Show i I I I I I I I I I INTERESTING SIGHTS ARE SEEN AT BASE CAMP Orderly Manner in Which Which- Pershing's Soldiers Live in Field Described FIELD HEADQUARTERS COLONIA DUBLAN Chihuahua June 29 Via Army Motor Truck to Columbus N. N M. M July 6 6 Compact prepared and unostentatious unostentatious is the American field h had had- ad- ad quarters camp In Mexico A walk through it showed no evidence evidence evi evi- dence of the hurry the tile curt commands commands com corn mands or military stiffness sometimes sometimes some some- times associated with an army ready for action Instead ad there was ease about men and animals each man knowing his duty so well that haIran halt half haltan an hours hour's warning would be sufficient dent clent to empty the great camp and change it into 1015 an arm army on the march Long rows of ot shelter tents marked the camp of a cavalry command just justin in from a mile mlle march The tents stood in dust three inches deep their tops the height only of a small childs child's head above the ground their interiors interiors inte inte- ovens because of the slight space between the hot sun above and the equally hot earth below In them tired men were sleeping Hard lIard muscled muscled muscled mus mus- cled and brown skinned these men men were prepared for any strain Beyond loomed refreshing bowers of green boughs interiors darkened and cool where kitchens showed food tood prepared in cleanliness a part of the tile contribution of preparedness for keeping the fighting men in trim Men Seek Shade In the tile heart of ot the camp rows of huge gray motor trucks were parked in geometrical designs About them men crouched in the shade of the tho big bodies their olive olie drab clothing stained beyond washing with road dust On the steering wheels hung brilliant red green and blue handkerchiefs handkerchiefs hand hand- handkerchiefs kerchiefs just washed and drying These were the headgear of the truck drivers who have learned that they cannot hope to protect more than their heads and mouths from the dust clouds In the company streets a few Jagged tins were scattered in seemIng seeming seeming seem seem- ing disorder They were temporary washing utensils saved from what usually is junk At the front of every soldiers soldier's tent lay an orderly array of ammunition belts pistols and fighting paraphernalia But they were not conspicuous because each pile lay in almost the same position among the tent trappings The machine machine machine ma ma- chine gun batteries and even the big field guns might be passed without attracting attention so exactly was each placed an and covered from dust in readiness for action Orderly lines marked the camp of the pack and wagon trains Picket line after picket line of of trained and toughened mules were there each the length of about one city block The drivers were giving the animals the most careful attention for they realized realized real real- that frequently upon the training and muscle of such sucil mules may depend depend de de- de pend the lives of soldiers in campaigns campaigns campaigns cam cam- especially as here in Mexico where supplies have been outrun by the fighting columns This Man in Luxury A pair of socks and a shirt hanging hang hang- ing Jog on the wire fence which the camp of the signal corps perhaps per haps formed only a discordant note For from the point of view of preparedness preparedness pre pre- I the size of this soldiers soldier's wash Indicated luxury It meant the owner had an extra shirt which he was wearing It meant he was carrying car excess weight in contrast to others of ot the soldiers who have carried car ned ried no extra clothing for weeks In this camp washing nd bathing have been done simultaneously the hot sun and wind drying the clothing by byI the time the tile bather Is ready to dress Orders have been issued that every effort be made to expedite the construction construction con con- of the new wagon road between between be be- tween Columbus and the field base at Colonia Dublan That delays in transportation over ovel the American i lines of communication may be at a I minimum during luring the rainy season General Penning Pershing has ordered that ex tra laborers be put to work and ad machinery employed New ew graders and wagons are being rushed to tho the construction camps and mill mili I tary authorities here expected that i the road will be ready for motor truck travel in iu thirty days |