Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-06-29
HAPPY, ENTHUSIASTIC AND WELL
ORDERS FROM WAR DEPART
MENT TO PREPARE TO LEAVE
WHEN TO LEAVE
NOT KNOWN

The Free Press is in receipt of a
letter from the members of Company f
at Boise, this week. and the people of
this section will be glad to hear the
news of the camp. These items will be
furnished from time to time and the
boys will keep in touch with the home
folks no matter where they are station
ed.
AS to when the boys will go and where
they will be stationed is not yet known.
Adjutant General p. II. Crow received
instructions Saturday afternoon from
the war department to make arrange
ments for the transportation of the
Second Idaho Infantry to Cotton, Cal,
town on the main line of the South
ern Pacific, 100 miles east of Los Ange-
| les, but no hint of the date when the
regiment would be moved was given.
The regiment will leave Boise over the
Oregon Short Line for Salt Lake. From
Salt Lake it will move over the San
Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake rail
road to Cotton.
A special train running in several
sections will carry the men to Califor-
MIA. One section will carry only bag
gage and livestock. Three other Sec
tions will be needed for the men and Of
ficers. These sections will be made up
of pullmans and tourists and the
specials will have right of way over all
other trains and will be hurried through
on fast schedules. The next news from
the boys may therefore come from
California although it is not certain
when they will leave Boise.
The Word From the Boys.
Camp John II. Morrison, Boise, Idaho,
| of Eomnanu
in camp at John IT, Morrison at Boise
claim that they have the best company
in the regiment. Everyone is happy and
took to army life like a duck to water.
Frank Rothwell is with us. He came
from Spokane and joined us day later.
w. o. Smith paid his own expenses
and quite likely will secure a job as
teamster.
Sergeant Harry jacobson stopped off
in Pendleton, his home town and enlist
ed 28 men. When the examinating
physician had examined the men he
stated that he had never seen a finer
bunch of men offered Ior service in one
body than they were.
Among the Pendleton recruits are
"Dude' Divine, one of the University
of Washington s star athletes, playing
half back on their foot ball team for
two years.
John Boise, student at the o. A. G.
and captain of one of the cadet com
panies was enlisted by Sergent Jacob
son.
The battery of Pendleton, of the
Estate League are members of Com
pany E.
Frank Cornfield, ex-policeman OF
Pendleton is very popular with the boy'
having been enlisted by Sergeant Jacob
son. This is the man who made fel
4 low, who had made fun of the uniform
0 come and apologize and take his ha
d off, then went back where the rest O.
n the FOUNDERS were and stated that /
/ they had anything to say in regard t.
g the army, militia or U. S. to spit it on
8 and that he would make them eat it an
no one cared to say anything except IL
praise.
e Robt. Murray another Of Sergean
q jacobson s recruits is veteran, havin
= seen service in the English army i
G South Africa.
L Geo. |. Bowling the sergeant instrue
IS tor who was in Grangeville last winte
t. has been promoted to lieutenant and
e going with the Second Idaho Regimen
The band is getting in fine shap
9 j. j. Davis one of the new recruits ha
k had IL years of service in the U.
le army.
le The recruits are received with grea
IL JOY as each company is trying hard
'r be the largest company.
II While down town the other evenin
20 we noticed the head lines of the Ever
'e ing Capital News which read as follows
Two Troops of U. s. Cavalry Wipe
: Out by Carranza. YOUNG MA
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO YOU
Now is your chance.
Well we hope that some of the youn
fellows will have a change OF heart an
enlist. Now is the chance to prove
4 you are a man who will fill man
place or simply just thing.
j We have so enlisted men and 2 off
GERS We want 142 enlisted men.
you don t go what is your exeuse9 Al
you waiting for the Second Calf
Of We have had quite number of cal
as ers including Henry Murray and wifi
re Roy Mckinney, Dave Bridgeman an
I'd wife and many others.
in Well we will write again soon.