Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-12-27
COMPANY Il nov
At DEs MOINES.
MANCHESTER MILITIAMEN HOME
FOR CHRISTMAS ON
EURLOUGH.
MEN IN HEALTHY CONDITION
Boys VIM Return Home In Body After
Work Of Mastering Ont Is Com.
pleted.

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A healthy bronze colored squad Of
sixteen members of Company H ar
rived in Manchester from Des Moines
on the early trains Sunday morning.
They had Christmas dinner at home
and left Monday night to rejoin their
company at Fort Des Moines. The
boys appeared in the pink of condition
almost all of them having gained be-
tween ten and twenty. pounds in
weight during their service in camp.
They said they had been well cared
for and had been given good training
and very valuable experience. The
process of mastering out the guard is
attended by the usual or perhaps it
might be called unusual red tape.
The boys said they did not expect
to be mustered out until the last Of
January.
Those who were at home on a
Christmas furlough were Ross Pheni-
Gle, Wayne Barker, John Anderson,
James Thomas, Fred Miller, Thos. D.
Wilson, Claude Gray. Burr Finch, F.
P. Walker, Roy Welterlen. Arthur
Hutchinson. Ned Seeds. William Mat
thews, Tony and Mckinley Powers,
Clinton Burch and John W. May.
F. p. Walker. who is member of
the company and who spent Christmas
at home, has set out few facts re-
garding the experiences and the gen.
eral condition of the boys, which our
readers will find of interest
Mr.. Walker says:
A Few Things Of Interest to the
Home Folks Concerning Co. III.
have been urged to iot down few
things OF community interest concern 1
ing the showing of Company H on
the border. 1t is always pleasant to
be able to say good things, thus find
this little task. The company be-
longs to the people of Delaware coun-
ty, and wish to give you fair idea
( OF how it represented you.
Captain Grossman is mighty proud
sof the company ne is bringing home
and Of the record It made in the SER
vice. He has right to be proud. His
two 3lieutenants were the best in the
Iowa Brigade. incidentally. that means
on the border, The men OF his COM
pany measured up to the best that were
down there. They could hike as far
and fight as much as any of them.
Throughout the First regiment. they
were known as those hard boiled H
men, During the grinding hikes,
Company H was always up at the top
in its showing, It's men stuck to the
game and finished together. During
the tests, the company's showing was
such as to gladden the hearts OF both
Captain Grossman and Major Utley
The spirit Of the men was excellent
Under the most trying hardships, they,
kept to the bright side and were al
ways jollying each other along. This
! spirit is the most potential quality
In good soldering, and had the COM
pany gone into Mexico you would
surely have heard good things of
them.
The morals of the men were good
Brownsville is wide open town. It
was conceded to be about as rotten"
as place conld-be. Temptation was
rife Yet, the men stood up splendid
" under tall. Even when the men
knew they were going home, they
did not let down. There seemed to
be the feeling among the boys that
they were pretty close to home after
all, and they wanted to live up to
what was expected Of them AS Major
Utley said on his final Inspection of
the troop .rain before reaching Des
Moines, II guess there, is nothing
wrong with the behavior, Of Company
H"
The health Of the company was par
excellence throughout the service.
The camp was ideal for health and
sanitation. It is understood that Cen
eral Funston said the Iowa Camp was
the best he had ever inspected. There
was hardly single serious illness in
Company H during the, whole six
months. When the company left
Brownsville It was summer weather.
At Kansas City it was zero weather.
The company arrived in Des Moines
without single sick man. In a
couple of weeks the boys will be home
as company hope you will be
able to look them over and see If you
have ever noticed a healthier huskier
bunch.
F.. P. WALKER.
A CORRECTION.
In last weeks issue The Demo-
crat referred to the proprietors of