New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-08-09
SOLDIERS RESENT
J0BOF GRUBBlNG'
WOULD RATHER BE FIGHTING
THAN DIGGING sTUMPs AT
SOC PER DAY.
REVIEW CORRESPONDENT KEEPS
CHEERFUL IN SPITE OF
CONDITIONS.
Llano Grande, Texas
Aug. 18th, 1916.

Llano Grande, Texas
Aug. 4th, 1916.
Special to the Review:
Things 60 on much as ever in the
military camp at Llano Grande. The
heavy army wagons, drawn by big
Missouri mules pillow thru the heavy
mud all day. The Mexicans on their
mules or in their rickety wagons, drawn
by little burros 60 along the public high
way, which runs thru camp, with the
same distrustful, shifty look in their dark
eyes as when the troops first came.
The Texas days are short. The sun
rises little before six and sinks shortly
after seven. From about 10 A. M. to
P. M. the sun beats down and makes
things uncomfortably hot. Usually,
however, a passing shower cools the air
shortly after 8. Occasionally it rains
very hard and the boys have to stay
Eat home.''
During the last week great deal of
"grubbing" has had to be done. Some
men have complained great deal. They
say that they came south to fight and
not to grub stumps for fifty cents day.
The drills are not hard on the men as the
hours for drill do not come during the
hot part of the day.
The water problem has been solved.
Most companies have filters now, and
as long as the ice is regularly delivered
the boys have fairly good, cold water.
Food, however, is not supplied as it
should be. Potatoes are scarce and the
bread supply is often short Sometimes.
two meals day consist only of bread,
bacon, syrup and coffee. The cooks,
however, do their best and when things
can be gotten at the commissary they
fix up good meals.
The Co. "A" boys have been short on
rations some days as we'll as other COM
panies, but they have also had meals
which could hardly be beaten in a first
class chop suey house.
Last Sunday Cook Ed. Junge, assisted
by Wenzel Gulden and Harry Wehye:
put up the following bill of fare: Beef
steak, smothered in onions, mashed
potatoes; bread, sweet corn, peach pie
and coffee. The peach pie had been
made Saturday by Corp. Herman
Schwerr and Cook Junge. Herman
showed that he had not forgotten all he
had learned at Willibald Eibner's Bakery
and so the pies turned out first rate.
Monday the cooks prepared some turtle
soup.
Altho nobody has actually suffered
from the shortage of food, it makes the
men feel dissatisfied to think that they
should be fed on bread and bacon while
they are really doing hard work.
The number of men on the sick list is
rapidly decreasing. 1t seems, or, it is
an actual fact, that everybody coming
from the north is sick for a few days,
or until the system has accustomed itself
to the water and the different climatic
conditions. People who formerly lived
in some of the northern states but now
thru the same experience. Once ac-
customed to the change they say that a
person will feel better than ever.
Herman Goltz and Chas. La Duke were
at the hospital for few days but they
are recovering from their illness.
Maj Pfaender has done a great deal
to add to the comfort of some of the sick
boys in Co. A. He has supplied some of
those more seriously affected with cold,
| filtered water and with blankets. At
times he has even taken some to his tent
| An order was recently issued to the
effect that all End Lieutenants under q
years of age must 60 to the regular army
for four weeks. This makes it necessary
for End Lieut.. ALI. Pullman to leave
Co. A for a while. Just when he will
leave is not certain.
Thursday afternoon, the first battalion
under Major Pfaender, drilled for the
first time on the new battalion parade
ground.
The regimental and battalion parades
are getting better each day and if they
keep on improving long enough they can.
no doubt, be classed with the Kaiser's
forces.
On the whole camp life is not bad at
Llano Grande. It is only the uncertainty
that makes the men feel dissatisfied
at times. They do not know the reason
flor which they are at Llano Grande. So
ar there have been no visible signs Of
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