Hickory daily record., 1921-07-18
CAVALRY TROOP
HAS NATERY
OUTING

Troop c, Hickory cavalry, went to
water Saturday night and remained
in itgfor most of the night. That
was not what the troop went cut for,
but it amounted to that shortly after
the tents were pitched and the men
had received their supper The scene
Of the camp was a rolling green hill
side across from the lily pond of Mr..
Calvin Baker at the foot of Bakers
mountain and if there were no ifs to
record about the rain, the expedition
would have been a success in every
way. The men however, were game
ana to watch them singing and pad
ding in the water. one would have
thought they belonged to an aquatic
unit instead Of the cavalr Y.
The troop clattered away from the
armcry Saturday evening at $40 and
moved in easy stages to the camping
ground. Captain Wade Bowman, First
Lieut.. Walter C. Taylor and Second
Lieutenant Bryan Wilfong were ir
command. They were accompanied
by member of the home guard, who
acted as war correspondent.
In that night in the field the cor
respondent learned good many
things. The first was that when
cavalry takes the march, the horses
are walked for the first IS minutes
They generally are trotted ten min
utes, walked Is or 20 minutes again
ther rested 10 minutes, started of
slowly, put through the PAGES agair
anG a half mile before the stopping
place arc walked into camp with the
men leading them. The same pro
ceduie is carried out en- return
trip. In that way the animals are
not injured
Arrived at camp, the horses are
allowed to cool off before the saddles
are removed. They are then rubbed
down, led to water and fed. All hors-
es, unless there are some biters and
kickers in the bunch are tetherei to
a rope stretched through the trees.
This part of the work done the men
pitch pup tents and watch the camp
kitchen, They are not required to
keep their eyes on the kitchen, but
tn: c> respondent caught th., boys
doing that and he helreG them do it.
These little tents are called pup tents
because dogs won't sleep in them, army
men say, and neither pups nor men
would use them Saturday night for a
good and sufficient reason. AS we
stated, the men had just finished
supper when Jupiter Pluvius ia aE eff
fort to give those cavalrymen who
oad not been to England and France
a taste of real life. opened his flccd
3gs tos: and turned on the iu;,e. 1t
fell m torrents, sweeping under the
tents and wetting things generally.
Mr.. Baker told the boys to occupy an
old house off to the right, and they
made for it. There they slept cry
ard warm during the night
1t was real meal too that was
served for supper. Hot beefsteak,
mashed Irish potatoes light hreaG,
coffee and lemonade were handed out
and everybody was happy; you bet
your life they were. Then, as was
observed, the moisture set down and
under. In Captain Bowman's tent
everything was pretty dry, but the
captain worried about his men until
they got in the old house. Taylor
and Wilfcng oozed about in the mud
and about 1870 after Bowman and
Taylor had won the war, the captain
went to sleep and the correspondent
spent most of the night listening to
the water hammer which clanked away
at the rate of SO 1-2 clanks minute.
The big bull frogs were grateful for
the rain and sang Justify. Master
Bull Freq had a class and his 70 lit
tie frogs were given some extra les
sons. All the mosquitoes were not
drowned either and they called to ex-
tend greetings and sing for US. Along
about $3.50 one of the hounds which
had been keeping guard at the kitch-
en- came into the officers tent and
Lieutenant Taylor placed his fist in
the hounds ribs That dog must have
been too full for utterance, because
it didn't howl but ambled off side
ways and grunted. A little later it
helped it's mate bark at horse which
broke loose. In various ways the cor
respondent was entertained during the
night, falling off to a happy sleep
about 3:45 with the words Of Gen. J
E. B. Stuart running through his
head 81 you want to have gooo
time, jine the cavalry
The correspondent naturally was
most impressed with the kitchen out
fit. Supper and breakfast were
mighty good. And breakfast wa:
prepared after the hardest rain of the