The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-10-04
LIT. Lauterb0ch
Writes From
Camp Funston

rnnstou. h.auss,h, sept ., .iS1s-
Mr.. Guy U. Hardy,
Canon City. Colorado.
Ny Dear Mr.. Hardy:
Altho have been In Funston more
than a week. this is really the first op-
portunity I have had of attending to
my personal correspondence 1t is
Sunday afternoon and we have laid
or even tho the work has piled up
ceiling high.
You may be Interested in knowing
just exactly what ! am doing. The
moment reported. was put in
charge of the Office of personnel. a
sort of adjutant's job to the camp
quartermaster. Four of us afe busy
from morning till night dispensing in
formation. hiring civilian labor. keep
ing time, and doing thousand other
things. We are employing a hundred
civilians In various caRacities-=clerka,
carpenters. laborers. The number Is
increasing every day. by way of di-
version, have been inaugurating a
timekeeping system. Administration
is exactly my line. 20 for the present n
am well established.
II is quite interesting to watch the
drafted men Of the new army come in.
Mos. OF them are cheerful, but here
ard there a surly face is seen. The
quotas usually come in singing and
shouting, carrying hand bags, suit
cases. or -four sacks. containing the
few personal belonginss they are per.
mitted 10 bring with them. The cry
of the Colorado boys was Are we dis
appointed? He'll no" coach from
Arizona bore this inscription rudeiy
printed in chalk:
Hello, FL Riley,
The first quota from Arizona.
THE RATTLESNAKE SPECIAL.
The men are weil-dressed. good
looking bunch-the best in the land.
Here and there. as In all crowds, Is
seen n ragamuffin. lnstipctiveiy they
come to attention at the sergeant's
command and fuli into stepr as they
are marched of TO their quarters.
There must have been ono voryI
amusing disappointment. tho. When
a man joins the army. he expects to
don uniform and carry n rifle. But
because Of n shortage of equipment,
the new men were ou;fiiicd with blue
overalls and broamsl The only thing
M rvfD FIo Boz Ax.r< - -
service hat and the blue infantry hat
cord.
The f-M.c.A- Is on the job as usual
dispensing that happy combination
entertainment. comfort and religion.
II is the f-st organization In the field.
taking its place beside the Red Cross
efficient. helpful and "eyerlastingiy
at it."
! had the pleasure Of seeing Mr. and
Mrs. Mack and Wallace the day they
came from Colorado. Later we dined
together at the hotel at Manhattan.
Needless 10 say. we had a delightful
time.
Incidentally let me say that I con-
slider the DAILY Record" one Of the
very few good newspapers Of Colo
rado. II covers it's local field as com.
pletey and as promptly as the best
Denver paper. and in addition fiv
an International news service unrr-.
passed. The paper is spiedid ir't
ute TO the energy and ''up-to-dateness~
of its editor.
Interruption here. Who should walk
In upon me but Mr.. Allen Hogle of the
High school faculty, | thpt was see
ing things. The gentleman was dress
ed in the uniform have described in
preceding paragraph-servi hat
and blue denim. and wore the reeula
tion HogIe smile. Faces from home
even one like Mr.. Hogle's-Iook
mighty good.to me. We made a date
for seven o'clock. when We expect to
have a good Canon City chat. Mr..
Hosie is with Co i. Bat. I. 164;h De-
pot Brigade.
Cordially.
LIEUT.. c. f. I.AUTERBACH.