Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-20
FAST WORK
AT MASTERING
OUT End MAINE
A Quiet Day-Much Ma
terial Condemned
Interesting Story by
"Jack" Pillow Fights
and Other Means of
Passing Time

Thursday at Camp Keyes was the quiet
est day which the boys have so far expe-
rienced since their arrival. the drizzling
rain preventing any drills being held ex-
cept a monkey drill' for the 30 men,
bers of the Mounted Scouts, which means
calisthenics in the language Of civil life.
The first official news concerning the
ceived on Thursday. when Major Henry
w. Merriam, U. S. A., the senior muster
ing officer at the camp. informed Adju-
tant General George Mel. Presson that
there was every prospect of the Second
Maine Regiment being able to leave the
camp by Tuesday of next week, or
Wednesday at the latest. THE men are
getting along finely and the work rela-
tive to the muster out is going along
very smoothly was the comment which
the major made to the adjutant general.
Color Serg. L. H, Daughraty of South
Paris. who has been acting in the capac-
ity OF regimental supply sergeant, was on
Thursday transferred to the hospital at
Fort Williams, where he is to be treated
for nervous breakdown. He has done
a vast amount of work in SO efficient ana
conscientious manner that the strain
has told severely on his nerves, and L
was thought that the best way to effect
swift recovery would be to send him to
the hospital at Fort Williams
Inspection Work
The inspection of property was in full
swing Thursday afternoon, Captains Far
mum and Niles being in charge of the
work, and great deal of material such
as shelter halves, ponchos, bayonets, mess
kits, belts, blankets and canteens, was
condemned as unfit for service The cam
teens We're the worst of the equipment,
and some of the companies had nearly
all of this part of their equipment thrown
out, This was in some measure due to
the fact that some of the canteens had
been used to carry lime and lemon water
while in Texas, the citric acid acting on
the tin and rendering the canteens un-
Serviceable.
On Thursday rush call was sent out
to the transfers who are engaged in
hauling the cord-wood to the camp, as
the supply was fast being depleted. with
the result that on Thurday evening
there was plenty of wood in camp. In
the past three days so cords of hard
wood have been consumed in the at
tempt to keep Camp keyes reasonably
warm, the cold nights eating into the
supply of sawed wood at an alarming
rate, as the lines of wood carriers car
ry it off as fast as it is sawed One
hundred and fifty cords have been or
dered, and it looks now as if this amount
would not be too much if the weather
remains the same
Cling to Tents
Thursday the boys stuck pretty
close to their tents. and some severe
pillow skirmishes were INDUCED in, the
strain of being confined to camp tell
ing rather heavily on the boys who told
stories and compared souvenirs, read
letters from home, and examined newly
developed pictures which were taken on
the border by few members of each
company who had cameras with them
Musician Fountain Of Co. /, who car
ried vSst pocket Kodak to Texas, has
fine let of pictures which he took
with It, One of special interest shows
a group of half-naked Mexican children
around the cook tent, ravenously de-
vouring scraps Of food thrown to them
by the soldiers. The cook of Co. D
told Of case after case where Next
can people dug out scraps Of food which
had been thrown into the incinerators.
and made off with them, and a 17-year-
old boy who was adopted by Co. D at
San Antonio, whose name is John Nous
sin, who was brought up in Mexico.
told the Journal representative that the
Mexican people eat rats, dogs, cats
and even horses and snakes. so dire is
their strait
Boys Story
His mother was killed by her half
breed husband, the boy said, and he
ran away, witnessing a battle between
Carranza troops and 80 Of the Villa
bandits near Hacienda Ell Carmen on
the 14th of September Of this year in
which 20 men were killed and 10 of
the bandits were captured, the other
being driven away. He then went to
Mexico City and from there came to
the United States side Of the border
with Alfred Bauer. the South American
traveller. who is now on a tour around
the world. Jack" as the soldiers car
him. states positively that the Kaiser
has sent many thousands Of rounds NJ
modern ammunition into Mexico which
is now being used by the revolutionists
He has been adopted by Cook Roller
Of Co. D, who will get him some kind
OF position when they reach home.
A board composed Of Majors Walter
J. Mayo, w. M. Southland and John AZ
Hadley has been ordered to correct
and compare the mastering pay rolls,