Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-09-13
IT is TOO GOOD TO LEAVE
SOLDIERS INLOVE WITH PRES
EMIT CAMPING PLACE
See Many Southern Sights and Are
Entertained - Personal Mention
and Accomplishment

NEW BEAUNFELS, TEXAS, Sept. Z.
FRIEND MUNSON:-Wea are lust about
to start on our way back to San An
tonic and will make all the marches
in the night time, starting this even
ing at six o'clock. All the boys will
be sorry to leave New Beaunfels and
Camp Landa. The location. accom-
modations and the people could not
be improved very much. Our band
has played three concerts in the city
park. On our second appearance the
crowd was estimated to be one of the
largest assembled on the Plaza. Our
efforts were SO well received that the
ladies of the city rendered us a BAN
auet few days later. One drug store
near the band stand informed us that
their receipts for the evening at the
soda fountain was the largest they
had taken on any similar occasion.
Our boys have not been very busy
for the two weeks and have been sight
seeing. Several autos from the city
have been placed at their disposal,
also through the kindness of Sergeant
Wise and Chas. Porter we have been
permitted to exercise the extra horses.
At one point about two miles from
camp, you can on clear days see noun
tain ranges that are forty miles dis
tant, that appear to be only eight or
ten miles away. Within twelve to fff-
teen miles of the camp many wild deer
can be seen from the road. The many
cotton gins and -four mills are the
main objects of interest. A large field
of cotton with the workers picking
the white blossoms, is a pretty and
common sight. Private Amodt and
myself had the pleasure of being en-
tertained one afternoon by Mr.. Wag-
enfuehr, of the Dittlinger roller mills
and principal of the city schools The
Dittlinger Company is one of the larg-
est corporations of it's kind in the state,
employing over 300 men. The city
mill has a capacity of 700 barrels of
-four each day and is run by two oil
burning engines, one Italian and the
other German make. In the park
come cited with the mill they have a
public bath, with an old gentleman in
charge, who was formerly an instruct
or of swimming in the German army.
This partially accounts for the many
boys and girls who are at home in the
water. The swimming pool at Ian
da's park is considered one of the fin
est in the country. The water is sup
piled from springs and is perfectly
NA0dA- AL buN apparatus lthdk Audbit
is supplied for diving and the funny
stunts. Our boys have taken advan-
tage of the pool and many who could
not swim are doing some of the fancy
stuff. No one at the beach has any
thing on our physical director, Hap
pY,h when il comes to fancy diving.
At one point in the swan dive he
seems to lie perfectly horizontal in
the air. He has taken the boys I'M
der his fin and among the beginners,
Moore, Tuhus and Amodt have made
most rapid progress. Amodt has dis
played the most nerve and at the last
exhibition, made dive from the board
20 feet above the water
Recruit Hendrickson from Wesley,
has arranged a portable barber chair.
under plans designed by Whit Nichols,
and is plyiug his trade under spread
ing pecan tree.
Red" Helgeson won the first game
our regimental team has taken from
the regulars. He held them TO four
hits.
Sam Lillis and John Fleming have
made good and we will have our fish
dinner today.
We were misinformed concerning
the Landa coming from Wisconsin.
They are originally from the old cOun-
try. Germans compose 80 per cent of
the population and the language is
taught to all in the public schools.
However, the people always say they
are Americans of German decent.
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