Bisbee daily review., 1917-10-07

from Private L. J. Hall, of Camp Funston follows:
 My Dear MT. Richardson:
 "Ths above triangle looks mighty good to the boys here. This is the first to open and is crowded to over flowing all the time. Several more will open in the near future, l am told. This cantonment is H shaped, one side is an auditorium, while the other is a sort of lobby, music room, etc, with a big fireplace in one end. The formal opening was started with an introduction of secretaries and short speeches and finished with vaudeville bill. 1 could not get close to it for the crowd.
 We arrived here at 11:30 p. m. Friday night, were met at the train and taken to camp, cold showered (heavy on the cold), uniformed con- pletely, given a cup of coffee and sent to the hay. This hay should be taken literally. We sleep on iron cots with springs. Our mattresses are a canvas bag stuffed with hay. Each man is issued two blankets, which has been enough for me. We were also issued the following: One pair shoes, three pairs sax, two suits of underwear, one shirt, one pair brooches, one pair leggins, (part leather on inside), one comb, one brush, one tooth brush, one mess out fit and one hat with a nice red cord, designating artillery, which branch of the service we were assigned to In fact, all Arizona men so far have been put in the artillery. The Cochise, Pi- ma and Pinal boys so far are in the 340th field artillery. l am in Battery D, although we were scattered in diff ferent batteries. Mail should be ad dressed to the regiment or battery if possible. Battery D. S40th F. A. N. A., Camp Funston. This will avoid delay. Have been kept very busy so far Saturday, for example, it was from 30 a. m. to 4:00 p. m. when we turned in, as we were outfitted. All out at 5:45; breakfast at 6:15; as- sembly at zoo. Drill till 10:30, then examined physically, then given in- structions what to do and what not, till noon. Duty at 100, drill till 3:30, then the whole regiment was scat tered at intervals of about eight feet while the major gave us an hours physical torture. Say, that majors a bear. Think of a man standing on a platform directing a thousand men all over the parade ground. He has a voice like bugle horn and he sure commands attention. He had us squauing, stopping, bending, twisting in ways that are awful to a fat man. He is the kind of man that can abuse anyone terribly, and have them like it. After all this we had a shot of something in the arm and another in the back and were dismissed about 5 p. m. for the day. Camp Funston is equal to Riley and Manhattan, about eight miles, and is just a big city of two-story barracks, electric light, sewerage and water with steam heat being installed We are treated as well as we could possibly expect. | The officers are very considerate and patient, not domineering like l thought they would be"
 MT C. D. Thompson, director of the Association, recently returned from | the reaches of California, where he and his wife had been enjoying the time of their lives, as MT Thompson expressed it.
 President Arthur Notman, of the V board, made a hssty trip to Fl Paso the first of the week
 Secretary Richardson is just in re- ceipt of the following letter from one of his secretarial friends at Portland, i Oregon:
 Dear Friend: This is hasty word of parting to you, as l am leaving Tuesday to sail for France October ! 6. l have been asked to go for six months. The opportunity for service ! by the Y. NJ. c. A. among the soldiers of the United States army in France | is so immense that a number of ex- perienced men have been called tol go at once and help get the work established. About two hundred build | ings will be erected and large num- Der Of secretaries will go over later It is with deep regret I leave the many friends in the Northwest, of whom I count you one. Your friend ship has helped and your contribu- tions have made possible the progress the Industrial Y. NJ. c. A has made | in the Northwest"
 Columbus Day, October 12. will be observed by the K. C.'s in the Y gym | nasium on next Friday night at 8 o'clock Attorney J. P Boyle. of Doueiss, will be the principal speaker and It is proposed to make the meet ing a patriotic one The public is extended a cordial invitation to at tend.
 ScOtty Banks is again visiting "Old |