The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-07-15
'RYLAND BOYS
\ AT TEXAS CAMP

t inclined to do more than get
pugh food to keep body and soul to-
her. At the camp of the First
ryland every evening several Mex
boys come with tin buckets, and
r eating their fill of the scraps
the tables, the enlisted men fill
II buckets with all they will hold,
i the boys scurry back 20 their
'lble shacks, where other members
the family feast on what they
ig, Today as the News correspoa-
was walking near the railway
ion he saw two small Mexican
IS working over what appeared to
:, a small mound of dirt. Close in
.tion showed that the little mound
oose earth was mixed with white
j and that the boys were picking
grains out one at a time and put
them into bag. Nearby some
,&ere engaged in unloading a
.,ad of corn and some had spilled
the ground. The boys had scraped
the earth and all were making the
It of it. Asked what they would do
h it they replied in broken English:
lake fine eating-make bread and
! of things, mash it up first and boil
Oh, yes. fine. fine" Over at the
another bunch was at work scrap
! up the waste. This is the way
any Of the poems live. Their huts
"e the most miserable things imagin-
de and yet they do not seem to
it.
re at Eagle Pass, as at other
+ towns, there is little change in
tuation. Persons who have bust
bver the river at Piedras Negras
er just the same, but they are
what they say and do. No one
inform of any kind dares cross
ternational bridge. On the cen
Uncle Sans soldiers. On the
n end are MeXicans. The
! n flag flies at the middle, and
lit the customs flag. On the
part is the Mexican flag. On
nil on the American side, are
rs, number unknown, that con-
the railroad and highway
and the entire town of Pied
tgras, which is hardly a mile
At each side of the railway
at the northern end freight cars
been wrecked and d car stands
he track blocking the way. No
ms can pass over.
This is big camp and will be much
ger by the time this letter gets into
mt. BY that time the Fourth and
tn Maryland will be in their tents
md maybe other troops. The exact
lumber now here is not generally
,nown, but it is not short of 5000, and
here should soon be about 10000.
they are encamped so close together
hat they can be moved at a few mo-
nents' notice. There are infantry.
avalry and artillery with all the
that goes to make up a field
lrmy.
The first dust storm encountered by
he First came on time. Everything
vas lovely and some of the men were
aging that this dust storm talk was
III Mexican joke. Then at 6:10 the
'reeze. which is always east. suddenly
hanged into high wind In a few
econds hats and other things were
ent scurrying down the hill. The dust
'bscured the whole camp and that of
he Thirtieth Infantry as well. Moth
ng could be done till it passed, but in
b minutes it was all over as though
lothing had happened. Today the
ground being drier, it will be worse.
But about the heat-when the sun
sets well up it is hot town and the
amp is hot, too. But while the mer-
ury gets up to l05 in the official shade
many days, the weather observer here,
lr. Tarver, says that heat prostra-
ions are practically unknown owing
o the dry air, which means low hu-
nidity.
Nights are more endurabie than
hey are in Baltimore during hot
'pell because there is usually a breeze
rom the direction of the sea. And
wen in the hottest part of the after
loon it is pleasant if one is able to
Keep in the shade. There are no
iWamps to produce malaria and moth
ng to prevent the men from going
lome in better physical shape than
Yhen they started down.
Lieutenant McVey, of Company f,
PHo JduSnL SpanlSh some Years ago,
4 one of those who are helping along
lie seekers after linguistic knowledge.
any members of the First have taken
the study of Spanish.
The only thing wrong with the
fsts equipment is that depart
mt house sent all the hats No. 67s
iize; hence there are some heads too
zig for the hats and some hats too big
or the heads.
Wallace Williams of Company f. is
iguring as "some" boxer and wrestler.
He has stopped every boxer who has
.aced him and now his hackers want
Jim to tackle some of the regulars in
he Kansas and Vermont guardsmen.
As wrestler Williams has thrown all
Iomers.
William Scott, one of Elkton's base
1all players, was badly scalded while
working at Radnor Mill, on Thursday,
nd taken to Union Hospital for treat
ilent.