Bisbee daily review., 1917-12-02

OF q letter from bTlBdultT GeucEdl r.
G. Maudlin. of Camp Cody. in which
he compliments him for the splendid
work accomplished in the raising of
the war fund. for the army Y. NJ. c. A
in the state of New Mexico. He states
that in his opinion the Y. NJ. c. A.
doing q great work at Camp Cody. and
he is very anxious that the interest not
only be kept up there. but In the
country at large. Mr.. Richardson had
the pleasure of personally meeting the
general while visiting Camp Cody and
is glad to consider the brigadier gener-
al as one of his personal friends.
Sidney Werthen reports a letter just
received from Byron Thomas, one OF
the boys and famous around the old
"Y'' building because of his allaround
physical abilities. Byron writes from
Peru; he is now one OF the minor Of
ficers and says that he enjoys the
navy life exceedingly.
Interest in boxing and wrestling
under the direction of Mr.. Morley is
considerably on the increase. Great
mere lOT the "
get into condition for the strenuous
experience that he will be compelled
to. when the draft finally hits him.
Ex-President Roosevelt considers box
ing and wrestling the most efficient
type of physical exercise to put
man into the right sort of condition.
Word received from Herbert Z.
Hodgson, son OF Mr.. and Mrs. ]. p.
Hodgson. indicates that he is having
very busy time OF it at Camp Lewis.
American Lake, Washington. Young
Hodgson, II will be remembered, pass
ed the examination and received com
mission as lieutenant at the Presidio,
officers reserve camp, since which
time he has been assisting TO train
men of the NV draft army. He has
been for some time acting captain Of
company OF the Seventeenth battaL
ion, 166th depot brigade. He states
that he has a very interesting lot OF
men in his company. embracing cleo
trical engineers, lawyers. artists, prize
] fighters, COW punchers and miners.
These men are largely drafted from
the state OF Montana In the recent
drive for the Liberty loan, young Hodg-
son took quite a prominent part and
was very successful in inducing the
men to subscribe. He states that he
| is In splendid health, is thoroughly en-
| Toying the work and is waiting anx-
| :ously for the time to come when
they may be permitted to cross the
ocean and do their bit in France. He
also states that the Y. VI. C A. is
accomplishing wonderful things for
the men in the camp.
The first bowling game of the sea.
son between Douglas and Bisbee. for
the shield trophy" was played last
Saturday evening on the Bisbee al
leys. The game was between Bisbee
first and second teams. and Douglas
| first and second teams. Bisbee won
over Douglas 81 pins. Next game will
be played in Douglas Saturday night,
December 20.
| Get ready for the Greater Member
ship campaign. After the war-then
peace-which means another readjust-
1 l1CnA Va NlAt bONldA anu CNOnOaAAC NOh
ditions; be ready TO do your part,
young man. Opportunities will be le-
gion. Prepare now, for il is coming
you know the pendulum never swings
out so far that it does not return,
Don't delay another day. but get into
a gym or educational class NOW.
]. r. Tate, who has been in camp
since August. left last evening for Fl
Paso, where he will visit relatives for
a few days. From there he will 60
to Chicago. Then back to dear old
Bisbee.
Hundreds OF men will remember
Gustav Ziprik, formerly the genial Of
fee assistant at the ''Y." Mr.. Rich
ardson has Just received letter from
Mr.. Ziprik. and herewith follows an
extract that viii be interesting to his
many friends: when | left Bisbee
thought that | would have to be In
camp by September the 5th. but they
did not send me until October 4th.
was at Camp Deyens until November
Sth, and then | was transferred south
to Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Ca, and
here | am for the present. While at
Camp Devens We did not do very much
drilling; we had the pick and shovel
half of the time. | was in the depot
brigade, but at Camp Gordon il is diff
ferent. Here We drill every day. This
morning | was on my first long hike
and We must have covered Is to is
miles. There were about 5000 of US,
only about rs dropped out and the
ambulance picked them up. / man.
aged to pull through with two sore
heels caused by misfit shoes. | 60
to the Y. NJ. c. A. quite often, and
have helped out some behind the
counter; makes me feel like | was
back in Bisbee again. Really, Mr..
Richardson. the Y. NJ. c. A. is one OF
the finest and most helpful things that
could be. in an army camp like this.
There are about 200 men writing let
ters right now. and every time one
gets up. there are two or three TO
take his place. Then. there are all
the other activities going on all the
time; the building Is just crowded all
the time" Mr. Ziprik's address is
l. Company. 1926 Infantry. Camp Cor.
| don, Atlanta. Ga. A letter or postal
from some Of his friends would be
/ welcome