Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-29

for my particular morning these days.
II seems that during war times IL is
a death sentence FOR seminal to be
caught asleep on his post. Please
notice that said caught Also for
him 60 leave his post prior 20 being
properly relieved. Hence nv staying
until l.l5. regardless of my having
been told that 1 should De relieved al
- midnight
Morv Excitement
We then marched back 90 ,hc amp
grounds and pitched our tents again
and fixed ourselves for fine sleep.
the man who shared my tent with me
expressing the hope that NC Wo..3 De
permitted g. sleep late !u the uofu u.1s
20 make ~ fur o.r iacA ID! S.c,Y and
Go res; u.s. after ;ac hard cAnlpS -.
40 Z o. W. some one started 90 shoot
-r automatic p.1.I 90 our company
street and ] managed 20 STAR; YltuCc
on my shoes ANA lcsgi-cS before Try
.ug g. open my eyes. j knew better
iaAr o. take of Uy clothes and even
hes.tAt,a about removing my shoes
when , retired. out was persuaded 10
30 So ly one q the fellows u h0 had
carried t.s laNwAS on; with him and
who had them on when the shots were
.rtd la spite ut the darkness and
other difficulties had NY shoes and
belt ou and ready. We We're then
.aoutied-um,a 20 the same place
We had been stationed previously
while ON out guard duty and were de-
piuycd and stationed TO resist an at
tack. Immediately upon receiving the
command down. fell down
on my stomach and also fell
asleep. We remained there about
thirty minutes. while our Off
GERS tried to get in touch with
some information as to what was re-
quired OF us Then we were moved
about half mile TO the left and the
same performance repeated. I got
about an hour more sleep out Of these
maucuvcrs. shortly after this We re-
turned tu camp, none Of us having
seen anything Of an enemy and caring
mighty little whether we ever saw
them. Il only We could get some water.
"Policcd" the Camp.
We found the men who had re-
maincd IN camp up and cooking theiI
breakfasts when We returned. We were
told that We would have thirty min
utes To get our breakfasts and wash
- our cooking utensils We made
considerable haste IN eating what
ever We could get our supply u. po-
tatoes being exhausted the evening be-
fore ana the bacon supply being rather
low However. We manged 10 sw!po
enough water 10 make some coffee IN
one cup aud TWO u US divided this
and ate some hard bread" We had
no water TO wash either our hands nor
cooking utensils So We started 10 pack
up and were ready In time 10 "fIll in"
with the balance Of the company We
then formed the company and stacked
our rifles and pouced the camp-
grounds. SO as To leave il IN better con-
N h.r
Burned AN waste and paper and other
stuff. such as brush. etc. We then
sa: down and waited for the command
TO start on the return march. We sat
around and CuSsed our luck, as re-
CARDS lack OF water and time to eat.
etc, for nearly thirty minutes. Each
minute that passed enabled US to To-
cate some new srieyience and we were
susly sore bunch when We started
back.
When We had gone about a mile
and a half We struck ranch house
where We had access 10 all the water
We could make use Of. We all drank
all We could hold and then washed
our faces and heads and hands and
arms and would have taken baths in
the troughs II II had not been for
bldden. There were some MeXicans
camped near the house and We bought
[
tillas and frijbles they had. II GER
tainly seemed as tho We could not get
enough 10 eat and drink.
Are Slaughtered.
We then had a conference on the
/ results 0f our maneuvers and II seem
! ed that we were an dead. as the
enemy had penetrated our lines and
returned with such valuable InfIrma-
] uou 20 their commanders that We had
D lost the game entirely. After the
men had had the water and chuck re-
/ ferred 90 lu the paragraph above YOU
! could not convince them that they
/ were dead and they showed their life
| 9y letting out some real life alzeC
ytlls when .t was announced that such
was the case. However. We could all
| ut Us see that We had missed the i'm
] portaut points OF the experience 10y
| our constant attention TO our personal
/ wants. IL was pointed out to Us that
/ u Was up 10 each man To put himself
in the background. in this kind of an
! experience and TO think only of the
/ general cause and to do everything in
/ his power TO further the plans OF the
| commander. Those OF US, and / was
aS much IN it as any OF them, who
! t.amorcd so strongly for water %
| water were not thinking At all about
the plans " the cOmr.ander. As a
matter OF fact the majority OF the
men could not have told you what
they were out there for, in spite of
| the fact that eVcry man OF US received
u circular in explanation OF the ma
ncuVer prior to starting out from our
camp.
At 1870 we were permitted to get
our lunches SO as TO be ready to start
back TO Camp Funston at noon. We
started at l--oI p. m, and made II
TO camp at 2:OS =. N.
Now when We reached camp we
were turned loose for ;he balance OF
the evening to battle and do rs we
wanted. OF course under actual field
conditions We would not have had
such privileges and We We're supposed
to harden ourselves here for actual
war conditions Nevertheless | was
mighty glad To get .ly wet clothes of
and sct under the shower. / waited
AT least an hour before doing this
tho as | did not want to cool OF toe
quickly. / never realized before the
pleasure OF just lying flat on my back
and doing absolutely nothing. our re-
turn to camp was much shorter than
the route taken on the outward trip
hence the difference in the time re-
Quircd.
Welcome Rain.