Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-09
HOW UNCLE SAM PREPARES HIS
BOYS TO DEFEND THE NATION

takes care of his own mess kit and
bunk. The equipment is very COM
plete. including Springfield 80, 1903
model, rifle, with payonet, cartridge
belt, camping outfit for use on march,
poncho, canteen and blankets. The
sanitation is practically perfect, but
each man to be doubly safe is ad-
vised to undergo vaccination for ty-
phoid and smallpox, although this is
merely matter of safety first" The
hospital tent takes care of all cases
of sickness or hurts, and special en-
phasis is laid on the care of the feet,
one OF the most essential items in a
soldiers knowledge.
Y. NJ. G. A. Tent
The Y. NJ. C. A tent, which in
cludes the distributing point for mail
and the writing tables and reading
room, is a comfortable retreat from
the sun, and another tent contains
piano which is in action all the
| time when drills are not being held.
A barber shop, tailor's tent and post
exchange where one can buy anything
from a pair of shoes to a bag of
peanuts, complete the list, not for
| getting, OF course, the mess tent
where for some the most enjoyable
portions of the day are spent
The soldiers day at camp begins
with the first call for reveille at 5.45
a. M; assembly at 6 and mess call
| for breakfast at 6.30. At 7.25 the
| first call for drill is given and the
entire morning is spent drilling with
and without arms, with a few minutes
breathing space between drills. Mess
| call at IL o'clock marks the closing
of the required work for the day, but
| for those who desire to employ the
| afternoon also in military tactics
there are opportunities for optional
work of which practically all take
advantage at one time or another.
The optional work includes guard
mount, using the horses of the Sec
ond cavalry troops; rifle range tar
get practice, artillery drill, lectures
on various military subjects. and in
structlon in topography, technique,
etc.
The Day Ends
The first call for retreat is given
at p. m. At $40 the companies as
semble for inspection of arms and at
! SIS retreat is sounded. The Star
| Spangled Banner is then played while
the companies stand at parade rest,
and in spite of myself little thrills
keep constantly running up and down
my spine during all the time the band
is playing. There is something in
spring about the whole thing.
Tattoo is sounded for lights out"
at o'clock, call to quarters at 1915,
and taps at IL indicate the close
of the day. This routine will be fol-
lowed with the exception of Sunday,
until about ten days before the camp
breaks up. At this time the entire
camp follows the regular troops on
ten-day march, which will be con-
Quoted precisely along the same lines
as the marching methods of the
regular army and with instruction
and actual experience in guard duty,
topography and maneuvering.
Camp Newspaper
I forgot to mention that a num-
Der Of the students with journalistic
tendencies will issue a camp news
paper three times a week for the
four weeks of camp life. This sheet
will include camp news of every ma
ture and special bits of information
about each student and will be an
additional means of intensifying the
fellow feeling and democratic COM
raderie which already exists.
Among the more prominent names
in camp are Leonard Wood, Jr., son of
Commander General Leonard S.
Wood, of the United States army; ].
A Garfield, grandson of former Pres
ident Garfield; H. Hadley and NJ,
Hadley, son of President Arthur T.
Hadley, of Yale University. The older
of the two brothers is a command
er of one of the student companies
and was instrumental in establishing
the camp journal. Probably over
fifty per cent. of the students have
had some little previous experience
in military training, either at the
former student instruction camp at
| Burlington, VT, or at various mill
| tary schools in different parts of the
| country The rest are entirely new
! at the game.
Interesting Facts
Below are some interesting facts re-
| lating to the schools and colleges
represented and the number of men
| from each. The majority are un-
dergraduates of the schools given,
and but a few are graduates or TAX
ing graduate work, so 1t is fair to
state the following figures as giving
the correct representation from each
school and university.
Yale leads with SO men, Cornell is
second with 45, Harvard third with
35 and Princeton fourth with SO;
combined military schools, 80; Col
lege City of New York, 27; Groton
Preparatory School, IA; Williams, IL;
Howard University. II; Stevens In
stitute, 8; Penn State, Lehigh and
Columbia, Z each.
New Haven High, Hartford High,
Mass. Inst. of Tech, 5 each.
Amherst, Andover, Dartmouth,
Erasmus High, Mass. Agriculture,
Westminster Wesleyan, University of
Vermont, Georgetown, st. PauPs,
Exeter, Holy Cross, New York Uni
versity, all three each.
Besides these there are between
sixty and eighty other schools and
colleges represented which have eth
er one or two men in camp, totaling
up to 1913 men that are not included
| in the above figures. The other Har-
risburg boys in camp are Kenneth
Jones and Leland Johnson, Steelton.
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