Arizona republican., 1917-05-27
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 WRITES ABOUT
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i F. F. Lane, who went from the ] forces of Dwight E. Heard to the of ! ficers' training camp a San Francisco, | has written most entertainingly of the work which is being done to turn out officers in three months in this en- campment. Writing to his old team mates he says:
 1 Gan you realize a regular ! 80 a.
 m. diet, with 9:3 D. m. as the last minute for crawling in under the army 1 blankets? And between these hours, 1 hardly anything to do beyond lining
 up at $40 in the morning. when per 1 haps we may be called for having one button on the coat hanging open, hur- rying back for the toothbrush and
 getting in line at the lavatories, and before a. m, making our hunks, sweeping up our quarters. and having everything in apple-pie order. At 5 o'clock we breakfast, and it is not Continental style. We have eggs, sometimes but honestly, have for gotten my appetite for coffee.
 At o'clock, the captain inspects quarters, at 7:30 we line up for drill. This morning the physical exercise in cluded plenty of running, then an hour of quiz on what we have studied the night previous Git behooves you to study), then an hour of drill with the bay0net fixed on the nine pound Springfield rifle G've got plenty of weight to put behind the bayonet and hope 1 thrust correctly, then an hour of squad drill then some semaphore signals, or signals with the arms, at which we have all become artists. (You see, the signals are to be sent from the firing line to the rear and may be useful) Then We have some firing and aiming drill and at 1915 we have fifty minutes off (really we have). In that time we lunch and rest whenever practicable as the Plattsburg manual says.
 At 1:30 the three hours of afternoon drill is started, including squad drill. company drill some more semaphoring and aiming and sighting exercise. and usually we wind up the afternoon at 4:30 after an hours practice march. Next Friday the two hour marches begin.
 First call for retreat comes at 5:20 and somehow in the interim, there are three times as many things to do as there is time.
 With 15o men in the company and the few showers, we almost have to issue numbers for our turn, so perhaps all of us do not get a bath every day. At 5:30 supper, and from 7:15 to 9:15 is study period. Then 15 minutes until bedtime. l am unable to report on between 9:30 D. m. to 5:S0 a. m. so far for I've just naturally put away. It's a rude shock at 5:30 every day.
 Seriously, however, the experience is fine. There are almost 2500 men, of splendid calibre, from all over the west. This number is divided into 16 com panies. In my own company are Power Conway, Beverly Tucker and young Rayburn. Bob BearGsley and Dan Patch are in Co. 9. Rinker, Kih. bey and Les Byron in Co. s. Hal Grim shaw is also in Go. 9.
 T see Fred Christy occasionally. and Harry Osborne, but have not as yet run across the balance of the Phoenix crew. Power is rapidly becoming one of the brigadiers of the occasion. We were in the same squad for a while and so could help each other out, but we were later separated on account of height
 My barracks are among those at the first entrance to the Presidio, looking over the pretty bay and the cd Fine Arts building of the exposition. The surroundings are delightful, had we more time to explore them"