The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-11-01


Dear Mr.. Emmerson:
know that you will be- Interested
in Camp Kearny where colorado'e sol
dIery are in training. so having Few
spare moments I'm going to describe
this vast cantonnent and what We
are doing in our preparation to help
down Kniserism and autocracy.
The impression FIRST made on a
stranger entering the grounds, who Is
with military camps. must
indeed be wonderful one and this
mental conception would BE- enlarged
ten-fold after u tour of inspection
around the entire reservation. Some
idea OF the magnitude OF the place
may be found when / mention that
indeed are over twenty thousand acres
within the boundaries. Every direc-
ton the eye travels II rests on khaki
pyramidai tents. which house eight
men; also on thousands of huge.
frame buildings used for mess shacks.
thousand civilian laborers are daily
engaged in the construction work
which il rapidly nearing completion.
Al Reveille you may see large space
Of ground covered with brush and
ehaparral but look again at Retreat
that eyening--it is now cleared and
buildings have sprung up. as II by
magic.
An illustration of what can be ac-
complished when emergency demands
quick work might be cited when the
First Colorado Infantry was recently
quarantined for spinal meningitis.
The infectious plague was discovered
at Ii O'Clock in the morning. BriEac:cT
General Cameron. present commander
of the division. Immediately ordered
n special isolation hospital 10 be con
structed where the almost uncurnble
disease could be fought. Government
surveyors at once marked off the
ground and at 5 o'clock. the same day
of the discovery. the building was
comp eied and equipped. ready for
occupancy. A millionaire could not
have secured better facilities or ad-
ministration than was afforded the
Victims. The entire regiment was $50
lated in a remote corner OF the camp
and guard thrown out TO keep tres
passers from entering. Luckily the
dreaded disease was checked before
II made any headway but equally un-
fortunate was the death OF one of the
poor fellows. Private Richard Inskip.
OF Lamar. Colo. The other two az
nicted men are progressing nicely
and will recover. This one incident
proves that Uncle Sam IL surely safe
guarding the health OF the boys en-
trusted TO his care. Sanitation is the
watchword in this camp. everything Is
spick and clean. Hith has no place
for us and a person with desta ion
for the same need not worry, nose
will be found here.
Imagine tanned. s,aiwart COW
puncher walking miles and miles aad
then more miles. Well that In tuft
what you'll find here. as our old Coo
RADIO cavalry regiment has been trans
ferred to infantry. Now imagine how
they like thtB change--you'rc right
they don't. Needless TO say that there
was much graumbling when the
change was officially announced and
the day we turned in our yellow hat
cow-puncher had a face us long as a
railroad ticket from San Diego TO New
York. However. were getting over II
and while naturally some acerbity
still Iexists when horses are tauntingly
referred to. the general sentiment
seems to be that we will get ''ovsr
there" much sooner now that we are
"doughboys."
The quarantine was lifted from the
Colorado Infantry yesterday and they
Joined our regiment. Under the recent
reorganization by the War depart.
ment an infantry company rates 25o
men and officers. This consolidation
OF the former cavalrymen and the old
"doughboys" brings most Of the com.
panies almost up to their strength.
We have started in on the schedule of
sixteen weeks intensive training and
when say intensive I'm not exagger.
ating. only forty hours week but.
oh. those hours. But we are all feel.
ing fine, as hard a. nails. sleep fine
and EAT, why John d. would willing
ly give half his savings to have my
appetite.