The Detroit times., 1915-08-20
sy 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 anc. in
tcrlacing, made moving arabesques
against the western sky.
In the shallow vale below long
rows OF huge, red-faced recruits
painted as they bent and unbent.
sweating In their khaki pants and
heavy flannel shirts OF sticky gray.
and looking cumbersome "a 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 at hand. here iefore this
cabin OF rough boards where stood.
orderlies rushed to and fro. messen-
gers flew about. officers In motors
flashed by. saluting--and the great
ocean OF noice from II all drifted
In. wave after wave.
This Is an attempt 10 present to
you a panorama OF Camp Hughes.
ia miles west OF Winnipeg. as |
came upon II this August day
Camp Hughes Is important. for
IL Is THE essence OF Canada at
war"-the place where they are
turning out the dominion's new and
best product, the Canadian Tommy
Atkins.
I'VE have the material for the
real thing uot 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 10 20 into the
allied armies, the Canadiar-born vol
unteer. and getting Il in great num-
bers. And although am an Eng.
lish soldier. born and bred. say
this: that the Canadiau-born sol.
der Is going 10 prove himself THE
FLOWER OF THE WORLDS ar
mics In this war. There II 10 ques-
tion about the il backed by a
daring and a physique that has no
parallel so far as ! KNOW
How do YOU go about the work
OF turning out this new thing, the
Canadian Tommy ! asked
Col. Elliot smiled. half anusedly,
thought, and hall grirly
We'll. the first thing we have to
teach him. strange as I. may seem,
Is the NECESSITY and VALUE OF
DISCIPLlNE--that he mus; learn
To obey AT ALL COSTS
"But II Is 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 ind;vi,iualIsm
into the common good a. once. can
your"
The physical part OF the train.
ing they are most adept al. In a
week. mostly. have given them
their complete course In gettlng.up
exercises--and every one OF their
muscles In taut as steel.
Then they are given their mus
kets and they exercise with these.
so that when this course Is com.
pleted they are thoroughly at home
with the musket In any position
and so that their muscles are, too.
which is even more important!
Then they are divided into
groups-infantry. cavalry and ar
tiilery.
For infantry keep the lighter
fellows who are quick on their feet:
Tor The cavalry I choose the heavy
men who are good riders; and for
artillerIsts I choose the brainiest
fellows I can And. The artillery.
you know. Ii the most important
factor In this war and requires prac.
ticaIly an engineering skill to make
II efficient
THE next course Is In drilling,
learning the march commands. etc.
Then comes lessons In sutrenching
and shooting practice. On An aver.
age, II takes six months TO turn out
good infantryman: nine for n