Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-09-30
BLISTERS ON SOFT
HANDS OF ROCKIES
Every One of SS at Glenburnie Had
to Do Stunt Of Trench Digging.
TAKES SOMETHING TO FEED EN-.
Governor Expected to Visit Camp This
Afternoon---More Rifle Revolver
Practice.

Trench digging was the order Of the
day yesterday at Saunders Range mill
airy training camp Blistered hands
re the result.
Each man was scheduled 20 dig a
three-foot strip of trench about six feet
deep. The shovels wer smalT and short
of handle. as were also the pickaxes.
To use them meant bending close to the
sround, but no man in the contingent
If eighty-eight hesitated
They went To it like real veterans.
'aid Capt G. Arthur Hadsell, jim charge
Of the camp These men have given
ne one surprise after another Now
hoy tackle the manual labor end Of the
training as rapidly and successfully as
the drilling
Despite the blistered and roughened
hands the trench digging presented
more the appearance ri children play
ng ou the seashore than anything con
lected with bloody war The ground al
he range is ell clean sand and the sol
lier-students We're digging this ND.
pating il down and smoothing il Off with
all the zest of 5-year- olds
About thirty yards Of trenches we're
Gug in the military zig-zag formation
4 big gun pit was also made and the
two one-poundCrs placed iu il Cover
ed trenches and trenches with abut-
monts were also constructed The men
worked in relays. with twenty minutes
labor and twenty minutes rest
The amount of food that these eighty
eight men can put away in day is
surprising. Sergeant Kotwel. t. S. A..
(retired), in charge of the commissary
department gave the amount OF food
used every twenty-four hours as fol-
lows: Two hundred ano fifty eggs
mostly for breakfast: nine pounds of
coffee, twenty-eight pounds of sugar.
thirty pounds of bacon. one hundred
and twenty pounds of beef, two bushels
Of potatoes. sweets and white three bas-
kets Of tomatoes, twelve dozen ears of
corn, (this all goes at one meal). ff-
teen pounds of butter. twenty-four cans
Of milk seventy to one hundred and
twenty loaves of bread.
For the first two days the figure was
120 loaves as the fresh air and exer-
else gave the men enormous appetites.
Since they have become more accus-
toned to the camp life they have not
been eating quite so ravenously. For
dinner yesterday the mep had roast
pork corn and potatoes. The plan is
to give them two vegetables at each
meal and deserts in the evening This
usually consists of rice or bread pud-
ding and cornstrach and gelatine.
Today. however. there will be quite
an innovation. as the men will have TO
cook their own dinners in the trenches
and on the field Each will be given
some bacon. coffee, sugar, a potato and
real army hardtack before leaving the
camp that will have to last until supper
time comes around.
This camp cooking will be due to the
fact that the first military problem will
Re fought out tomorrow The mon will
be divided into two forces-Reds and
Blues The Blues will have an in
trenched battery at the range and a
small contingent of infantry The Reds
will advance from Marley Station and
attempt to capture this battery With
the enthusiasm of the men at the
highest pitch, the problem promises
some lively developments and Interrupt
ted meals are not unlikely.
Governor Goldsborough and Assist
ant Secretary of War Breckenridge are
expected at the camp this afternoon.
A 17-gun salute will be fred if they
arrive together. If separately, II
guns for the Governor and is for Mr..
Breckenridge will be fired
There were no sick calls yesterday
Leroy r. Elgin. who caught a bad cold
Monday night. went home on leave to
recuperate. He will return to the
camp again. if possible
More rifle and more revolver practice
was engaged in yesterday and a note
worthy Improvement among the men
who were gun-shy on Tuesday. was
seen, Quite a number of scores be
meath 40 and AZ out OF a possible SO
we're made. The same general drilling
tactics were followed All of the men
are holding up finely Camp fires are
smoking over the grounds and the gen