The copper era and Morenci leader., 1917-10-05
GREENLEE CO. BOYS FEEL THE GOLD
 AT FUNSTON

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 Letters are arriving from the Greenlee contingent at Camp Fun ston giving pen picture of the daily routine at the training camp. Two letters have fallen into the hands of the Era man. It need not be said that they were addressed to different members of the male sex. It is understood, however, that other letters have been received in Cliff ton which have not as yet been handed over for publication.
 Work, work, work, is the general tenor of the letters and when we tread that Capt. Brown jumped at the chance of peeling potatoes in the company kitchen we gather some idea of the strenuosity of the drill program. J. B. Brown, formerly assistant cashier of the First Ma tonal Bank, wrtes as follows: w. B. Kell. Esq,
 Clifton. Arizona.
 Will drop you a word to let you know that we arrived O. K. | Funston is about miles from Ft. Riley. It contains an area to 10000 acres in a fiat surrounded by bluffs on all sides. It is an ideal place 1 for a camp but not so today as it has been raining all day. It is laid out 1 in streets north and south, avenues East and West and is a big place all | of it's own.
 i ''They are rushing the training as { this, the 34Oth, has to train with 75 centimeter guns of France and is ex- !pected to cross over. in the spring. May break camp last of December. !, Tt is work and lots of it.
 AS far as I know all Clifton boys are getting along fine. They are l all assigned to different batteries of the 340th. but the rest of Arizona's must go in he infantry as the 340th is full and j541st is Colorado. All artillerymen get uniforms on ac- count of short training. all infantry are in overalls.
 : There won't be any heat in the barracks occupied by the men of the Eighty-ninth Division of the national army until the latter part of October, and maybe not until Christmas This is the statement of men and off, 2cers who are familiar with every phase of the present plans of the
 War Department for heating Camp Funston. If everything needed was on the ground now, the work might be finished in three weeks.
 Wrap Themselves in Blankets The weather last night, today and tonight has been cold and miserable. It cained from midnight Tuesday un- ti! almost noon today, cold and driving rain, that chilled to the bone. There isn't barracks in camp that is heated. There isn't man in camp except the officers, who have a
 plentiful supply of warm clothing.
 The men today sat around in their
 barracks for the most part wrapped
 in their blankets and shivering
 Tt was so cold and wet and muddy
 today that every man who had an overcoat, raincoat or a pair of
 boots wore them. and those who
 didn't have them and had the money went to town and bought a supply.
 In many places in camp the water
 was more than knee deep and almost
 every place the mud was ankle deep to he conservative.
 Wallace Gets Good Birth
 Bill Wallace landed good
 berth as Chief Mechanic and is
 tickled because he does not have to |, drill. He writes his friend Pete
 Riley under date of twenty-seventh
 ulI., as follows:
 : Camp Funston, Sept. 27, 1917 Dear Friend Pete:
 I received letter and also Copper Era to day. Brown is reading it now and he is going to cut out his speech he made at the banquet and send it home.
 pnfa .ShnnId hoya hot ! bunch cme into camp. Some had ! black eyes and were skinned up.
 They looked a tough looking bunch It was raining here yesterday and we all pretty near froze to death ! Last night old Hank Adams and I put our beds together and we slept all night. Hank says to tell you army life is alright. He was ap pointed Corporal today, so. he has it a little easier.
 Pete I have got a pudding of
 a job now. They made me Chief Mechanic. I don't need to drill at all any more. 1 can tell you drill every day from , in, the morning till : 4 at night is no fun. You should have seen Fenwick the first two days He thought it awful to get himself dirty and wash his own dishes. But you would have laughed to have him washing.
 Brown is in the kitchen today. I went to see him and he was peeling potatoes. But he says he would . rather do that than drill. Drilling is too hard for anyone not used to . hard work. Pete I am sending you a picture of camp and l will send , you picture of the bunch when we get them together again. w. NJ. Wallace.