Bisbee daily review., 1917-11-09
ARTICLE DESCRIBES CONDITIONS AT
 CAMP kEARNEY

the Phoenix Republican of Sunday,
 which describes the condi liens at Camp Kearney where there are now stationed the 15Sth Infantry, formerly the First Arizona and to which already some 1,500 of the drafted men from Arizona are now stationed and others are now on the way flom Camp Fun ston. Letters and messages received rom number of the Bisbee conting- en. received in the last few days asked that their mail be held as they were about to be moved. so that they are now evidently on their way to Camp Kearney:
 The One Hundred and Fifty-eighth the premier organization at Camp Kearney, which by the way, is in Cali fornia, where the fogs grow, is almost up to war strength, and gaining fresh | laurels every day. The regiment has been in its new camp for about two weeks now. and each day has seen more information disseminated through the camp anent that bunch from Arizona"
 ''The first sensation was created ny the regiment when it arrived at Camp Kearney, aiong about dusk two days out of Naco. The entire section of the camp lying alongside the railroad track turned out to welcome the new corners. Where you from was the first question, and Arizona was the answer. What are you?' was the next, and in l fantry, was the answer, bu. everyone said everyone else was a liar when the supply company started unloading its mules and horses. Rats, said one big sergeant from California. I thought you all were infantry, why that's more stock than there is in the whole camp. His sta cement was soon found true, for the tired and dusky skinners from the desert had wonderful time trying to find place to corral their stock. Every rookie in the camp wanted to know what an infantry regiment was doing with a couple hundred head oi mules.
 First night spent in camp was per | feet imitation of the time spent by Loc. Cook at the North Pole It was ! impossible to put up the tents without poles, and the poles were way down ill he bottom of some car which could not be found Part of the company baggage was unloaded, and a hot meal was served in a short time, but after that, the fog from the Pacific sot in its work. Everyone was sleeping on the ! ground and wishing he had carried more blankets instead of packing. All night long s.iff and weary forms were to be seen crawling of the ground to don more clothes and still more clothes. By morning every one had on everything he possessed and some things which he did not possess but appropriated.
 The next day was spent in unload ing the two trains and getting camp in shape. About night, word came down the company streets that the camping place was only temporary, and that another move would have to be made. One large prolonged groan went from one end of the outfit to the other, ending in firm wish that Naco had never been left behind.
 It was sevSral days though before the move was made, and at last the 15sth is in it's permanent quarters ana ready to do business either with the kaiser or anyone he may designate for the job.
 Camp Kearney is probably the dust fest place ever invented. It was eX tremely bad the first few days the regi- ment was here. but due to liberal ap plicat!Jn of wa CT, through the medium of fire hose and water carts, the boys from Arizona are enjoying mud rath- CT than dust.
 Few of the men of the 15Sth realized just what cps Uncle Sam was taking | to Kan the Kaiser until they arrived here. Camp Kearney is said 0 be the smallest concentration camp in the United States, but at that it is an i'm mense proposition. Millions of dol lars have been spent here this far. anC start has about been made. There are in the neighborhood of 15.000 ltroops here now. and more coming all the time at the rate of 800 a day.
 Every regiment in the camp is from the west. Colorado, California, New Mexico, Utah and Arizona are all rep resented by infantry regiments and machine gun battalions. The Arizona regiment was honored by being allow ed to retain Is identity and not divided into training battalions, as several of the other state organizations were. Infantry, artillery and machine gun ba tallions make up the division. There is only one troop of cavalry. and most of it is mounted on motorcycles doing duty as orderlies 70 the commanding general.
 ''The first contingents of drafted men arrived from Camp Funston two i days ago. The 15Sth will be filled up . war strength, which means 250 men to the company in a few days. The first goo men from Funston assigned to the Arizona regiment were from New Mexico, but 5he second group which l came in Tuesday was from Arizona