Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-06-29

The d1Sclplne OF soldier lie ha
its advantages and benefits and vic,
versa. The boys rise on the minute
have a thorough and exact schedule
for each of the numerous duties o.
the day and violation means spe
cial duty. Sunday one of the young
men from Abilene had neglected t.
leave his cot in proper order and
some visitors found him out making
hay-special duty.
The mobilization camp is plated
with an engineers exactness and
system. The companies, with tbs.
tents in rows running north and
south, are lined in alphabetical or
der east and west, with respect to
regiments. In front of the regimen
tai headquarters wave the flags of
the regiment, and the Red, White
and Blue. When one becomes accus-
toned to the methods of plating it
is as easy to locate certain tents as
it is to locate q house in Abilene
when the street and number are
given.
The camp was as spic and span
as a proud housewives kitchen. All
health and sanitation precautions
are taken. Each morning clean up
details are assigned to special duty.
They pick up the waste paper, no
decayed food is allowed to lie
around, all slop is buried and ev-
cry bit of trash is burned. The alb
sence of flies was especially noted
There was some complaint of poor
food on the part of the militiamen
but it was due to the company
cook. The open kitchens attracted
the attention of the women. In the
Pawnee Flats camp many advant-
ages are to be had that will be
conspicuously absent on the border
and one will be the shower baths,
but the boys are enjoying the har-
dening process.
Nearly all of the companies have
Sunday church services. The organ
ization from Kansas City has sec
ond Billy Sunday who conducts
evangelistic meetings and on the
the train enroute for Fort Riley
eight responded to his call for con-
verts. Company H, End Kansas, of
Winfield, has young man as a
member who quit a good position
just to go along and guard the
morals of the youth and men.
Baseball, wrestling matches, box
ing contests and tumbling furnished
athletic diversion to break the camp
routine. Some companies have ex-
ceptionally good athletes and an oc-
casional blanket tossing sight greet
ed the visitor Sunday. Others have
good singers and one had an ex-
able quartet. The visit
Or heard the strains of many an
originally @orded song floating out
rom beneath the brown canvas.
The music is the inspiration of
he soldier and has led many a
egiment on a successful charge ..
Igainst the enemy and in the First
egiment band from the University !.
f Kansas and the Second regiment
and from Topeka the Kansans :
ave two crackerjack organizations.
unday both gave concerts that !,
vere greatly appreciated. The Sec
nd participated in the guard mount
unday evening which was impress
i've to the civilian. t
Although the transportation and d
istribution of supplies have gone a
n with remarkable haste, not all V
le companies and members are S,
lily equipped yet. Some of the re- D
'uits are wearing nondescript citi- S,
IN clothing while anxiously await
g for their equipment, which was r,
irving in great wagonloads sun IL
~.
Every possible and spare mo- u
ent the captains were drilling
cir companies and scattered here
i'd there was an awkward squad
five, six or seven recruits in q
arge of a corporal, who was teach III
lg them the first PRINCIPLES of re
Halt! Right About Left Obhque Ia
BOULDER Arms and Attention. II
The most patriotic inspiring sight II
the day was seen at 4:S0 p. m &c
len every one of the 5000 stood OF
attention in lines as straight as te
string while the band played the IN
ar Spangled Banner. When the