Mohave County miner., 1916-09-02

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ment of national guardsmen along the Mexican border. Letters come daily to establish this fact.
 One published below is illustrative. It was sent direct to President Wilson and has just been released by the army censor, Maj. Douglas MacAr- thur. It was written by private in Company F, First Iowa infantry, sta toned at San Benito, Texas, and tells it's own story. The name of the writer was withheld but it is certain that he is worthy to be a soldier of his coun- try when a crisis calls. The letter follows:
 "Honored Dear Sir-It is most un- usual that a private should take the liberty of addressing the president, and I would not do so except that cer- tain newspapers, newspaper men, and a very few , soft-handed guardsmen have created a series of wild yarns regarding our alleged mistreatment in the mobilization camps.
 q am both a soldier and news paper man, and believe most firmly that never have soldiers of any coun- try been better treated than we have been; that never before have men join f ing the service of their country found their health and general well-being so carefully looked after. And in the light of all this care and attention, | it does seem to me only right that l should bear witness for my own part to the truth of the situation. can not understand why any protests of mistreatment should be made, except that it may be that it has been found that an occasional cold meal or the digging of a ditch for sanitary req sons can be turned into excellent po- litical material by those who do not greatly care what they say.
 Life for Red Flooded Men
 "But, as a matter of cold, hard fact, the men of the guard are leading now just the sort of lives that young men with red blood in their veins would like to lead.
 "It's up at the dawn for us as the clear notes of the bugle peal, and then it's into line for morning exercise. And afterwards comes the first mess of the breakfast. Coffee, steam ing hot, bacon and army beans and good white bread. Then we police up our quarters, clean up, and few min utes afterward we fall in for a drill or hike.
 'It isn't always cool, nor are the roads always good, but there are ire quent rest periods on the march, and it is delightful to move along the strange, new road, to the tramp of hurrying feet, and at each step there's something new to see.
 After drill comes rest, and then mess. Afterward there is another drill in the afternoon, or possibly there is some ditching to be done about the camps, and we fall to with spades and picks. When it's that sort of work, the men are divided into two or three reliefs, and each relief digs for so many minutes, and the good, honest precipitation which results from this surely hurts no one.
 "Then follows a brief rest period, during which we visit the excellent shower baths and bathe in their white spray. Then comes mess, and after ward retreat during which we stand to attention as the solemn, ever glo- rious old notes of our national air are played. The men are then dismissed and are free to go about the camp, to write home or do anything else in reason.
 Gland of Chance to Serve
 And then, at 10 o'clock, it's taps and the cool stars gleam down from a cloudless Texas sky upon the rows and rows of pale tents.
 ''These are the real conditions under which we, of the new citizen army, live. Could conditions be more ideal? Could any young man enjoy anything finer?
 Those of us who compose the great majority of the guard do not think so, and I feel that voice the spirit of that great majority when l extend thanks for this opportunity of service.
 "So far we have been called upon to give only little. The sacrifice of our time from our jobs at home is small, indeed, compared to the great sacri- fees the men in Europe have been called upon to make. If we are called upon to make similar sacrifices we hope to be able to make them gladly