The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-01-18
PATIENT KN|TTERS
ARE BEING BLESSED
BY FUNSTON TROOPS
Soldiers in Kansas Camp Find
Real Comfort in Their Helmets,
Sweaters and Mufflers; Build
ings Are Properly Heated.

60 49, hh'HH'NA ~ N'AHA
columns Of mercury in the camp Their.
mometers have shrunk Hike ana - H.
shirt after q trip go the laundry and
as ans soldier viii assure you that's
some shrinking. Several inches Of
fnow have given the city OF b]arraCNs
quit" a decorative appearance. and a
piercing cold wine whistles down Tn
hill and through the camp streets aud
makes he camoufiagiug OF the board
roofs quite unappreciated In short o.
rather Debated winter s.rupo Co Doe
making up for lost time.
The cold snap has shown one thing.
These boys ui the Ssth dly lslou are
hard, trained to the minute and phys
ically lii In weather which. as civil. Z
itns would have gent them scurriuS
tor shelter, they are carrying on the
ordinary business of the camp Motor
truck drivers ON whom the traHspot-
ton of the cautoncnent depends,
guards, on post AZ all hours ~ he
day and night, are ON duty ds usual,
and no suffering is reported. Many q
patient knit:rr uf u helmet, a sweater
or mufflcr is being mentally blessed
however these nights rs mo- fun do
ms sentry 20 At Q q. ma. with the
temperature where II Is, and wuoicus
and knitted things ar, NE savers .u-
decd Il viii have To- be- bad. had
weather iu me trenches 10 make 70
graduate Of % winter az Funston uu-
comfortable.
cold {, VI Outside.
The cold D., ain outside. That Ms
provided for months ago when the
nugc heating system with It's 30 Gem
,tr.tl plants. and It's overhead pipes.
|Istruug ON poles like telegraph wires
was Installed. Il has certainly proved
itself this time with plenty OF ootl
ou hand aud husk, arms behind the
shovels IL has KEEP, the barracks !1r
, warmer than many city homes
Although tn, weather has slowed
down q lot OF the outdoor triuuiuS
work. there has been no let mp ON the
activities Where drilling b. necessary.
suuadroors have been cleared. t'>s'a
are being held for many. giving IN,
theory OF things that VIII hr put ln-
fu practice later. lu fact, this tim"
finds the men az "a sort COZ a half wa
point m their military education TN,
have already become soldiers, From
nov on. thc higher subjects at Il were,
things brought out In the present war,
are given them Ana through tt all
run. the athletic idea he compctiy"
scheme c~ngrudeying "a spirit 'h1t VIII
be hard To beet
Example al Rivalry,
An example uf this is 90 gam" re-
gently introduced py one 90 th" m1-
chine gun companies. the @i-d ga
which the riNllrE is resting In pep
and spcou that wuu win battlcs They
run races with machine guns, Tw'
lines stand ifty yards apart, gum set
up In front uf mem At . signal from
cant VIM Latdlaw u team OF Two men
dash out from u line, give a. som'-
thiug-ur-uthcr on the gun a twist, one
| man grabs the tripod ana the other
the gun and of they go TOR the tal
Their line. Now "a tripod weighs 20
| pounds and q dismuunted machine
gun some 80, 50 that the carrying ~
| either rs not easy. However, neither
HUSKY lcts any grass grow under hls
feet and IL h. hut "a jlffy when th"S
are there and the gun set up Tha
4 % but half of the "Trip, though They
take the outfit to pieces one" more
! dash back to their starting point and
| again assemble the gun. when the cap
ifnln with a stopwatch notes their time
. NLl Inv AAAN. IL 'HAhNAAAtNAN A'f.h '.
| .akina me gun down. carrying Il my
Yards. setting il UP. taking it down
uu,in. running another fifty Yards
s,ttiug il up. i- thiyty-two seconds
'rhiuK of a. Imagine the advantage
of tr,s competitive spirit in q ciusr
! srrimmng, IN 30 Mans Land tll
/ Uu the fight.
instructors from Europe.
The presence ut Instructors a. Fun
stou or French and british experts !"
I guuncry. bayorrt practice ~ other
specialized branches of warfare ltH
to one pf the odd incidents with wh'on
the war is repleto. \ British h'ul'h-
ant stood, after mess chatting ""h
y French captain aud an American or
iccr during the conversation 'h" three
more ur less unuconS'l"uslN ''''p''
ing notes The Eugilshln'h, o. luIh'"
cut. Vus q member Of one "i the Oldest
! British military organizations Wv
Tenth ldncoln,hir" regiment 81 r'"'
u was chat regiment ihHi to"h l"l' ~
the historic battles Of '"n'"id ana