The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1917-02-09
Local Boys at Deming Are
Having Good Time-Ex-
pect to See Further Ser
vnce on Border or Coast
Duty-Reserves viii Pro-
badly Be Called In.
fSpt. Harry Hough. }

The weather down here the past
week has been simply ideal! The DAYS
are warm enough to 90 around in
sweater or shirt sleeves, and the
nights are not too cold IF We We're
mt in the army and IF" it weren't for
the 3isa9reeable dust storms, We
might learn to like this country
First Class Private Clarence Beely
was appointed Corporal during the
week, taking the place vacated by
Corp. Clifton Murphy furloughed to
+ the reserve
The whole company appreciated the
letter written to The News by Miss
Nora Hunt, after her visit here )
great many unkind things have heen
said about the guards, and We feel
that after being down here. and see!nC
how we live, that she viii be able to
refute many of them. Her last sen
tence in the letter, the reference to
the chicken supper. made the biggest
bit With the crowd Since we got be
Vond the range of boxes from home, !
don't believe that there are many Of US
that have any idea Of how chicken
tastes
Weare anxiously= watching the pap
ers fer developments in The situation
with Germany. With the day. Of our
departure not far off, anything shat
might have something to do with our
remaining here Is source oil much
interest. The papers say thai troop
movements are goirg ahead as plan
ned. but in the event that war IS ac-
tually declared, It isn't probably that
any more guard mep will be sent
home What would be done with this
regiment in such d ease is hard to tell.
Many Of the officers with whom / have
j talked OF the subject believe that we
would either be retained here. or som.
/ where else on the border, To prevent
the Mexicans from taking advantage
of the opportunity II resume rafd'ng;
or sent 10 the western coast, to and in
coast defense. In either ease. We would
be away from home some time, for it
is hardly probably that the govern
ment would send US home, If war We're
+ declared. So it now looks as though
ne would either be home in d short
time, or we're a long time gone.
+ The day the papers announce that wal
has been declared believe that Char
ley Atwood Butch" Miles and the
rest Of TIE old Company a. boys can
begin packing up to corle back. for
the reserves viii 1T bt,css lie called,
Walter Goree, former member of
the company came in last night to
enlist. He was a. Fl Poso, 10 which
place Capt. OWnbey wired him trans
. portation. For some reason. il was
delayed in delivery. but Jack didn't
wait for the hoped a side door
/ Pullman and ''came right Into camp.
II seemed mighty god to see Jack in
the O d. uniform again. If War
breaks aut, we are eXpectan Mach
Trowhridge, Red" Graham and the
rest If them to do likewise.
Some time a@o we got a vivid re-
hinder Of Arkansas and Spriasdale,
when the cook served US some dried
apples from kimmon and Walkers
plant In fact the impression was so
vivid, that after dinner, some of the
boys went TO the rear door If the
kitchen and tried to talk the cook oul
of the cider that they felt sure was
there
have written several times about
the difficulty our boys say" theg have
in getting dates with Deming girls.
/ Prehaps the following viii account
for (which should be labeled Paid
Advertisement Townes says he
is so tough that he can't get any OF
/ the girls in town TO go with him eX
cept the sheriff's daughter-the rest
are too mild.
The chaplin of the 2nd. Arkansas
made a remark recently in one of his
j talks which | think is worth while
passing on He said, in speaking of
! our experience here on the border,
1T is certain that when we go home
we Will have more grit than when we
came" and in view of our notorious
sardstorms, his remarks was true in
more ways than one.
j Ray and Dewey Stokes, for some
! time past, have been going With the
same girl, which situation, in ordinary
/ life would provocative of a fight. bat
down here. because of the shortage
of girle, IS nothing unusual. One day
crowd Of US, including Ray, were
uptown when we SAW Dewey approach
ing with the Girl At once Pay hur-
riod Us around the corner As we
knew now Ray felt On the subject we
asked for an explanation He re
piled. 4 don't care about his being
with her, bat if he had seen me. he
would have wanted 10 borrow mon
ey to take her to the show. and I'll
! be darned if she will go to the show
/ with him ON my money.
Capt Ownbey today received the
i following letter from two boys who
formerly lived at Springdale: Mar
shield Ore, Jan.25( 17.-Cept Own
/ hey, Co "A'.-Dear sir: My brother
and | want TO join the SpringGale
guards, as we are from there, and
Cousins of the Tillman boys, Joe and
Henry. | am % and my brother is
IS. If you will send us the papers we
I
at once Write particulars at once.
Yours truly, Clarence and Ed Smith"
i In case developments in the next three
or four days indicate that we are to
remain in the service, transportation
will Drohahly he sent them