El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-06-07

me men represented at une camp
present a wide variety of types,
although all virtually measure up to
a certain standard Of education. and
physical soundness. And 1t is a
splendidly democratic organization
Here and there you will find a regular
army sergeant with ambitions, who
has been permitted to attend the
camp in an effort to place him in the
officers class. He is a man, perhaps,
who Joined the army at Is or 10, and
has learned the thing by actual expert
ence. His bunkie may be a San Fran
cisco club man and Harvard graduate.
The next man is more than likely to
be q college junior, and the next man
a middle aged business or profe5-
sional man. And all are doing pre-
cisely the same things, obeying the
same orders and striving toward the
same end-to make good and receive
a commission bearing the signature
of one Newton d. Baker, of Washing
ton, ID. G.. II there is a legitimate
occupation not represented here /
have not heard Of it. Engineers there
are by scores. Lawyers, doctors.
insurance men, bankers, store keep
ers, preachers, musicians, judges and
plain students r here.
From Ten States ,
The camp membership has been
drawn from ten western states, but
apparently New Mexico is a bit below
its ratio in representation. There are
said to be % New Mexico men here
in camp. but as yet I have met scarce
ly ten, due to the fact that we have so
little spare time that visiting with
any but neighboring companies is al
most an impossibility, and l presume
two fast friends might attend the en-
tire period without once getting a
glimpse of each other. BY good for
tune. Senator Dunlavy and myself
were assigned to the same company
and now occupy adjoining squad
rooms in the same barracks. Dunlavy
is known as "The Senator" through
out the company and is a general fav-
orite. especially when any improvis-
ed quartet is gathered in the barracks,
In which case, if the rest of the bar
racks are too tired to throw things,
the senator handles the tenor end of
the concert. The senator, like myself,
had absolutely no military training
prior to entering the camp and we are
both consequently considerably handi-
capped. We have had to study hard
on the rudiments that the great ma.
iority of the other men have long
since mastered. But we are still here,
thank you. The process of elimina-
ton. of which / shall speak of later
on, has been going on since the very
first day of camp, and no man
knoweth the day nor the hour when
he may be called to turn in his equip
ment and depart.
Jay Hurley a Problem
We see Jay Turley frequently as he
belongs In the company of engineers
whose barracks adjoin ours. He has
drilled sans Uniform Tor some time as
the Quarternaster could dig up moth
ing big enough to fit him. However,
Jay took the largest things they had,
and engaging the services Of a tailor.
spliced an inch or two Of cloth into
the Of the breeches and built
natty extensions on the coat arms.
Now he looks almost like the rest,
except that there is a dangerously
narrow margin of breeches under his
leggings. Genial John McFie, Jr., a
In to see us the other evening. He is
husky and thriving, and seems to be
taking the rigorous routine as a hol-
iday. ! look upon him as one of the
men who are sure of making good
and receiving commissions. He Is in
the Sixth company located in a dis
tant portion of the Preside. I met
Conney Hilton, of Socorro, at the st.
Francis hotel in the city last Sunday.
But for the happy accident, 1t might
have been weeks before l should have
u across him. He is already tan
ned brown and has lost considerable
weight. His feet have been ~bothering
him a bit, but he is game to the core
and Is enjoying the camp hardships
and all. T. A. Hayden also dropped
in to see us last week. Our visitors
come to us, not because we are SO
popular. but our barracks happen to
be near the car line and hence every
one passes by on the rare occasions
when the men have a chance to go
to town. Miller, of Albuquerque, and
Williams, of Roswell, are also in our
company and are both doing excellent
work. Young Ladd, of Las Cruces,
has Tilted "the army as we call our
selves, and has obtained a commits
sion in the marine corps. Houghton,
of Las Cruces, is also with us and do
ing spleDdidly. ! have seen none CT
the other New Mexico men, and prop.
ably never will until camp is over.
No Picnic |
1t might as well be remarked right
here that this camp is no picnic out.
ing. Verify it is not. We begin the
schedule is emphatically. wrong. We
do not arise in the morning. The of.
ficial schedule says we do, but the
is empratically wrong. We
arise at $50 a. m. That is in the
of the night. We are allowed
all the time we wish to dress in, but
we have to answer roll call fully clad
In ten minutes after arising. If one
does not linger, he may be present
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