The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-16
ANOTHER DRESS
PARADE Will Be
HELD At O'CLOCK
Kings Daughters Send Sup
ply of Soap to Mobiliza-
ton Camp.
1900 MEN STILL THERE
Rev. DIR. Broomfield Tells of
His Impressions at the
Camp.
1900 MEN STILL THERE

Dress parade at Mobilization Camp
yesterday evening was so impressive
and SO greatly enjoyed by the visitors
which numbered thousands that It will
be repeated today.
The soldiers will do the same thing
over this afternoon at O'Clock. Guard
Mount and parade will be held and
any one wishing to see the ceremony
and to hear the band music may do
so by walking in and comfortably seat.
ing himself in the grandstand. The
ranks are gradually becoming delet.
ed by leaves to married men. All mar.
ried men whether they make requisi.
ton for discharge or not will be dis.
charged should they have dependents.
New men to take their places are
being drilled with the old members
and those visiting the ground will see
that 1t doesn't take the average West
Virginia sholdier long to learn tho
manual. There are now 1900 enlisted
men in camp.
Five hundred pieces of soap and
five hundred wash rags were sent the
boys in camp yesterday by the Kings
Daughters. The men were greatly
pleased to get these articlse. Not since
the first day in camp have the slo.
diers looked so fresh and clean as
today. they seemingly taking great
delight In using the gifts.
No more soldiers for guard duty
III be sent away for the present, at
gt
Colonel Jolliffe. ably assisted by his
staff, has camp matters running at the
greatest possible efficiency. Equip.
ment continues to come in every day
and BY five O'Clock this evening there
should he 100 or more horses on the
grounds for pulling wagons and for
mounted orderlies. Should these horses
be unloaded in time there may be some
of the better ones in parade.
Reports from the companies out of
town indicate the men, especially the
company in Pittsburgh are having the
times OF their lives. They work hard,
drill often nut eat and sleep well.
Colonel Lockett, Captain r. c.
Burleson, Lieutenant Oswald Saun.
ders have left Fairmont. They are
the mastering officers for the United
States Army. Sergeant Shetterly, U.
S. Army instructor, sent here to get
the First regiment in shape has been
appointed to a commission as First
Lieutenant West VirgInian Infantry
N. G.
Out of the 134S soldiers examined
by Major William A. Powell, U. S. A,
for service but IS fell down. Many
. of these were discharged because OF
bad hearing, eyes and size.
Yesterday morning Rev. ]. C. Broom.
field, pastor of the Temple NJ. P. con.
gregation, preached to the boys in
camp. This morning he jolted down
the following Impressions:
Approaching the keen interest OF
the general public in the soldier boys
now in camp on the edge OF our city,
and the eagerness with which every
item of news relating thereto is re.
ceived, it occurred to me that a few
words from my pen might not be
amiss.
81 have visited the camp three times
and had the pleasure of preaching
there yesterday morning. My impress.
sions were as follows:
First, the optimistic spirit of the
boys in spite of the many things there
were to discourage. Rain and snow
and mud, such as they encountered
the first days in camp, were enough
to dampen the zeal Of the most en-.
thusiastic. The boys, however, faced
the music like real men, and the
esprit de corps seemed to me to be
excellent.
my second impression grew out OF
the place occupied in the camp life
by the branch Y. NJ. C. A. that had
been established there.
"a mere alert, wide-awake, accom-.
modating group of workers could hard.
~ be found that Secretary Right and
his assistants.
81 feel confident that many of the
boys have quietly thanked God for
the good cheer that these men have
provided.
"The Y. NJ. c. A. headquarters are
located in the fine poultry house OF the
Fair Ground Association. 1t has been
transferred into q veritable club
house. All that chairs and tables and
cushions and stacks of magazines, and
roaring fires and abundance Of writing
material, and good fellowship can do,
has been done there. In my humble
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