Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-12-07
ARMY is READY
FOR THE WINTER
TENTED CITIES DISAPPEAR
Soldiers Make Preparations Ser Living
In Warmth and caH1sest Curing
she Winter mantha-- Peratino
Prefers . Tent.

Field Headquarters puGltiyn Eat'.t-
dition Mexico. Preparations for RIy-
iag In warmth aEtl comfort daring the
winter fffFssilths are In full swing in ali
the camps of the punitive expedition,
from the border To El Vale.
The tented cities of the summer
months urs disappearing and In their
stead are rising little villages Of mud
huts. Already the Offices of division
headquarters have BEEN transferred
from big tents to long rpw OF adobe
dwellings, Each eaiee boasts a Gre
place.
Whole regiments are already ligitag
In nlua houses For weeks the enlist
ed men In all branches Of the service
have been making 'dobe brick and
erecting little huts. Comfortable one
room residences" are being built by
the officers. Crude frepIaces are part
of every dwelling. Cold winter nights
win hold no terrers when the homes
are finished.
Bathing has been done In the open
aiE, under irnprovised showers. with
wooden barrels as overhead tanks.
Now. adobe lighthouses are beang
built, aftt big crates where huge tubs
of water can be heated.
Gather Around canlpfires.
Campfires are beginning To CLEAN for
the first lime since last spring when
the troops crossed the border. The
nightly gathering of officers around the
fires In front Of regimental headaaar-
ters has begun agaiB, while huge bon
fires attract troopers aud infaftryrnen
in different portions Of the camp
Winter clothing has not yet been IS
| sued 10 the troops, except nyercoats.
However each newly arriving truck
I train brings the heavy underwear and
outer garments worn by Au1erican soI-
| eiiers i'm cold weather. In d short time
| the 10000 men of General Persting's
column will be completely fitted out for
the winter months.
Big shipments of SibIey stoves are
/ expected soon, so there win be no lack
| of warmth in the houses occupied By
men and officers.
/ This camp lis situated at an elevation
Of about $500 feet. and the FL ValIe
4 encainpment is Esarig ii Thousand feet
/ higher No gnaE las fallen yet, bnt
the nights are becoming cold. The
days are nearly always warm.
i First Winter in Field.
j 4 number of the regiments in Mex
leo. infantry and cavalry alike, arr
spending their first winter in the fieit
4 in many years, Many officers art
watching closely to see how their mer
endure the rfgoSs Of this new expert
ence.
In most cases Mexican worknien arr
being employed by the officers to buIIe
their dwellings Houses for tire en-
listed men have been constructed all
most entirely by themselves. Materia
such as roof -timbers, corrugated sheet.
and tar-paper for roofs and glass feF
81 windows Is purchased at the quarter
masters depot here.
No provision has been made yet flo
aheltering the thousands Of horses AM
mules in service here, but II is reporte'
that plans for this are La the making
Unlike most of his officers. Genera
pcrahing prefers q tent as dweiIinl
4 place, whether 1t be summer or winter
y lie has said there will be bungalow.
built for him this winter A small oil
stove takes the chill off the 1anya
home, where he translates most Of hi
business.
When the expedition Is withdrawn,
l complete village will be left beIiini
ready for tile occupancy 1f any native
who wander tbs way looking for
bone.