The Springdale news., 1918-01-11
CAMP REAUREGARD
 SHY OF COLONIES
s.ldiers Stsdy Deadly Gases "hhe ozr.rs Are Being Instructed Else where.
where.

Correspondence Arkansas Gazet@'l
 Camp Beauregard, La, Jan. D.
 rt;o camp is very shy of colonels at
 nresent. as they have all gone to fort Com Houston for a course of trainlne
 ;n school for field officers. While
 there they will probably undergo an
 examination by an efficiency board
 to determine their physical and mil-
 ;4.,,r, fitness for service abroad. Those
 ubo are not qualified probably will be
 retained in this country te asslsl l.,
 the drilling of troops.
 When Colonel Stroupe of the l42nd
 Field Artillery left, Major Rogers
 took command, as he is not only the
 ranking major, but the only one m
 camn as Majors Hall and Bradford
 are both away at school tt Fort Sill. lieutenant Colonel Ownbey has re turned from a three months course ih inc artillery school at Fort Sill and
 assumed charge of the regiment. The men are looking forward to rap'd increase in efficiency, as the colonel has a reputation for making things go.
 Is Little Sickness.
 Ax result of the ceaseless yigl- lance of Major Holmes, head of the medical department of the l42nd, all epidemies have been overcome and there is practically no sickness in the regiment al present. The constant enforcement of sanitary measures and procuring of more tents, which re- duced the crowding of the men, has accomplished this.
 Introduced to Gas.
 Last Monday was a sad time for the men of the Third battalion of the 142nd, and there wasn't dry eye in the crowd. They were introduced to the tear gas used by the Germans, A crowd would De herded into the gas house" with their masks on and some got the idea that the gas didn't amount to much But when they were order ed to take the masks off just before going out they changed their minds and came out with tears streaming down their cheeks, and then were told that the gas was much weaker than the stuff used by the Boches. The oth- CT day they were made acquainted with the deadly chlorin gas, used both 1 m cloud and shell attacks While the tanks were being fixed to give them a cloud attack, an officer gave them a lecture Suddenly bomb was eX- ploded and instantly the speaker and his talk were forgotten, as every man made quick grab for his mask It demonstrated the results of the drill as the majority of the men had their masks on in the prescribed five sec onds
 \ sudden drop in temperature be low freezing caused great stampede Saturday for firewood. but 1t was not as uncomfortable as the previous cold weather, as the men were better pre- pared. The great number of sweaters and maffiers knitted by loving hands at home were 3 great aid and then the men have finally received overcoats RaHA
 One of the things which makes life pleasant for the Arkansas boys in the Hand is the daily concert given every day after dinner by the band. which is
 hafd-working organization The poor band boys have got to get up at o:30 and play reveille march to wake the others up, and sometimes that march sounds rather weird as the valves on the horns begin to freeze uu lhey also practice in the morning glVe concert, play for guard mount and retreat and then often give a concert in the Y tent at night.
 With all the different kinds of in- S structlon going on here now one hears more about school than they would m T college town. Every man in . regiment, from bugler to colonel, Is at tending some kind of school. Anc re boy with an educ .tion is finding out that hls school work was more
 important than he thought it was TOT they arc the ones wh5 are forging