Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-04-27

the people OF the United States can
display their patriotism and love for
their country and for those who
have gone forth to battle, IL neces-
sary, in order to protect the lives,
liberty and property of the nation.
One of the ways by which this pat
riotism can be shown is by providing
'the men at the front" with scores
of little things that will help to
cheer them in the dreary hours Of
camp life.
The boys who are now serving in
the national guard OF the various
states receive the small sum of SIS
a month. 1t Ia true the government
provides them with clothes and their
bed and board" and that is about
all. With the SIS a month the boys
are required to provide themselves
with wash rags, bath towels (and
army regulations require that the
men shall take frequent baths) pay
for their hair cuts and shaves, and
here again army regulations require
that the men shall keep themselves
in trim condition, provide their own
cloths, rags or whatever they can
secure with which to keep their
guns clean, provide their own needles
and thread with which to sew on
the buttons that come off their
clothes, provide their own stamps
and stationery with which to write
to the folks at home" and in num-
erous other ways are they compelled
to spend their salary" for everyday
necessities.
Thus II will be seen that tho boys
don't have much left for spending
money" Some may say they don't
need to spend anything for knick-
knacks. Well, IL they we're in the
trenches fighting they wouldn't need
to. But as long as they are not the
boys are certainly entitled to eat
''bread and jam" once in awhile, IL
anybody is, and the only way they
can have any of the extras is for
the people at home to supply them
or the money with which to buy
them.
While the Second Idaho infantry
was at Nogales the women of Nampa
certainly did noble work in supply
Ing Company b with many things
which helped to make soldier life
brighter. These things we're not
furnished to the Nampa boys alone,
but to all members of the company
And now that the company has again
responded to the call OF duty the
Nampa women have also again
rolled mp their sleeves and gone tc
work with Q determination to see
that Company B is az well cared foI
90 possible. IN referring to the need
of help from home, the last issue OF
the Nampa Lsader-Herald said:
since IL has become IN assured
fact that there is TO be war and thai
the Nampa company as we'll as al
others are TO see service for months
even though they should not bC
called across the ocean, the people
of Nampa have felt that some steps
should be taken to furnish the boyi
in the field some of those little
dslicacies and comforts not provided
in the army regulations. The Ladies
Auxiliary has been most active. bu
the schools, churches and various
civic bodies and organizations havt
all felt and talked more or less o
the hardships and privations o
camp life to say nothing of the ex
posure and danger to health and lift
aside from the battle field. It ha
been the belief and expressed opinion
of practically all that the sacrifice
in raising o sum of money eacl
month TO be expended for the bene
fit of the company would be yer.
small compared to the sacrifice be
ing made by the boys who asid
from the hardshipe and dangers ar
sacrificing from $50 to SIS pc
month In wages. They are doing thi
for their country which means all o
us.
s'It is sometimes asked what vii
he done with the money. Anyon
who has tried army fare Of beans
bread and meat with potatoes an
rice occasionally will readily under
azaud how 8 little variation please
and renews the tagging appetitS
FRESH eggs, fresh milk and buttel
fresh fruit and scores Of appetfzin
things are not furnished BY the goV
arument. In sickness, such as theE
In sure to be, the appetite turns
loathing from coarse fare.
what do they DO with the MOI
av'a&is easily answered. The res
question is how can enough be 81
cured TO give the boys 3 fraction {
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