I company is laboring along without the capable services of Captain H. F. Luers, who was temporarily defeated by a severe attack by his enemy, General Lumbago, and is now undergoing treatment at the camp hospital. While he is preparing for the vigorous counter-attack, which we know is due to come, 1st Lieut. Burton F. Hood is handling the work connected with the command of the company in efficient manner, which has marked his work since he received his first commission.
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“Buck” Tierney, our singing Irishman, is slated to meet a K Company boxer at the YMCA “stunt night” Saturday.
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Nine men of I company who enlisted after the last inoculation at the home station took their fist ant-typhoid prophylaxis Friday morning. – The Reveille – Vol 1, No 1 – Camp Cody, New Mexico, Oct 14, 1917
W. T. Mollison, Colonel Wm. F. Brandt, Lt. Colonel Oliver J. Quane, Major Minot J. Brown, Major Myron L. Hingeley, Major Ezra C. Clemans, Major and Chaplain Adolph G. Liedloff, Major, M. C. Harold S. Nelson, Capt. and Adjt. Samuel Schaefer, Capt., M. C. Fager M. Babcock, 1st Lieut. M. C. Charles M. Robilliard, 1st Lieut. M. C. Jerome L. Fritsche, 1st Lieut. D. G. Edmund F. Lieb, 1st Lieut. D. C. Herbert G. Hubbard, 1st Lieut. Bn. Adjt. Lawrence H. Mealia, 1st Lt. Bn. Adjt Carl F. Bierman, 1st Lt. Bn. Adjt. Robert j. Deininger, Capt. Sup. Co. Robert M. Sime, 2nd Lt. Sup. Co. Albert C. Chase, Capt. M. G. Co. Arthur M. Simpson, 2nd Lt. M. G. Co ? August Marschner, 2nd Lt. M. G. Co. ? Robert A Grout, Capt. Co. A Jesse L. Kellehan, 1st Lt. Co A Edward C. Dike, 2nd Lt. Co. A Wm. P. Townsend, Capt. Co. B Malcoln Sime, 1st Lt. Co. B Robert W. Craige, 2nd Lt. Co. B Joseph D. Burke, Capt. Co. C Eugene J. Remindino, 1st Lt. Co. C Thomas H. MacKenzie, 2nd Lt. Co. ? Fred C. Ormond, Capt. Co D Ernest A. Jensen, 1st Lt. Co. D Ralph M. Graen, 2nd Lt. Co. D Wm. R. Boyce, Capt. Co. E Frederick L. Hoover, 1st Lt Co. E Wm. A. Ellis, 2nd Lt. Co. E Chas. B. Ward, Capt. Co. F John J. Lieb, 1st Lt. Co. F John Roberts, 2nd. Lt. Co. F Alfred C. Page, Capt. Co. G Olaf B. Damm, 1st. Lt. Co. G Geo. A. Damm, 2nd Lt. Co. G Herbert M. Hauck, Capt. Co. H Cyril B. Spicer, 1st Lt. Co. H Victor E. Carlson 2nd. Lt. Co. H Herbert F. Luers, Capt. Co. I Berton F. Hood, 1st lt. Co. I Serverin Swenson, 2nd Lt. Co. I Bertram M. Cosgrove, Capt. Co. K Frank A. Schmide 1st Lt. Co. K Charles M. Kelehan, 2nd Lt. Co. K Wm. B. Clement, Capt. Co. L John W. Lauterbach, 1st Lt. Co. L Harold L. Jordan, 2nd Lt. Co. L Otto I. Ronningen, Capt. Co. M Clifford W. Pickle, 1st Lt. Co. M Gerald C. Dale, 2nd Lt. Co. M
The Reveille – Vol 1, No 1 – Camp Cody, New Mexico, Oct 14, 1917
Camp Cody Tents and Soldiers, Deming, New Mexico, 1917-1918
Col. W. T. Mollison and Major Hingeley were in El Paso on Thursday looking after Exchange affairs.
