Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 267, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1916 — MAJOR HEALEY HOME FROM THE FRONT [ARTICLE]

MAJOR HEALEY HOME FROM THE FRONT

Indiana Guard Officer and Editor of Republican Arrived In Rensselaer Monday Evening. Major George H. Healey arrived ; n Rensselaer Monday evening, from thi Mexican border, where he has been for the past several months as an officer in the second battalion of the Indiana infantry. Major Healey has been granted a twenty'days’ furlough, the same as Capt. Tuteur, of Co. M. Tuteur left last Saturday. By his arrival last evening Major Healey was able to cast his vote today. It is the belief of the Major that the soldiers will be. on the border all winter at the very least and preparations are being made for the stay. Conditions, while not as strained as they were at one time, are serious enough to warrant the retention of the soldiers in this district for some time to come, until the conditions if chaos chat exist become somewhat more settled.

The soldiers now encamped on the border are as a rule in good physical condition, and a hard sturdy lot, ready for a gruelling campaign in Mexican country when the time arrives, as it eventually will. The men are getting a little impatient at the inactivity and yearn to have either some real action or to come home. For a long time the new life was a novelty and there was much of interest to make the time pass more quickly. Reports of invasion kept the enthusiasm of the soldiers stirred up. The monotony of camp life, however, has now begun to drag and the men are tiring of it. They are not quitters, but are like all others Americans —they yearn for action, and are not content to rest day after day. Major Healey says that the opportunities in Mexico are unlimited and when that country finally becomes sttled and/s operated properly it will become one of the richest in the world. Although Major Healey has not told us this, we have it from other reliable sources that he is probably the most popular officer among all the officers on the border, and is regarded as one of the most efficient as well. It is a common occurrence for troops from other states to cheer the Major as he goes by on his horse, and he is known to practically every soldier in camp.