New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-08-02

own opinion One man has a standing
bet of $500 that all the Minnesota boys
viii! be home within three months
Others predict long stay. Somebody
read somewhere that Pres. Wilson had
stated that the boys are down here for
border duty and not for drilling. The
boys want to 60 to the border.
CAMP LOCALS.
Top Sergeant Sackl is busy man.
The boys keep him running to and from
the post office when he is not out to drill.
The folks at home ought to write more
to make Sergt. Sackls trips to the post
office worth while.
Sergt. Pfeiffer went boar hunting with
squad of picked men last Sunday. The
pork chops "Big Bill'' had promised
failed to materlize.
Sergt. English killed tarantula
Wednesday afternoon.
Mess Sergt. Penkert and Quarter
Master Sergt. Reinke are both busy men.
Sergt. Penkert is trying to get as much
sauerkraut as possible. 1t always puts
the boys in good spirits. Sergt. ,Reinke
is busy stamping all the new equipment.
Co. Clerk Elmer Cordes and Orderly
Arthur Meyer were to Mecedes Tuesday
and saw the Minnesota artillery pull in.
:'''Bloody La Duke has signed con-
tract to wrestle Billy King of Co. A End
Nebraska Inf. Barber" Schlick is his
trainer and manager.
Friday morning the boys went on a
twelve mile hike.
A number of boys who have received
letters from home, think that they
escaped from Minnesota just in time to
miss the bad weather. So far the boys
have not had to suffer from the heat.
There has been a shower almost every
day. Some of the boys took a shower
bath in the cool rain Wednesday after
noon.
1t takes three or four days for mail to
make the trip between Minnesota and
Texas and the above letter was mailed
Friday before the ''hike" took place.
Accounts reaching here since would in
dictate that the hike proved rather
strenuous. A good part of the distance
was thru sand and sore feet, aching
muscles and an unquenchable thirst
were some of the more obvious results
of the exertion while the damage to the
good nature of the men was considerable.
There was an apparent diminishing Of
war fever and men who had been eager
to invade Mexico and chase bandits over
the length and breadth of the state were
more inclined to view their camping
place with satisfaction and many were
the remarks, "Home amt nuthin like
this" Prospect Of even longer marches
with stricter discipline was not par
ticularly cheering but on the whole, the
men took the situation with philosophy
regarding it all as part of the con-
ditioning process, the while they were
agreeing with a certain famous generals
remark concerning war.
All the Minnesota soldiers who were
obliged to drop out because of the heat
were able to leave the regimenta]
hospitals in day or two. Thereawere
five of them from the First Regt., and
three from the Second. None were
serious cases.
Three miles an hour was the pace set
for the hike with rest period of rs
minutes. Not a dry piece of clothing
could be found in the regiment when the
men returned to camp. Flannel shirts
and khaki trousers were sticky with
sweat and DUST. The men looked like
Mexicans by the time they had covered
the last half mile of dusty road leading
into camp and the next thing on the
program was bath and an hour later
the camp clothes lines were gaily swinging
in the sun with the washing of the men
hung out to dry.
Eight second ieutenants from each
regiment in camp will be detailed fol
two weeks service with the regular army
it was announced at headquarters Friday
One of these officers will be drilled as
quartermaster and another in adjutant's
work while the remainder will serve as
line officers. This is part of the pro
gram of instructions of militia officers
planned by the general staff. Each
regiment will select the men from that
unit who are to receive this course of in
structions.
The camp Sunday was sea of mud
after heavy rain which fell during most
of Saturday afternoon, breaking up
baseball games, preventing the custom
airy evening band concerts and leaving
the men with nothing to occupy their
time. Sunday brought a cessation in the
regular routine, but. time hung heavily
after the program of athletics broke up
in a wild scramble for shelter. Sentries
gwallzing post were ST ~'teg about in thu