Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-08-01
INTENSE HEAT IS
HARD ON BADGERS
WISCONSIN SOLDIERS IN TEXAS
LOSE FLESH UNDER FIERCE
GLARE OF SUN.
OFFICERS EASE UP ON WORK
Promise Relief From Heavy Drills
During Torrid Weather-FederaI
inspector Finds Wisconsin
Camp in Good Condition.

San Antonio, Texas. = The intense
heat is telling upon the Wisconsin
soldiers at Camp Wilson, all of whom
are rapidly losing superfuous flesh I'M
der the blazing hot sun that beats
down upon the Texas plains. Many OF
the men unaccustcmed to the scorch-
ing heat have collapsed on the drill
field, twenty being overcome in one
day. There are no serious cases of
prostration reported, however.
There was much complaint among
the men because of their being re-
Quired to drill for long periods in the
hottest part of the day, but fear OF an
open mutiny was removed when Off
GERS announced that the men would be
given easier work while it remain so
hot. The officers were forced to admit
that they had mapped out too strenu-
Gus a campaign in their efforts to
tougher the men for possible Mexican
service.
"Ghost Walk" Causes Joy.
Joy reigned in Camp Wilson when
Uncle Sans ghost" walked for the
boys of the three Wisconsin regiments
and other state troops. incidentally,
it might be said that joy reigns in
San Antonio, too. for the merchants
had laid in new stock and were
waiting for the soldiers to turn over
their pay envelopes for cigars, tobac-
co, ice cream, postcards and various
other things. They did a rushing bus
mess.
The Wisconsin members-meaning
privates-of this division of the bor-
der army received IS each. They have
earned this amount by working hard in
a boiling sun for eleven days. The
federal government places no restric-
ton on the manner in which they
spend it.
No typhoid fever cases have broken
out among the Wisconsin men. The
troopers generally are in health. One
of the main fights conducted here is
the crusade against the fly.
Watermelons are not permitted in
the camp, because of the difficulty in
disposing of the Tinds. All refuse mat
ter is put in incinerators The camp
is kept Ieat and clean. A bathhouse
and hydrant has been placed near
each tent. Bedding and equipment
are exposed to the sun daily. The wa
ter supply is pure and is being con-
stantly analysed. All meats, vege-
tables and breadstuffs are inspected
by medical men.
Regular army officers who inspected
the Third Wisconsin regiment paid
high compliment to Company E, Fond
du Lac, on equipment and general or
pany in the brigade.
Orderies Draw Bucking Mounts.
The Wisconsin infantry regiments
were highly entertained when the
mounted orderlies o. each regiment
received horses from the government.
The horses were no sooner received
than mounted orderlies appeared in
the air, on the ground and every
where. They bounced up and down
like the piston on a vertical engine;
they scared gracefully through the
air like birds on the wing; they took
up positions on the ground with great
suddenness and dull and sickening
thuds; they slid, scraped, coasted and
rolled, and kicked up showers of dried
gumbo from one end of the camp to
the other But nobody was hurt, and
the horses finally behaved as army
horses should after they were so thor
oughly tired that there was not good
kick left in them. Many of the mount
ed orderlies knew little or nothing
about horseback riding.
Four mules have been given to each
supply company in the Wisconsin
camp. These will be ridden by mem
bers of the company, the only mule
riding soldiers in the outfit. 1t is ex-
pected there will be large and ex-
ceedingly active demonstration along
wisconsin street" when the supply
men introduce themselves to their fu-
ture companions.
The 1928 members of the Second in
fantry have been vaccinated to pro-
tect them against smallpox. The work
was done by Surgeons Maj. James R.
Scott and Lieuts. George H. Scheer,
William C.. Watkins and William n.
Moore of the sanitary corps.