South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-24

which many utensils are lost. At
so a. m. We go TO the campus drill
field, and drill in bayonet charges.
close order extended order, until
$3.50 a. m. Then to our relief we
have off time until 9:20 during which
time we go to the Palmer house and
get something good TO eat and write
these stories. Don't you wish you
could help u.s. At this time (9:2O)
we have something special every day;
so far we have had wall scaling, tar
get practice, first aid to the in
jured." semaphore signalling and
tent pitching.
After an hours instruction I'm these
subjects our bump of knowledge has
grown larger and we realize that we
didn't know beans" about the sub
jects as we thought we did.
At 1850 a. m. we are drilled in
the Manual of Arms" close and ex-
tended order march. skirmish lines.
bayonet charges. firing practice and
range practice. If YOU could see US
you would shiver, for we are the
toughest looking bunch of soldiers
anybody can find. as We charge down
the field thrusting our bayonets into
an imaginary enemy. Next we have
one Of the best things of the Gay,
dinner. At 1870 the students are
allowed to take up the subject that
they most desire, the subjects being,
advanced infantry, cavalry practice,
machine gun practice, artillery prac-
tice, wireless, first aid. signal prac-
tice, range finding. panoramic
sketching and map making. Meyer,
Hodson, Hagey and Barnes are TAX
ing up wireless. After our one and
one-half hours training in these
elective subjects we have drill until
AIS. After our drill we have our
recreation, which means a trip to
the Palmer House" again for re-
freshments GO you KIDD Don't
get the idea that Just because we
are near soldiers we can't have ice
cream and candy, because we do.
Here are some rules that we have
to strictly follows: Don't stoop in
ranks, (this means that our tin
plates are trampled on by the rest
of the company, when they are
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means an occasional balling out that
is received by Hodson and MeyerD
This causes much snickering by the
rest of the company so the COM
mand Wipe il off, is given (Which
means straighten your face Hold
son was threatened by the COM
handing officer TO be sent ''over the
road if he didn't quit "mOnkeying."
But since John Never has been made
a corporal Glen has lost some of his
bashfulness 90 Hagey is a excel
lent boy and follows out the officers
command 10 a 7. Steve Barnes fol-
lows out Hagey's example. But
Johnston and Grazcol are still the
little devils they always were. We
must salute our superior officers
when we pass them 10y bringing our
right hand TO our hat band and
bringing them quickly to our sides.
If any of Us are late TO formations
during the day we have 10 perform
mess detail" which means to help
serving the grub" Every time we
enter the mess hall we see either
Barnes or Hodson dishing out or
passing water and coffee. When one
serves mess detail the advantage Of
getting enough TO eat is had so Hold
son manages to be late about every
other formation accidentally This
morning Johnnie Meyer had a mar
row escape from mess detail for it
required the help OF the whole tent
TO wake him.
After supper we have entertain
ments OF various kinds. sometimes
movies" Tonight we had a talk
during which everybody went TO
sleep, but we're livened up by gath
ering around bOnfires and cheering
our heads of. Well. by golly we
are all nearly asleep so we will close.
JOHN MEYER.
STEVE BARNES.
OTTO GRACZOL.
GLEN HODSON.
GEORGE HAGEY
FRED JOHNSTON