Mr. Ed. LeMay who has charge of all the road and concrete work of Camp Cody is an old member of the 2nd Minn. He was Adjutant before the Spanish American War and was Capt. of Co. “E” during the Spanish American War. On Saturday evening, last, he invited the Field and Staff and the Line officers of the Second and Third Regiments and the Brigade Staff to Mexican dinner at his mess hall. Fully a hundred were present. Addresses were made by Gen. Resche, Col. Mollison, Col. Eva, Major Clemans, and others.
An entertainment was given on Wednesday in the out door auditorium. Major Clemens, the Padre, presided. The Band under direction of Band Master Lewry played a number of pieces. Private Isham of Co. “A” sang accompanied on the violin by Private Busson of the Machine Gun Co. Private C. R. McLean of Co. “L” gave some acrobatic stunts, Private G. A. Klingensmith of Co. “D” gave a humorous recital and private Arthur E. Larson of Co. “C” sang. Mr. F. B. Camp of Philadelphia, camp reporter for the Associated press read several of his own poems. He is the author of Mexican Border Ballads.
A ball game between the Second and Third Battalions will be played on Sunday at 3:30 P.M.
Lieut. H. L. Jordon of Co. “L” will be in charge of the Athletics of the Regiment. The Padre will have a general supervision over the Athletics and will endeavor to pay the bills. – The Reveille – Vol 1, No 1 – Camp Cody, New Mexico, Oct 14, 1917
Camp Cody Tents On A Summer Day, Deming, New Mexico, 1917-1918
The bonds can be purchased by officers and men on the allotment plan. All bonds purchased on this plan are in $50 amounts, coupons bonds, and payable to bearer. The plan is as follows:
Allotments are on the basis of $5 per month per bond.
Example. A man purchasing one $50 bond, which will be delivered at end of 10th month.
Bonds can also be purchased for cash.
Bonds can also be purchased through home banks on the deferred payment plan of 2 per cent with subscription. 18 per cent November 15th and 40 per cent on December 15th and January 15th respectively.
All these purchases either by allotment, cash or through home banks should go through the Liberty Loan Committee of your company and through the Liberty Loan officer of the regiment. A Liberty Loan committee has been appointed in each company. See your First Lieutenant or First Sergeant. Harold S. nelson, Captain 136th Infantry, Liberty Loan Officer. – The Reveille – Vol 1, No 1 – Camp Cody, New Mexico, Oct 14, 1917
WW1 34th Division Liberty Loan Patch, Deming, New Mexico, 1917-1918
It has been a source of satisfaction to the C.O. to note the way in which you have taken up the duties assigned you since our arrival here. Each individual has seemed to have had a personal interest in the work at hand and this is as it should be.
We have made a satisfactory beginning but it is only a start and to uphold the standard set for this regiment and to “finish” as we have begun, make it necessary for everyone of us to put forth his very best effort toward that efficiency, that will spell success.
There are going to be many calls for efficient non-coms to fill responsible positions throughout the division and it is going to be “up to” the C.O. to recommend and appoint these men. Now, a good soldier is looking for promotion and I trust that the enlisted men of this regiment will cultivate the spirit of co-operation and desire for greater efficiency and that we shall be able to furnish highly competent men when we are called upon to designate them. Let the motto of the 136th Infantry (2nd Minn.) be “GREATER EFFICIENCY.” Sincerely W. T. Mollison, Colonel 136th Infantry. – The Reveille – Vol 1, No 1 – Camp Cody, New Mexico, Oct 14, 1917 – Weekly
Line of Tents at Camp Cody, Deming, New Mexico, 1917-1918
Mr. Walton also read the following telegram from the Deming Chamber of Commerce, relative to the rental situation:
Deming, N. M., December 10, 1917, Honorable W. B. Walton Washington D. C.
