The Detroit times., 1915-08-20
ey HARRY PAYNE BURTON.


CAMP HUGHES. Manitoba, Aug
19.-Across the hilltop 10000 troops
tramped. their sharp, glancing bayo.
nets wounding the clear air and
their leggined legs. lacing and In.
terlacing. made moving arabesques
against the western sky.
In the shallow vale below long
rows OF huge. red-faccd recruits
painted as they bent and unbent
sweating In their khaki pants and
heavy flannel shirts OF sticky gray,
and looking cumbersome as the
hulking moujiks of the Russian
steppes.
Far out, on the crest OF the fur.
thest hill. great groups of cavalry
raced and Unanswered untiringly
and In the scraggly silver birch
woods. along the side, artilleries dis
patched roaring shells TO designated
spots.
Near ut hand, here before this
cabin OF rough boards where | stood
orderlies rushed to and fro. messen-
gers New about, officers in motors
flashed by. saluting-and the great
ocean OF nolce from 1t all drifted
In. wave after wave.
This is an attempt to present 10
you panorama OF Camp Hughes.
ia miles west OF Winnipeg, as
came upon IL this August day.
Camp Hughes Is important for
II In THE essence OF Canada aat
war"--the place where they are
turning out the domipion's new and
best product. the Canadian Tommy
Atkins!
I'VE have the material for the
real thing not here-the real CANA
DIAN soldier" said Col. Elliot 10
me as we started on "a tour OF in.
spection" OF this great training
ground. laid out on the sweet-scent-
ed pralries of Manitoba.
Here we are getting the NEW
element which is TO go into the
allied armies, the Canadian-born vol
unteer, and getting II In great mum
hers. And although I am an Eng
this: that the Canadian-born sol
der is going to prove himself THE
FLOWER OF THE WORLDS ar.
mics In this war! There IL no ques.
ton about 1.-THE Is backed by a
daring and a physique that has no
parallel so far as I know!'
How do you go about the work
of turning out this new thing. the
Canadian Tommy" I asked.
Col. Elliot smiled. half amusedly.
thought. and half grimly.
We'll, the first thing we have TO
teach him. strange as u may seem,
Is the NECESSITY and VALUE of
DISCIPLlNE-thas he mus. learn
TO obey AT ALL COSTS.
But II In very natural, when you
come To think OF it--that these ma.
tive fellows out here have hard
time to master this fact. For they
have been pioneering ard IT. pio-
neering II Is every man for himself
and the devil take the hindmost.
So you can't expect them to sink
even part OF their individualism
into the common good at once, can
you?"
"The physical part OF the train.
ing they are most adept at. In a
week, mostly, have given them
their complete course in setting-up
exercises-and every one OF their
muscles is taut as steel.
Then they are given their mus
kets and they exercise with these.
so that when this course In com.
pleted they are thoroughly 1T home
with the musket In any position
and so that their muscles are. too,
which is even more important
Then they are divided into
sroups-infantry. cavalry and ar.
tiilery.
For infantry I keep the lighter
fellows who are quick on their feet:
for The cavalry I choose the heavy
men who are good riders: and for
artillerists choose the brainiest
fellows ] can find. The artillery,
you know, ls the most important
factor In this war and requires prac-
tically an engineering skill to make
Il efhcient.
"The next course is In drilling.
learning the march commands. etc.
Then comes lessons in eutrenching
and shooting practice. On an aver
age. II takes six months to turn out
o good infantryman; nine for a