Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-05-20

Part IL.
From Columbus northward there is
no settlement of any kind until Dem
! ing is reached, forty miles distant.
There is 4 cleft mountain OF about s. 600
I feet fifteen miles north between the
last mentioned town and this suburb.
and recently lights have been shown
way up the sides of the mountain
without apparent significance. unless
lit by spies, so now the trenchers are
working near here and if the goo,i
work continues long and if the rain
comes, we will have a frst-class irriga-
ton channel all about the town.
We have other trenches, also: they
are growing about the aviation field.
where the guard and the workers with
the aeroplanes are increasing. and
where white tents are springing up
where, until recently, there was little
but mosquito bushes. One OF these
tents shelters a very peaceful looking
group in working hours, for there
sewing machine. run by a very fierce
looking soldier tailor, is turning out
white canvas things, some sort of pro
lection for the planes from the sand
storm which get in the delicate ma
chimes. | doubt not, and make much
extra work
on the floor by the machine was a
cross-legged soldier making something
also out of canvas. He had thimble
on his thumb and was in deep earnest
as his needle jabbel back and forth in
his fancy work. The next tent in the
aviation village shelters the machine
shop and this runs all night, at least il
did recently There is every sort OF
appliance in that shop that resembles
a glorified village smithy when all
hands are rushing repairs on an inva-
lided plane.
The days are getting hot now, so the
aviation force officers and men get up
by a. m. and within the hour are
about their several tasks. Then for
couple of hours i'm the heat of the day
they LAY off" Early morning the fly
ing conditions are better, the wind is
not quite so trick as later. OF course
al weather is flying weather when the
new machines are really for real work
but this IS practice work and until il is
proved what tricks the birds are capa-
bic Of prudence provides for the quiet
hours for the test work.
The cheerful spirit of the men CON
tinue most noticeable, even the batter
ed looking truck drivers, who get in
ha -.
can be distinguished at 500 yards by
the amount of road dust clinging to
their stubby boards, for they do not
shave ON the long trail, else the wind
would make the skin tender from the
razor, break or crack. There is a big
bath houses in the camp now and it is
pleasant OF hear the happy laughter
ring out as the tired men splash about
under the delicious water.
There is a new pavilion building in
connection with the cantonment hos
pital, where big operating room will
be equipped with many things to make
the surgical branch of the hospital
what it should be in the way of hand
ling a large number OF cases OF the
kind If there comes a need.
Another innovation is a division of
the soldiers mail from that of the civil
ian populations relief to all parties for
them all is now so heavy the local Of
flee is practically swamped and makes
no effort to deliver second-class mail.
The soldiers iil control of the new post
office have some obi series of the in
completeness of the directions on sol
diers mail, for, in many cases the
name and "U S. Army" seem as far as
the writer's get-company letter or
service division is often forgotten. For
days the office force was wandering
saying HAS anyone here seen Kelly?"
Until the right Kelly was located just
of a truck who had seventeen days
accumulation of mail He surely is a
popular member of the army, for there
were four Tostal money orders for $45
each, six boxes of candy, thirty-eight
plain letters and a number of special
delivery letters and small truck loa,l
of papers. 1t is said he is still open
ing his mail
Today there is not truck nor any
thing TO load on them if the motors
We're here in the camp. Even the stack
of collins have melted away. We hear
the line in Mexico is being shortened
up. and we also hear the motor truck
train leaving last was attacked seven
miles south of this point This is not
officially given out, but in that train
was a ew York boy. Nicholas Kertes.
driving a radio tractor for the setting
mp of a new wireless station He said
he wished he was permitted TO have
rife on his truck, but he was not Sig
nal corps only wear pistols why"
might well lie asked
(Conclusionl)