The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-05-23
MIR. Hardy Sees Canon
City Soldiers at
San Antonio and
Meets Up With
Some Old Timers
From Our Town

went over to San Antonio to look
AT the military camps and to do lit
tie work. but | spent most of the time
FOR two days and nights visiting with
friends. That is much more agree
able. too than working Anyway,
am not getting paid for this stuff l
send in. either by the day or by the
Sard-so why work with friends all
about In strange and interesting sur.
ronndings? | haven't been very much
In San Antonio first phoned Capt.
Gus Stromberger. He got a pass,
came over to the city and spent the
day with me. We got a car and Wis
fted all the camps around the city.
Capt. Stromberger made an unusually
Sood guide and we saw things to good
Sdvantage-about as much as | would
have been able to see in a week alone.
In looking around military city 1t Is
mighty nice to have a captain along
Soldiers pay great respect to a cap
cain- On every hand soldiers salute
him. During the afternoon and even
ing ] think I saw 10000 soldiers sa-
lute Capt. Stromberger. Travelling
around with Capt. Mack at Houston
and with Capt. Stromberger at San
Antonio so much l am beginning to
feel of some Importance. There are
many places around the camps where
a civilian alone might get scant court
esy. but with captain on your staff
you get anything you want.
Capt Stromberger went into the
service just about a year ago He is
IN the finance department of the Quar-
eermaster's Department. His duties
have to do with the payrolls and the
paying off Of the men. He handles
,xhQuf poucb rpouay aypry month
bank cashier.
Capt. Stromberger was a soldier
during the War with Spain. He served
from 1898 to 1902. seeing service in
the Philippines and in China during
the Boxer rebellion. He came to Canon
City right out of the army and bought
IN orchard on Lincoln Park. l re-
call writing about his exploits at that
time, and 1 remember how much like
"a soldier he looked then. He still looks
the part. He says he has run across
many of his fellow soldiers of Span
fsh war days here. Some have been
advanced to high commands and some
occupy about the same stations they
held years ago.
Capt. Stromberger occupies a pleas
ant home in good part of the city.
He has two of his sons with him and
me- tAPCIto " tWo VI tAS
boys, who are now In Denver, come
down for the summer.
was interested in hearing Capt.
Stromberger talk about the Y NJ. c.
A He says It is the most wonderful
work anybody can give money for and
he urges Canon City friends to con-
finue their Hberality towards its sup
port. He says he could make hearty
supporter of the War Y. M. c. A fund
,,f any of his Canon City friends who
would let him show them az Jund the
camp and let them see what Home
the Y. is for thousands of lonesome,
honie-loving boys. You who have
never been in a training camp can
hardly appreciate how lonesome these
boys can be in a great crowd of men,
They all speak of 1t as the Soldiers
Home.
Officers find living expenses rather
high in these camp cities. Capt
Stromberger told me that the only
thing in San Antonio that Is cheap is
ice. He says ice is 35 cents hundred
II --ou 80 and get it, or 40 cents deliv
cred in the usual way-a 500-pound
ice book costs $500.
Camp Travis Is filled with boys from
the Southern States, so there are no
Canon City boys there.
Capt. Stromberger took me around
TO the Ordnance depot. however. and
introduced me to Earl F. Alden. for
mer Canon City boy. Earl is brother
of Harry Alden. who was employed in
the Fremont County Bank for several
years. Earl left Canon City when
about twelve and that was about
dozen years ago He is 1st Sergeant
in the Ordnance Department and is in
line for promotion.
Miss Miriam Cleghorn IL head nurse
Mt the base hospital. She has recently
been very Ill, but Is well enough to be
at work again.
Several Canon City boys are at
Kelly Field in the aviation. They are
mighty hard to find. however. IL you
haven't got their exact address. sec
fion and line number. you might as
well look for John Smith in New
York City. You could find your friend
In New York easier than your friend
at Kelly Field. Boys are moved often
here and they publish no city directory
as every well regulated city should.
Hunter Palmer Jr was here, but has
been transferred to some Eastern
point Glen Wilkerson, Ben c.
Higham, ID. b. Hoiekvam, Ed Varney
and Nick Moschetti, according to our
list al The Daily Record Office. are or
have been here. but / couldn't find
them. We found Ralph Mckinley. or
rather the place where he slept He
was out on fatigue. But he Joined
me at dinner up town the next day
and was naturally glad to see some
body from home.
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