The Washburn leader., 1916-08-04
sent to the church by loving
friends. Mr.. Brown had a. num-
ber of very dear friends among
the pioneers who can yet scarcely
realize that he has gone.

INTERESTING LETTER FROM
THE MEXICAN BORDER
Gus. Bertch, who worked in
the Wacker abstract office a
few years ago, has been living
in Glasgow, Mont, since leaving
here and when the call came
for the militia to mobilize he
stayed with his company and is
now on the border. He has sent
the following interesting letter
to Adolph Wacker with permis-
sion to- publish it in the Leader {:
July 22.-"On Monday, June
10Th we got our first orders. Our
recruiting station was at the
armory at Glasgow and enlisted
IA men with previous service, lat
er we got orders to enlist; any,
thing and everybody over 18
years Of age and under As. We
had about 60 enlisted men
and before we left we had 118.
We wree ordered to recruit to
rs men, war strength, and then
get ready ito move in 6 hours
notice, but on account Of a big
washout at Great Falls, we did
not leave until june Oath. We
mobolized at Fort VIM. HI. Har-
rison at which place we stayed
until July 2 when we were or
dered to the Mexican border.
We started out on three specials
each carrying one battalion to-
gether with the equipment. We
; reached the end Of our journey,
! Douglas, Arizona, on the morn
ing of the 9Th. Our meals on
the way consisted mostly Of
cred Horse" (cornbeef), beans
and black coffee without sugar.
The crops in Montana were
! especially fine, in Wyoming the
were poor, South Dakota and
Nebraska good, while Texas, New
Mexico and Arizona didn't have
anything you could call crops.
Arizona grows no grain at adj
but has big cattle ranges and
copper s1nlters, there being Two
especially big ones here in Doug
las.
On Friday morning we unload
ed our pack and started to pitch
tents. We got our tents pitched
trenches hug and streets grad
ed so we sure have a peach of q
camp. 1t makes one of the best,
tent camps or towns that l have
ever seen. In camp our meals
vary, but most of the time we
get spuds, beans, rice and bac-
con with odds mixed in. Most Of
the time they are punk.
The detail work does not
agree with some people but they
all take their turn. was made
musician (bugler), so get out Of
all guard duty, detail work and
am privilalged character.
The weather has been terribly
hot here, and still we have had
some rain every evening. This is
the rainy season here and is said
to be the best time Of the year.
The following is the program
that We follow: Reveille-First
CALL ,-5 q. M; Reveille, 5:1O; AS
sembly 5:l5; 20 minutes athletic
exercises; Mess call 5 80; Fati-
que duty Gals; Drill z 90; As.
sembly 7:1O; Recall 900; Messl2
First call driQ 800; Officers
school 800; Assembly 3:1O; Re
call S 100; Sick call 5:15; Mess
5 30; Retreat 600; Assembly
6 10; Retreat 6:15, Guard mount
6 20; Tattoo 10: 100; Call to quar-
ters 10: as; Taps IL 100. This is
the way the day passes. Some
times the boys are agreeable end
other times they are awful.
We are just one mile from
the Mexican border and yester-
day we saw the firsth troop of
Mexican soldiers, being about
5000 men. We are two miles
from Aqua Prieta where the big
raid took place November |, 2
and 3 in 1915. We were in Col
umbus, N. NJ, where the other
raid took place.
VOTE MAY BE CHANGED
AT FALL ELECTION
The Transcript printed at
New Rockford, was strong for
the Non-Partisan League, and.
from %haH sn11rca the following