Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-06-05
PAY DAY PROVES
GLOOM CHASER
To SOLDIER LADS
Boys of First Regiment Wear
Smile That Won't Come
Off When Dinero Is Passed
Around,
lRy Can't. j. II. TOnlOuscO

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! Camp Furlong, Columbus, \. NJ,
| June 4.--Don't think for minute
that pay day won't put bright smiles
on gloomy faces; gloomy, because for
three days the boys in camp have been
lexpecting pay, and when the order
came today TO line up, it sure was a
gloom chaser If any one doubts the
frugalitv of the men of the First, he
should have been at the postoffice, or
| the Columbus Savings bank, and
watched the boys buying money or
ders and drafts for home folks. II
takes a lot of money to pay resi-
ment. and big bunch Of the shining
gold and silver went TO dependent
ones at home.
Gradually the men are whipping
into condition for whatever service
is expected OF us. Five hours and ten
minutes duty is now expected from
I the men each day This consists of
lsetting up exercise in the morning for
ten minutes; squad drill, close and eX-
| tended order two periods. not togeth-
err, of twenty minutes each. company
sdrill, close order with manual Of
arms, two periods, not together, OF
fifteen minutes each; company drill,
extended order, two periods, not to-
gether. of twenty minutes each, bay
onet exercise OF thirty minutes. per-
sonal hygiene. first aid ana care of
feet, forty minutes; instruction in
guard duty, forty minutes; signalling,
two commissioned officers and
four men AT least at wigwag, and the
same number with semaphore, forty
minutes; mechanism and nomencla-
ture of rifle, forty minutes. 1t will be
seen from this routine of duty that
when the men do return to their home
station that they will have been we'll
drilled in the duties Of a soldier.
Camp Model One.
No matter what critics of the guard
may say, the First regiments camp is
a model one This is admitted by
those who know, including the regu-
lars, all of whom have shown tho
liveliest interest in the guards. There
isn't the least bit of rivalry among the
men of the two branches of Uncle
Sans army, and if the time should
come when the government is
called upon to defend its honor you
will see regulars and guardsmen ANAL
gamated in one splendid army. The
regulars put themselves out to help
the guards, and the old-time rivalry
that existed during the Spanish Amer
lean war has all disappeared.
Company G had nineteen men re-
jected. Among the number was Sec
ond Lieutenant Gfeller, man who
has endeared himself to the men and
one that We regret to lose. He will
return to Albuquerque and resume his
old position at the owl Drug com
pany store.
There i no sickness in the com
pany and very little in the regiment.
The sanitary conditions of the camp
are perfect and the morals OF the
men are splendid The men in the
First regiment are far above the av-
erage in mentality, and that means
cleanliness, both in body and mind.
No better body of men can be assem-
bled in any state than we have right
here in the First regiment
No Kick ON Eats.
The eats are splendid and some
OF us who came down here with hopes,
and avoidupois, have begun to lose
our hopes and gain more avoirdupois.
and all the time training at that.
can see very little hope for the fat
man, who. training five hours and ten
DAY still continues to resem-
bic a moving van in spite of hard
work
We sure did start something when,
In feeble, unprofessional way, we
tried to tell YOU something about the
boards in the company. Upon my re-
turn to Columbus ! had to be intro
duced to half the bunch At first I |
thought that congress had assembled |
IN the street of Company G. | have !
heard it said that 1t was the hat that |
made the men, that old saying /
runs like this: IT'S the hat that |
makes the man, and | do not give !
---- rap, | haven't got dollar, but l |
wear a cap" But just forget |
tits whiskers that makes the man.
We have J. Ham Lewis backed clear
off the map, and by sergeant at that,
Tor ! must confess that while James
lad some start of Patton, the latter
mas outstripped every other candidate
n the company for beard honors.
railing right along behind him come
McCaiferty Riley. Abbott, Teutsch. Il
-esieki. La Driere. La Tart, McAllister
md Moore, while many more of the