The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1916-07-14
SOLDIERS At THE
CAPiTiL CITY
Royalty Treated by the Boise
People

People
Especial Correspondent Since
Flag Day Boise has been celebrat-
ing. Flags have teen flying from
every flag pole in the city and many
other demonstrations were daily in
evidence. Of course this gala spirit
eliminated on the Fourth Of July
when four days celebration eclips-
ed anything heretofore attemped by
the Capital city. The combined civ
ic and military parade on the Fourth
was one that will hardly be equalled
in many years to come.
Of course the soldier boys had
much to do with this prolonged pat
riotic display. Camp Morrison on
the edge Of the city, with its thous-
and boys in kahki was the center of
many civic ebullitions occurring at
frequent intervals. Boise treated
the Second Regiment with marked
distinction. The uniform admitted
the wearer to all the vaudevilles
free; at one prominent business
place soft drinks and ice cream were
advertised to be as free as water to
the soldier. Automobile parties came
from the surrounding towns laden
with goodies for the prospective
border defenders. The Captain of
Company c was more than anxious
to get away from Boise so that his
boys might dine on something more
substantial than 'pie and cake"
And SO the days wore on.
Boise citizens are the very cream,
of good nature. Their loyalty knows
no bounds and their generosity to
the soldiers could hardly be equal
ed. But one cannot live long in
Boise without imbibing an over
weening desire to relegate the State
House gang to private life. The
late fiasco between this gang and
the Governor is one most seriously
to be regretted. We are not at
tempting to place the responsibility
but opposition to the Governor would
have become factor in mobilizing
the National Guard in any event..
Aside from this disagreeable po-
litical feature the boys will long
remember Boise. If the menu, at all
times, was not up to the standard
fare of a soldier, hard-tack and
beans, the soldiers at least took to it
as ducks take to water. But the
7th day of July came on apace. 1t
was the time set for the regiment
to entrain for the border. They
left Boise between eight o'clock and
midnight. Early in the evening the
streets became lined, crowded and
jammed with interested humanity.
The soldiers occupied the main
thoroughfare to the depot for hours
before the trains pulled out.
The crowd itself was study for
the. psychologist, the dress maker
and the tailor. The psychologist
\ }ould have been interested in the
varied mental states engendered by
Sle same external influences. The
NIress maker would have been tickled
to note that if our first mother,
dear old Eve, had worn pair of
those ivory white shoes her costume
would not have looked very much
out of date after all. But that is
another story and aside from the
object of this letter.
Did you ever see more than a
thousand lunch baskets assembled
at one place? If you didn't you
have missed something. We have
no reference to the average grub
box but to a thousand baskets pre-
pared by mothers, wives and sweet.
hearts without regard to labor or
expense.S If they were as good in
side as they were delicate and pretty
outside, then indeed did the soldier
boys enjoy parting treat that will
long be remembered. Amid tears
and cheers and God-bless-you's our
h0vs woro CARRIED auav m 'tsnyno-