The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-11-29
DON'T like 1T
At CAMP MILLS
North Dakota Boys Think Camp
Mills the "lNorst
Ever"
RAIN AND MUD CONTINUOUS
Compares Very unfavorabIy to
Camp Greene. Still They
Take Things Good:
naturedIy. .

Suffice to say that the boys don t
like Camp Mills. 1t is the mean
est, sloppiest, mlckiest, nastiest,
foggiest and dirtiest camp in the
world. Since landing in Camp
Mills the 164th, First North Da.
kota, has encountered nothing but
rain and fog. The companies of
the Second North Dakota and the
North Dakota boys in the supply
and sanitary trains who have been
here from two to three weeks long
er say that the Weather has been
much the same ever since their ar
rival.
Passes will not be issued to any
body to visit New York City, and
officers are tied up in camp with
the men. Orders have been sent
out from division headquarters to
the effect that no men of the "Sun-
set" division can visit New York
City until all the men are equip
ped. OF course, they can go to
Hampstead or Jamaica or Free
Hampstead or Jamiaca or Free
Long Island villages, but there is
no fun in that.
Take Hampstead as All example.
Barber shops are a scarcity and
bathing facilities are not facilities.
The village fire hall sports two
shower baths and if felloW| is
lucky and can get away from camp
early enough he can probably get
under one of those two hot show
ers within an hour or so. Barber
shops with bathing facilities
charge 35 cents for the hot Water
privilege and IS cents is lot OF
money to the boys in the ranks.
The Y. NJ. e.. maintains two
reading and writing rooms in
Hampstead and the Red Cross wo-
men have a club house where they
serve home cooked meal, but
these places are ovcrcrowded.
There is as much difference be
tween Camp Mills and Camp
Greene as bctw~en daylight and
dark. Camp Greene at Charlotte,
y. c., was clean, the soil sandy
and half Il days sunshine dried
up the dampncss and mud. Her"
the soil is mlcky and there has
not even been a half days sum
shine to experiment with. AT
Camp Greene all company streets
were graded, wooden mess halls
were provided for the men. Here
streets are ungraded and screened
and burlapped small cook shacks
are provided from which grub is
dished out to the men who sit
around outside Of tents, eating
Here candles furnish the light il.
place of the elcctric.lights of Camp
Greene. There are no fioored tents
while Camp Greene had all tents
f0orcd and walled as we'll.
But then there is not ilalf as
much gr,nnbing as one might OK
pect. "We'rc in the army now,
say the boys and they take things
as good naturcdly as possible. All
they ask for is mail and NOR" malI,
and once more, folks, get the com,
pany letter in the address.
OF course they'd like to be able
to put their feet under the table
at home ono" more. especial. !,
when they think that Thanksgiv-
ing Day comes soon.
One thing that furnishes aIttIc
variation and satisfaction is the
fact that all the North Dakota
units. or rather all the units i'll
Guiding North Dakota men are now
within visiting distance and the
boys have had Il chance to look up
friends. And it was almost like
stepping into the home town again
to greet some of tie boys.
AS for going to France-what
Yes, we are going; some day. That
is about as definite as anyone
knows and about as much infor-
nation as the censor would let yet
by anyway.