The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1916-09-08

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have been told that il is prob
able that those boys that eXpend-
ed money in reaching Sprihedale
IN answer to the call will be re-
funded their transportation. Ii
this should prove to be true. it
VIII be welcome news to all the
boys. some OF whom spent TWEEN
f. dollars or more in returning
to Springdale, and then found
themselves turned down at Fort
Roots because Of physical disqual-
Ifications.
Two members OF the 9th Field
Artillery have been attached to
Company \ for rations. Both
have been in the regular army fol
some time and We are picking up
interesting information about Gus
toms Of the soldiers in thet.hon-
est-to=goodness army.
Electric lights have been install
led ii the kitchen and mss hall.
and II It is not toe expensive. we
are going to divide the cost and
run the line down the company
street. with a Globe IN each tent.
Then. If each man were allowed
to order whatever he wanted to
eat. and had a few more OF the
comforts and conveniences of
home. we might be satisfied. May
be next week | II be writing that
we are doing patrol duty on the
border and living n our pup
tents. Becoming accustomed &c
almost anything seems to be part
of the training here.
! Lieut.. Petross wife arrived to-
day, and will probably remain. as
long as we are stationed here.
Very welcome were the best wish
es that she brought from many
Springdale people She said she
had d couple OF cakes n her
trunk, but that she was afraid
the trunk had not arrived. Ii
that trunk doesn t show up the
railroad company can kiss 1t
self goodbye fer we certainly
have missed those boxes from
home
We took our first hike today.
going about four miles from camr
and back, taking three hours for
the trip. Probably hikes will be
OF frequent occurrence from now
on, as they are one OF the prlncl-
pal means of hardening troops.
This morning, the road was good
and we did not suffer because OF
heat or dust, but as it was our
first trip on the road, all OF us
were glad when we got back to
camp. The country through
which we passed today did not
appeal to US. Each of the few
houses that we saw had the usual
windmill or pump, and We saw nc
crops at all. The big majority OF
the wealth OF the country seems
to come from the ranching and
mining interests.
Every night after retreat
number Of footballs make their
appearance. Each company will
have a team, and there will be
a team to represent the regiment.
Corporals Miles and Bouton are
trying out for places on the reg
mental team, and we hope to
have good company team. We
wish now that Red Graham
We're back with us: there are
Reds on several OF the other
teams and it would be an inter
esting sight to see them all tan
gle.
The muster and pay rolls have
been made out and passed on,
and We hope that it VIII be only
few days before we have few
jitneys in our jeans The pay
ment at Fort Roots was in cur.
rency; down here it is likely to
be IL gold and silver. We hope
that they Will give us credit this
month on the 20 per cent IN
crease allowed troops on the Dor
der. Officers get 10 per cent
increase.
Here at camp some peculiar
nick-names are picked up. All
the boys haven t gone through
the mill. but these have made
their appearance Wild Bill
IIuckaby. "Springfoot" Clarence
Patton. Major and General
Nuisance Bouton, "ChaWncey
Jay Norris, Fig Newton Glar-
ence Beeley, Hogan OF Hunt.
Stats Wilson Southerland.
Bugs Floyd Smith, Bullet
Clifton Murphy.
A number of the boys have
put in their order for Memoir
ials, = Illustrated sheets on
which will be printed the names
of all those that responded to the
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