CAMP
PruneS Have Been Added to Menu;
 Butter Is a Treat
FIND AN HONEST MAN

4 Sergeant Pickup Loses His Glasses in
 Missouri and Finder Returns Them
 to Him at Nogales, Arizona-Camp
 Notes. Especial Correspondence by J. F.
 Conners.)
 Nogales Arizona July 13.-A rainy day. We have had at least twenty showers for the days program, cul- ninating in The Flood. This after noon the river bed that has been our happy hunting ground for ever so long vas converted into a veritable lake. The showers come up so quickly that the men have an eye on their tents continuously, even though they do not wander more than 100 yards away. The grand finale of this afternoons oeluge broke through the dikes re- gently built by the Second Regiment and as a result all the cots loated out of the tents and anchored in quiet pool in the middle of the road. The First fared better. Corporal Barrett end his squad lifted their little beds Up above the water and as a result have a place in which to sleep to- night When the storm had subsided some of the men strolled about camp to see how their neighbors had fared and found that we were certainly lucky. There was some fun provided when one detail was sent out to chase up a couple of stray mules. It must J,e1 toJy fo them and how the heels did fy
 Returning to Company I quarters we received orders to pack at once and prepare to break camp. We are to move to another site tomorrow and are to be camped Somewhere on hill" This is welcome news as the chances are that we will not be drowned anyway, and when we go to bed at night we will not have to tie 8 life preserver around our necks to keep our heads above water until IF mOrning.
 Prunes for Supper Tonight the men had prunes for supper In New Britain prunes may not sound so very wonderful, but here in camp prunes are some del1cacY and this evening Cook Tom Dyson is getting lots of credit. That's all he has received thus far Cor any of the other men for that matter) the pay wagon has not arrived as yet. We also had butter on our bread tonight.
 Sergeant Edward Prior has lost all interest in the movies here. He de- clares that the New Britain movies are the only ones he is interested in and he cares not what pictures they exhibit in the Nogales Airdome. An Honest Man Discovered Sergeant Lowell Pickup has dis l covered an honest man. En route to l Nogales, Pickup lost his glasses at Harris, Mo. Some honest farmer 1 picked them up and sent them on to 1 Company I. They arrived today and 1 now Pickup can see everything on the | menu, only we have no menu. Bugler Anderson took a little stroll without his poncho this morning and not only did he get drenched but ha d | to ford a stream as we'll in returning. l Bobby now thinks it is a good thing l that Uncle Sam makes his mnions' l garments out of n-shrinkable ma l terial
 The load of lumber that arrived yesterday for the construction of a camp canteen makes 1t necessary that the boys lose a lot Of sleep and do | guard duty. Private Briere tried to do a little carpenter work yesterday. He tried to drive a nail. Briere may be a good barber but he is poor | carpenter.
 Praise for Soldiers.
 1 For the first time since Company I | has been having regular drills under | the supervision of a Twelfth Infantry | man that individual has given the | toys a compliment. He says Company l has the right sort of men in the | outfit and as a further compliment he states that if the men continue to inn prove as they had thus far it will | soon be impossible to distinguish the New Britain boys from the regulars.
 The camp now has another source of merr1ment in the person of Ser | geant Dewey Norton. Back home we often read in the papers of how | DeWey Norton took part in some lodge entertainment, but until he performed for our benefit here in camp we did not realize what an accomplished in dlVldual he really is He has a, series of Uncle Josh songs that would 1 make an Edison record, b'gosh look | like piker.
 The Stanley Works bulletin came ] through again yesterday. Company now has great need of a lost and ! found bulletin. Sergeant Cham berlain has lost one set of underwear and now 1 has only three 1eft-put on, take off | ana go without. Chamberlain also | needs a new cot for the one that he | has been cleeping on crashed to the | ground beneath his weight last night causing him to jump to his feet in alarm, thinking Mexican attack had. ! been made.
 Armies Cheap In Mexico.