The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-06
APREPAREDNtSS0. g.. WATCHW0RD OF |!.!: 1 l.
 PERaING CAMP
Iumpact hnd Ready, Field
 Force Resting at Celonia ~Dublan.

1seld HesSahuarters-r Celonia Dub m. chihua&NA. JAa5 $,svia Army Me- sor Truck tS SCelumbps. N. M..vJuly 6
 -csmpact. rsparsd and -unestenta- sfous. the Akeriean Held force is ih sanp.. S
 It showedsno evidence of hurry. with turt oommsnds or military <.iffness, somstimes Asectiated with an army ready for aesicn. Instead. there was| ease about men aud animals sprawl ! Ind around caInp with the comfort his- dutfes sSAwsll that half an hours waruing would be sufficient 10 empty she great cApap end change 1t Into an army o.a tho mach.
 Long royvt of ashelter tents mark a the cauSp of ,as cavalry cen.;aiand. kJuyt in from zoo mile march. The 'turts stoodsln aathrss-inch dust, their Ixopb the hekSht only of small chilTs head above the ground, their interiors. towns became of the slight space be- ifWSsn the sun- heated canvas above and the eGnally hot earth below. In them tiredsTneh were sleeping. Hard Ixauscled and brown skinned, these Imsn were prepared for any strain.
 Beyond, Ioomed refreshing bowers Of green boughs. interiors daVkened iand cooa. where Kitchens showed food kprcpared in kcleauliness-a part of tlte lCcntrfbutiox of preparedness for keep ling the fi6Ating men in trim. fSa}4
 In the heart of the camp, rows of hug, grays motor tl uclxs were, parked I1n reometrical designs. About them men crouched in the shade Of the big Ibodles, thetr olive drab clothing stain Ied beyord,s sgashing with road dust. On inc steeridx wheels hung brilliant red. troen and blue handkerchicfs 5ust fWaahed ard drying. These wers- the IA6adxear Of the truck drivers who have learned that they cannot hope It9 protect more than their heads and fheir mouths from the dust clouds
 In the {6mpany streets 2 few jag ,ked tins fere scattered in seeming disorder. C They were temporary .washing utensils, sAved from what usually istiunk. .as. Ssssst 5: ssY
 At the Ipont sk sysFy soIdier tent lay an o{aerly Array of ammnnition
 bsits, pistols ana gktint para pher- nalia. But they nSt conspifu-
 ous. EacH hiifs the sef.e petition hong . A; The maci m {, syNn she bix Sld sdfS3 hs ar without d atFacting att SO sxectfy VII each Xplaced. covers cln dtet { Ii readineslfor actioft x RI
 Norderly il1lis mark Sas ,e e1a ithe pack wagoaE trainS F'ieHst 1ineI iafter picket line q ftf112led andEtcns1 oned ssnules vas thsres The drivers wore diving the animals the most care I iii attj tSon fol they reazized that !freuuei fly upon the training and mus icle of Lch. mules may depend the lives Iof soldiers in campaigns, especially as ihsre A Mexico, where supplies have been oAtrun by ths fghting gcolunns.
 A p3r of socks and sshirt. hanEing loub the&wire fence.1 1whith enclosed4 the !eamp Sf the dgnaf corps. perhaps I4urme& only a discordant note. For. from the point of view of prepared- neny the size of the soldiers wash in Idica&e6 luxury. It. meant the owner had a2 extra shirt It meant he was icAxryiHg excew weight in contrast to Iothers@of the soldiers who have car ixied n& extra ci6thids for weekx sH
 Tn this camp washing and bathing fave Reen done hnultaneousfy. ythe ghot nak and, winds drying the clothing lby th& time the bather is ready to fdreu,& @ x