The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-06-29
COMPANY C
MUSTERED
IN MONDAY
AFTERNOON
(By PETER sTERLINe).
Mobilization Camp, Golden.
June &c,

Ion. y. .. Army hOnQ
was the center OF all eyes at the mobi-
lization camp at Golden. because it
was the FIRST unit of tbe Colorado con-
tingent OF Uncle Sans great Nation
nj Guard army to be mustered into the
federal ser ice.
All night Sunday the officers and
non-commissioned officers worked get
ting all the papers in readiness SO that
the regular army examinations could
be taken. the enlistment papers in
spected. and the nen mustered in.
The men were kept awake most Of
the night, also. because questions had
to be ASKED ard Ia ers 5 gned. ether
units were trying TO do the same thing
but We're having trolble ether be
cause their full complement had not
% been completed or because the officers
did not know the ropes.
But Company C had no trouble and
bright and early Monday mo. ning all
was In readiness. Second Lieutenant
!. Norman and First sergesnt Fuikerson
kept on the trail OF tie chief mus
tering officer. Captain Walter r Bates
with the result that at noon he order
ed that the men be epared to be
sworn In. despite the fact tht the
Pride Of Denver" Battery b. ID the
famous troop from Boulder had been
In camp over a week ard anxious for
the honor. The physical examination
gwas strenuous but was through with
quickly. sergoart Joel. Priyates Pow
I9r. Bolin and Peterson were eliminat-
we'd: the nrst three because Of physical
disability and the latter because his
parents had not signed the consent
papers. he being under twenty -one
years OF age. They tcok their flllure
to get through mighty hard. They
wanted to 20 mighty well aud were
bamong the hardest working and most
sfudious men in the company.
II was with general regret that the
other men heard that they did not get
1 through.
dust after the men were sworn In
Captain Bates. In the presence OF the
stan officers and the larse croFd that
surrounded the company. congratulate
ed Capt In LivnTsion UPON having
such fine company and particularly
1 upon being the first unit to be mus
tered In from Colorado.
Company c is considered the crack
rNit OF the infantry division inst as
Battery is of the artillery and Troop
ID OF the cavrlry. On the street cars.
Monday, on the streets, and especially
in the newspaper offices you could
hear many complimentary remarks
about Company +. II has put Canon
City oh the map In the big city that
thinks only OF itself and has made It
begin to enquire the population of
Canon City and the kind OF people
that live there. A flock of news photo
graphers were ON hand and the papers
will be carrying pictures OF the Com
pany for the next few days.
The boys sure worked under army
difficulties their FIRST night in camp.
last Saturday. They arrived on the
grounds at $3.50, two hours after arriv-
ing at the un'on stat on in Denver.
The tents were still in the originsl cas-
ings that surrounded them when they
left the government arsenal at Rock
'Slsland and anyone. who has ever
tried. knows exactly what big Job It
Is to put up an army conical tent un-
der favorable condition.. It was soon
, dark and this. added to the inexperi-
ence of the men. made a JOB worth
cussing about And II got all that It
deserved.
The tents had TO be in an even line
- on the company street and with II
SO dark that II was impossible to see
man seven feet away II is won-
der that the boys get the things up
at all. They worked most OF the
eight and when morning broke It was
discovered that the line OF those khaki
houses looked like the work of
:. enhist artist. Il had 10 be done all
over again. and that ives the way they
spent their usual church hour Sunday.
told Privates Thomas. Holman
and Lauterbach that would tell
tsomething on them. and this is the
opportune time.
They were detailed along with
Mike Hacca. Morrill, HouEh. VIM. KEN
ley and few others to tAte down and
put up the tents again. This nocsssi-
tatad lot Of hard work internpersed
with some easy Jobs. The mu1culap|
WoFA consisted q pounding atAkes ~