Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-10-12

OF the last three months OF the exper
ience OF Shoshone boy.
May the twenty second ! signed
number OF papers at the Shoshone Clut
have learned since that / agreed tC
do a great many things though time
WAS too valuable to read the papers
| then. | think among other things
agreed to serve our country, at any
rate IT seems that way now. Some
very peculiar questions were asked me
All the recruits in the Office were ask
| ed the same questions. When they ask
ed what our religion was one fellow
looked embarrassed and said he did
nj know. | have not been able to find
out for him yet, Another boy said
his mother had all the religion in his
family. When asked how much com
mon school education he had one lad
said twelve years. We had. a laugh at
his perplexed look when he was asked
how mari years In high school.
Having finished the preliminaries in
Shoshone we left the next day on No 10
On the way other rockies called us
doctors, but when we got 10 Goat Island
the Seamen called us "girls of the
Navy"
We got to the hill on the morning
OF the twenty seventh. There was by
this time about forty of us from all
over the country. When they saw us
coming the boys who were mess cooks
yelled. Lime up for Chow" We formed
line and marched into the mess hall
for our meal This ceremony over we
were given another physical examina-
ton which was the third and last one.
We were then sent to the bath room
for a shower.
Having given each of us n life pre-
screw for a mattress and a blanket we !
were put to bed on the gymnasium
floor Next morning we were given |
uniforms and complete equipment and |
sent to Detention Barracks. We spent |
about twelve hours here at Detention |
Barracks. but II | did not have my |
diary for proof | would think 1t as
many days. We spent the time shiv-
ering In the cold. watching the ball
games and listening to boys knock the
celluloid from the piano keys. The
pianos here have the white ivory" off
the three middle octaves due TO vigor-
rus action employed in decomposng the
latest rag.
We thought by Monday morning we
were real salty sailors. but they told us
to get out bag and baggage and set
sail for the hospital school. Here we
were laughed at i'm a good natured way
and called rockies Just as we did later
when boys came FIRM ID. Barracks.
At the hospital school we were given
wheel barrows. picks. shovels and
BOSS. We graded the streets with these
antique tools for about three days and
we're then admitted to classes. There
we're three classes. A. b. c. ID. The ID
tands for working detail. / was glad .
indeed that we were now graduated
rom ID to G. We have been in this
lass since then. :
After having spent eight weeks in
he school was permitted to take the )
Examination for hospital apprentice.
rst class. The work consisted of the :
ock pile. pharmacy. chemistry. mess
cooking, anatomy. materia medica.
uard duty. hygiene toxology. nursing. E
rst aid and bandaging. osteoiogy. care :
wards and clerical duties. You can
nagine how fellow must work TO
arm all about these subjects I'm eight
eeks. We did not take examina- =,
on I'm all OF them however, but man
ged to pass.
Having become first class l sought -
for special Detail This =
rs two main features. One is that
e eat at first chow. The other is that ),
e do not go TO classes. succeeded in ~
'tting on the detail as Sanitary Po- =. .s
q. -
The school now consists OF one thou ~
nd and ten students. More are COM "
z I'm but they leave here SO that the ~ ~
mber is ahiut he same at all times. ~
A draft OF about one hundred and 80
enty will leave here the fifth. or "
ese about forty will go 10 the Asia
.. The remainder will go to base
spitals on the coast to complete their
lining These hospitals are located
Mare Island and San Diego. Calf =
ria. Los Aminas, Colorado; and Bre-
rton. Washington. At these places
! boys are trained more thoroughly
duty on board ship and at the front r.
n the marines.
from what | understand at present
hink l viii be sent to Pearl Harhor
day. Just think. you can picture me
r there with some fair Hawaiian
iden on my knee. while she is play
the IKE, for my enjoyment
i've my regards to all.
Your friend. e
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