Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-10-31
ANOTHER letter
FROM YOUR UNCLE
Writes the Freeman Tribune While
Awaiting Orders to Entrain
for the Grand State
Of Iowa.
PAPPY NORTON SEES A1RSHIP
|C Company and the Regimental
Band are Organizing a Football
Team at Camp.

Brownsville, Texas, Oct. 81
Nothing startling has occurred in the
Second Iowa Infantry since our let
ter of recent date, but as the band
is busy rehearsing an overture that
will make David of harp fame think
he was a fourth class musician, and
we are unable to find any one to play
dominoes with, we will tear off a
couple sticks full of beautiful seen
cry, just to prove to the Freeman
Tribune readers that we are still on
the border, waiting for orders to en-
train for Iowa.
"Pappy" Norton pulled off stunt
this morning that will undoubtedly
be of considerable interest as it was
really and truly a horse on him. At
about 4:1O this a. m.-now we
haven't the least idea what he was
rambling around for at that un-
earthly hour of the day-he began
|yipping and yelling like a boy that
had eaten a peck of green apples,
and in about 20 seconds he had all
the officers and non-coms in his row
out asking what in heavens name
might be the matter. For several
minutes "Pappy" was unable to ut
ter sound, but kept pointing east
and upward at an angle of about
"a degrees. All the men present
gazed in the direction he was point
ing and finally "Pappy" found his
tongue and managed to utter: "See
the airship! We are being attacked
by the enemy" It took Col. Hyatt
and Captain Hale about 20 minutes
to convince "Pappy" that the object
he was gazing at was the morning
star. But "Pappy" whetted his bolo
knife before he felt secure.
A company, who are next in line
to us, still have their duck-the
mascot they brought with them
from Mason City-and since the
band began rehearsing in the dining
hall, the duck comes over twice a
day to hear the music.
The contractors who were to fur
nish wood for cooking and incinera-
tor purposes, took larger contract
than they had figured on, and yes
terday our wood supply gave out.
The band borrowed a team and
wagon and went out and cut load
Of mesquite and ebony, which may
tide us over the shortage.
c company and the band are or
ganizing a football team and they
hope to meet with better success
than Webster City Hi has been do
ing. Bugs, Shorty, Brit, Pat, Bur-
ley, Barney, and several others will
be connected with the short dozen
and will make cyclonic organiza-
ton.
Hundreds of Iowa boys were wear
ing overcoats this morning, although
the thermometer did not get below
ga. Guess COLOR cool-weather
has more effect here than it has in
Iowa.
Bill Oxley, who enlisted as cook
with G company, had slight mis-
understanding willingness it must
have been Captain Martin-and now
Bill is drilling with the company,
but not an extra gray hair has
shown up yet, so he evidently does
not take the matter to heart.
The Second Infantry whipped the
Iowa Artillery yesterday in a ball
game by score of 9 to 2, but on the
day previous they took the short end
of a to 0 count, while contesting
with the First Virginia boys. How
ever, both games were mighty in
teresting. The band gave a concert
at the Fort last night and pulled
down big bunch of applause. A
new alto player has been added to
the band. His name is S. Dolard,
from company, and his home is at
Calender.
A newspaper has been started by
the Iowa brigade and it will be call
ed "The Iowa Guardsman." There
are large number of newspaper
men connected with the National
Guard from Iowa and the paper will
be huge success. This
scribe was given very flattering
offer to act upon the staff. 1t may
be of some interest to Freeman
Tribune readers to know what the
offer was, so will tell you. They Of
Tered us all the experience we would
yet-free. Well, as it may be posi-
bic that we bought-outright
eral thousand dollars worth Of news
paper experience in Webster City,
we have a natural horror for any