The Brunswick news., 1917-04-03
Enthusiastic Welcome is Given
Them as They Detrain
Sunday Night.
CITY BECOMES MILITARY
Soldiers Are Common Sight on
Streets, Usually Surrounded
by Group of Listeners to Bor-
der Tales.

Rising in the space Mt the foot OF
Union street, a village of brown tents
that had stood guard at Socoro, Tex.
across the border from Socoro Mex
leo. and twenty miles cast of El pago
could be seen yesterday Last night
the work of erecting 1t was completed
by the khaki clad guardsmen and
brunswick was under direct protec
ton against foe by the war depart,
ment of the United States.
The camp was named In honor OF
| Captain T c. Jowett,, of Company B.
who, with Company G, Brunswick ri.
flemen. are stationed In IT. Captain
| Jowett is in command and Leuten.
ants Landou Thomas and w. T. Gary
| are the other officers OF the com
oany here with Captain E. C. Butts,
| OF the Riflemen Under Capt Butts
| are Lieutenants w. L. Harwell and
Walter J Newman.
When the special train bearing the
two companies from Savannah arriv-
ed at 7:30 o'clock Sunday evening.
they found. royal welcome awaiting
them. Automobiles and people lined
Newcastle street from the depot and
as the sunburned. erect bearing men
swung down the street the outo
horns footed and the crowds hur,
rahed.
The men went directly in several
contingents to the different rostau.
rants, where they at once made Wig
orous attack on tho old time enemy
Grub" Then the Riflemen and those
Of Company 3 who happened to be
acquainted here were disbanded on
leave. Sunday night the companie3
encampcd on the train and early
Sunday morning the matter Of NOV,
ing and establishing the encampment
was under way.
Many visitors were on hand durinf;
the day, but the most interested and
keenest appreciative were the scores
of youngsters, who swarmed over ev-
erything and everywhere, which the
men on guard duty seemed to over,
look. Only envy and ambition 70
be in the soldiers places seemed to
disturb the happiness Of the little fel.
lows
A number of the D'en throughout
the day were about town, apparently
on leave Of absence. They had tire
telling interested listeners about OK
periences and conditions down on the
border. And there was quite . lot Of
telling how things are done on the
border differently than here One OF
the soldiers, while getting his shoes
shined, said to the awe.struck and ad 4
miring negro bootblack, You ought
to see how the Mcxicans shine shoes.
They do some job-nit."
Although number OF the soldiers
seemed TO like making heroes OF
themselves before admiring friends.
by telling OF hardshipS and priyation5,
not 80 with the majority who express
ed themselves as pleascH with the
Jolly experiences. Capt Butts toli
how at their post at Socoro especial
watch had to be made for smuggling
because OF the fording place over the
river. On the other side Capt. Car
cia and his command of Carranzista9
occupied the Mexican fort and aiGed
in looking out for smuggiers
only the friendliest relations ex-
listed between US, said Captain Butts,
although at other places on the Dor
der there frequently were raids and
slirmishes. They used to have what
they call chicken shoot every Thurs
day and some of our marksmen would