Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-01-25


ones time is taken up in the special
courses; thus every man has a part OF
the day 1T least to drill with the COM
pany. In this way no student need be
deficient in any single subject and
you can see for yourselves that the
entire program covers quite range
ON the knowledge scale and will afford
a good general education in itself.
Tuesday morning was devoted almost
exclusively to patrolling and scouting.
At that time the company was formed
as though for march through a hos
tile country. told that enemy patrols
infested the woods and raylnes be-
twixt it and the Bosque rivera mile
or so in front-and then headed into
the danger regions ahead of it.
With a moving target of several men
Known in war-like vocabulary as
lo:ft, i'm the lead. followed by an adj
alce guard which was kept in com
nunication with the main body by
several connecting files. and thanked
by reconnaissance patrols sneaking
through the woods. Company 3 made its
march through Il hostile territory
Il casualty nor Il surprise attack by
the enemy. and SO perfect is the fOrma-
ton employed III such maneuver that
every unit in it is in constant touch
with the other units and all are guard
ed from being bounced on unawares.
Also during the past week a portion
Tn wifi
machine gun formations, and since this
company is owner Of but two really,
truly machine guns, Capt. Reynolds
ordered each squad or gun team TO
make dummy weapon, tripod for
the same and an ammunition box.
With these wooden shooters. practice
can be carried on III just about as
realistic IL manner as though they were
scattering leaden hail among every
living thing out III front of them and
the men are getting quite devoted to
their self-made autOmatics-some of
which are OF very ingenious construc-
ton.
And while the warrior scholar-car-
penters have been busy on the drill
field. around the blackboard in our
mess hall or in the field Gloss rooms
the company mechanics have been Ia
boring with hammers, saws, paints and
brushes making and painting some six
teen or twenty big packing cases which
are to carry that company property
not belonging to individuals to our
port Of embarkation and thence on
across the briny deep. All the stable
equipment has been packed and some
of the field service kitchen and other
articles for which there will be no
ready for the removal order whenever
it comes.
Just when such order will come you
can guess as well as we, any anything
we'd tell you would be merely guess
work. so there's no use wasting news
paper space in Il guessing exhibition.
Only thing Wen say is that our good
Iye's to Waco are bound TO come soon
and you can translate soon to mean
anything you wish.
And now after we have dedicated a
line or two to the weather there1l be
nothing left to do save to end these re-
marks But this letter wouldn't be
complete without a reference to the
snow storm which happened along
Waco between nine o'clock Thursday
night and reveille Friday morning on
the wings of Il forty mile ''norther'
and TO the accompaniment Of wild
and weird display of thunder and light
ming
Thursday afternoon the writer
along with a couple hundred Others
liked in from the trenches flour miles
listant) and wondered why fellow
couldn't keep cool, at least in his shirt
sleeves. and the next morning we had
20 kick away snow drift from in
front of the tent before we could get
its door open. That's Texas winter
through and through. And yet this
Lone Star State is supposed to be the
Mecca toward which you summer tour
isl tIrns his face when the cold winds
start bowling around his baliwick. III
ttit tDftdltCt you II tfttNi a. Ncih
pany i, man pulling that little stunt
He'll know better. For although these
winters don't last long-tle one we
have just described has already blown
over and is leaving a train of sunshine
and warm breezeS in its wake-they
are heathenish affairs while they last
No self-respecting person would want
TO have anything to do with them if he
could help it.
That's all
SLIM