When Camp Cody was first started and thousands of people flocked to Deming, some work on camp construction and others to start in business, there were some cases of high rents, for which the owners of the property were not responsible. They leased at reasonable prices, but speculators drove up the rents on business property. In one or two instances army officers got to bidding against each other on furnished residence property and drove up rents in that way. Members of the chamber of commerce and business men of Deming have done everything possible to relieve the situation by constructing houses with modern improvements at actual loss for army men with families at $20 to $25 per month, and the Chamber of Commerce is offering to furnish ground rent free to any officer or enlisted man who wishes to erect temporary residence. Over 300 residences have been erected in that way. Secretary Deming Chamber of Commerce – Deming Graphic Newspaper – January 18, 1918
Camp Cody, Deming, New Mexico, Tent Area, 1917-1918
And also an extract from telegraphic report dated Camp Cody, December 29, 1917, to the Surgeon General from the committee of special sanitary inspectors, composed of Colonel P. M. Ashburn, Medical Corps; Major William H. Welch and Major A. C. Abbott
Conditions in this camp generally very satisfactory. All your recommendations being put into effect, but recommend expediting plumbing and sewerage. Measles situation controlled. Pneumonia not so bad as in many places, and mortality not unusually high. Meningitis not a problem. Venereal record excellent. Medical affairs in division and hospital well handled and not criticized. – Deming Graphic Newspaper – January 18, 1918
Now, Mr. Speaker, I called at the office of the Surgeon General the other day in regard to conditions in Camp Cody. I have heard that some criticism was about to be made relative to the camp and I asked a formal expression of that office as to health conditions there, and I received this letter:
War Department, Office of the Surgeon General, Washington, December 14, 1917
Honorable W. B. Walton, Room 192, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C.
My dear Mr. Walton; In compliance with your request of this morning, I am directed by the Surgeon General to make the following statement in regard to health conditions in the Thirty-Fourth Division, National Guard, at present stationed at Camp Cody, New Mexico:
This Camp is excellently located. Its general sanitary and sanitary administration has been reported as excellent by all inspectors, including an inspector from this office. The climate is a fine one.
Very sincerely yours, F. P. Reynolds, Colonel, Medical Corps.
Deming Graphic Newspaper – January 18, 1918
Camp Cody Tent Area, Deming, New Mexico, 1917-1918
The latest data which I have noticed was for the year 1915, when the average temperature was 58 degrees. The number of sunshiny day was 323. The highest average monthly temperature was 77 and the lowest 44. The soldier boys there can work and train in the open and with absolute comfort the year round.
With reference to dust, Mr. Speaker, which seems to have made such a very vivid impression on the distinguished gentleman, I desire to say that in all sections of the southwest there are at infrequent intervals dust storms; and I presume that the visit of the gentleman occurred on one of these very rare occasions. The storms are really healthful in effect, purifying, as they do, the atmosphere. A large body of men moving around as they do in Camp Cody naturally creates dust, but it is a pleasure to inform the gentleman that this condition has been rectified by the liberal sprinkling of water and oil, and no longer exist, if it ever did exist as he describes it. – Deming Graphic Newspaper – January 18, 1918
Camp Cody Officers In Front Of Their Tents, Deming, New Mexico, 1917-1918
Digressing for a moment, ad while I think about it, to answer the statement made by the gentleman from Minnesota, that some one told some person, and some person told somebody else, and so on and so forth, that $15,000 had been expended to secure the location of the camp at Deming, I want to say to you, Mr. Speaker, that I was present in Washington when the committee came from Deming to present the availability of that section, that the committee consisted of the president of the Chamber of Commerce and the mayor of the Village of Deming; that they did not give dinners; and all they did was to go to the War Department, because I accompanied them and was present and know of I speak, and present a written statement of the advantages of the camp and offer the donation of the land necessary for the camp.
I know that of my own knowledge. The particular advantage of the location of Camp Cody is the mild and equitable climate, permitting of out door work every day in the year. The average yearly temperature in that section, and I live within 48 miles of Deming, have lived there for 27 years and certainly know something about conditions; also having lived in Deming, is about 45 degrees. – Deming Graphic Newspaper – January 18, 1918
Camp Cody Buildings, Deming, New Mexico, 1917-1918
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