Evening journal., 1916-11-25
HAJCR K0BBG Heads
Delaware TROOPS
Change of Commands An
nounced for Detning
Citizen Soldiers
INCIDENTS OF BOYS
RECENT HIKE

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DEMING, y. NJ. Nov. 2O.-Things
arc on the jump among the Delaware
battallons Major f. W Kobbe. OF the
j. ghteenth Infantry. has relieved Col
onel n. L. Roberts as commander Of
the Delaware citizen soldiers Major
Kobbei it is said, has an excellent
battalion in the Eighteenth, and it is
expected that he VIII turn the Della
ware outfit into one OF the finest on
the border
Every man was glad TO get back
from the ten-day hike. principally be-
cause Of the cold weather in the
mountains. At Fort Bayard, 1000
feet above sea level, the thermometer
registered only - above zero one
night, while during a manoeuvre at
Cobre the men declared that il fell
TO zero.
Despite the intense cold this last
hike was considered by The soldiers
the best yet They saw more of Mex
leo than they ever dreamed of seeing
On November Q, the first day out
about twenty miles were covered The
entire Fourth Separate Brigade, in
command Of Colonel Glenn, Of the
Z ghteenth Infantry. camped the first
night al JacObson's ranch.
steady uph II climb was begun
the second day This continued until
the men arrived at Fort Bayard. The
second night out was spent AT Apache
Tejo This point is about five miles
from the IN ming town of Hurley.
r. NJ Many of the men who were
not too tired to do so, walked into
Hurley that night and were surprised
to see how clean place it was. and
wha. large mills were situated there.
The entire town is owned and con-
trolled by the Chino Copper Company.
A few of the men secured passes from
the superintendent and saw the en-
tire process of refin ng copper. The
mines of the Chino Copper Company
are at Santa Rita. nine miles from
Hurley. the ore beng shipped to the
mills in cars especially constructed
for that purpose.
Fort Bayard was reached on the
th I'd day Of the hike. The United
States Army General Hospital is sit
uated there the location being the
most healthy spot in the United
States. It is claimed Soldiers suffer
ing from tubercUlos and other dis
eases are sent 10 the hospital from
all sections OF the country.
The soldiers stayed at the Govern
ment Re~ervat on. for several days
Sunday night, at o'clock. provi-
sional war strength regiment was
formed Of the Delaware, Wyoming
ard First and Second Arkansas troops
and an evening parade took place.
While at the fort the men also had
manoeuvres IN the mountans and
sham battle between the Reds (Dela-
ware and Second Arkansas) and the
Blues (Wyoming and First Arkansas)
took place near CObre. The contest
was won by the Blues.
From Cohre the "kneeling nun" was
plainly seen. This is a figure carved
from the solid rock in the mountain
de bv the W wnds. It bears a strong
resemb' 'ance to a nun kneel'ng in an
attitude OF PRAYER.
While on the manoeuvres THROUGH /
the mountains each man carried three /
days rat.ons, consisting of corned /
beef, bacon, coffee. sugar and hard T,
tack. and did indy dual cooking. /
Some meals prepared would have put !
10 shame Wilmington cooks, who !
pride themselves on their abilities in |
the culinary Inc
When IS OK CALI was sounded on
Wednesday morning, abou; 400 men /
out OF 600 answered. Major Marshall !
and Lieutenant Tomlinson found !
about a score whe were really H. y /
was SAID The others were simply !
cold. But il was a source OF sat'sfac- !
ton 10 the msn when orders were Is
sued about 10 O'Clock that Gay to re- F,
turn to Camp Deming. The roCte fol !
lowed on the hOmeward hike was I
about the same as that taken on the (
outbound trip, but as the way was all !
down hill the travelling was easier /
on the men.
While at Fort Bayard. one man, /,
from an Arkansas Regiment. Corporal |
Hunt. died OF spinal menng tis. and /
his entire company was isolated on q /
nearby hill. The corporal was given
a very impressive funeral, the second /
10 be held among the Arkansas troops, I
one of the men from that State hav-
ing d'ed a month or so before through I
tetanus, VIII ch developed as the re- |
suit Of wound caused by the acci- I
dental discharge of a machine gus
Very little water was found on the /
route and bathing could not be in
dulged in. Great therefore was the /
rush for the shower baths when the
camp was reached. Heaters have
been installed in the bath houses, /