The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-12-06

work out. The same feeling exists
in small degree toward other com
panies OF the Regiment.
The Work Of Engineer Regiments.
The work of the engineers organized
as wo are. is the building and repair
of roads and bridges. designing and
building treanches. temporary and per
manent forlhcations, lines OF COM
munication barb wire entanglements.
pontoon bridges and the making Of
mape.
The frst part we learned was how
to swing q pick and shovel. II hurt
some to come down to II at first but
they are o. X. now. Tho engineer
regiments are also required to know
all the infantry training as they some.
times have to protect themselves at
work. consequently we have had most
everything in the line up TO trench
fighting at night with barb wire en-
tangiements. flares. star lights. bombs.
and most OF the new stuff
Some of the fellows try to put on an
air OF not caring for these trench
fights at night. but they are all inter
ested enough when we get to work
The Old and the New Army.
II may seem odd to speak of q new
regular army. but II Is not far from
the truth. especially in the Engineers.
where they have made a number OF
organizations from the two or three
original regiments.
In the process OF the old men have
been so diluted that IL is very nearly
a new army The old men were large
ly professional soldiers, number
with 3 TO 20 years to their credit OF
service in the army. They had been
in Mexico. had done good work there.
had experience and were in most part
good men but lacked the initiative OF
the men just in. think that a mum.
Der OF years in the army Will take the
push our Of man. especially In time
of peace. However. to these men is
largely due the credit OF training the
raw recruits and making the founda-
tion for new aud. hope. in time. n
better army.
There Is n marked difference in the
way our non-coms. treated US at hret
and now. At first they seemed to feel
that we were hardly like themselves
but by this time we are all one big
family. Then too. our non CONS. are
now composed largely of the new
men. the. older men having gone to
train the National army.
Officers.
When our regiment was formed ~e
had very few officers. II was only after
about one month that we receiced our
first company officers. They were
men from the cd army and a fine man
was our good fortune. To Captain
Fleming Ia largely due the credit for
success OF our company. Soon after we
Point who has since become our Cap
tain ki,trell. Another good man. ca
pable in nj things. and well liked by
his men. Then after a time we re-
ceived four lieutenants from the onic.
ers' Reserve school II makes an In.
teresting note. the difference between
tn West Point man and the new cI.
In a military way the West Point
man IL ahead. but imagine the new
officers will bring some valuable new
outlooks and plans In the army that
make the Regular army more capable
than II was before the war.
In their Intercourse with the men II
is also remarkable the case and good
there exists OF course II
can easily be carried too far, but
hardly think 1t is likely to be pre-
sumed on by tho most OF the men.
am sure that IT has not hurt discipline
so far. think the war liz likely to
the army.
J. NJ. AFFLEcK.
c. A. 5th Engineers.