Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-02-06
FROM THE BOYS
on THE BORDER
Extract From Letter From Geo. A.
Hanson, Editor Of the
Ellsworth News.

}, The last issue of the Ellsworth
News contains letter from the edi-
tor of that paper, who is on the Mex
|ican border with Company c of this
city, from which we take the fol-
lowing: Il
i When we wrote our spiel for last
weeks News, every man in camp
would have sworn to the fact that
the Second Iowa would be among
those ordered home, but Freddie
Funston sure must have forgotten
us, as we were not among the lucky
ones.
Every other Iowa organization
was among those receiving orders,
and now the Second Iowa is to be
the only regiment Of guardsmen
along this part Of the border.
| But never mind, we are positive
of one fact, and that is, that we will
absolutely be the next Iowa regi-
ment ordered home, and they can't
fool us on that. or course it might
take the war department and Fred
die Funston quite a while to disCov-
er that we are still here, but we are
in hopes it will be before we all
sprout wings.
But nevertheless. it has been an
ideal winter for us, and IN the ma
jority of cases it has been the first
winter that a great many of us have
spent south, but as one fellow re-,
marked, at sure seems foolish to
come down in the early part of the
summer to spend the next winter
here Il
No doubt you all know that a
soldier is supposed to govern him
self according to set of Rules
and Regulations, and when he
wants to know anything, all he has
to do is to look it up in his book of
rules, and there you are. But some
times the rules do not work, as the
following incident will show: &,
The other day. the brigade motor
truck (Henry Ford made over) came
by the camp, and all of sudden it
stopped. OF course we never saw
perfectly good motor car act that
way so we just hocked around to ask
foolish questions. The driver got
down off his lofty seat, grabbed q
hold of the crank, and with a I'll
show you" grin on his face, gave it
a whirl. Nothing doing. He tried
again with the same result, and af-
ter he was pretty well warmed up,
"Chink" Carswell strolled up and
says, Rule. No. 9 on page will
show you what ia wrong" The driv-
er glared at him. told him to go to
place warmer than Texas, and then
discovered he was out Of gasoline We
don't blame the man for getting a
trile peeved.
The boys of the Iowa Brigade the
past week have featured in the NOV
ing pictures, and these pictures, no
doubt, will be shown in Iowa in a
short time.
The pictures will show the soldiers
doing the silent manual" and
marching in regular formation.
Closeup picture6 were also taken
of the brigade and regimental Of
ficers, of the two bands, and the
large company of wagons and teams.
When the pictures are completed it
will make an interesting sight to sec
what the boys are accomplishing
here on the border.
Shorty" Maxon is counting the
days until he is free to leave for
Webster City, and today he announc-
ed that only % days separated him
from ticket for the north. At that
time he will shake the Texas dust off
his feet, forget all his friends down
here and depart for home.
Hoping this will find the thermom-
eter half way respectable, and that
none of you are worrying about your
ice bills, will close, with regards to