Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-05-16
CANADIANS IN CAMP
ENTHUSIASTIC OVER.
ENTRY Of AMERICA

| WILEY, England, May l0.-Ine OnS
| spot in all England where the news of
Americas entry into the war was re-
ceiyed with the greatest enthusiasm
was the Canadian camp at Whitley and
Bramshot.
| Canadians here regard their Ameri-
can neighbors more like friends than
brothers" and look forward to having
United States troops shoulder to shout
der with them soon.
| If there was one man in camp hap
pier than any other it was the Canad-
ian bandmaster. The Maple Leaf For
ever" was about the only old reliable
marching tune his military musicians
had on tap:
American airs such as Dixie" and
"The Battle Cry of Freedom an ex-
ample of Canadian neutrality-now
ring through the Surrey hills as the
Canadians march, and the officers rise
from their places at the table when the
band, which plays outside their mess
at meal-times, strikes up the Star
Spangled Banner"
Whitley camp is unique in one respect.
Il is, perhaps, the only camp in the
world where the cook is not the power
behind the throne"
The newly-found Canadian efficiency
has extended to the kitchen, and Off
GERS and men live on war rations that
are outlined by the authorities months
in advance, with every detail of the
cooking prescribed.
Disciplinary Action Will Be Taken
if This Diet Sheet is Deviated From" is
the omnibus warning posted in the
camp kitchens over the weekly diet
sheet. Not only are the menus drawn
up for the culinary department, but ex-
actly how much they shall serve each
man, and how they shall cook the
dishes is outlined in prominent black
type.
THE health of the men depends on
the cooking and cleanliness of their
fcod,' Maior-General G. B. Hughes, c.
M. G., d. s. o., commander of the Can
a0ian division quartered here, said
when he issued the orGers, and the
camp physician say that the average
health has improved noticeably since
the new regulations went into effect.
Another result of the efficiency meas
ure is that the Canadians here today
are better fed than the civilian popula-
ton of London. The percentage of
wheat in the -four that makes the Lon
doners' bread has been appreciably de-
creased, but the overseas forces still
eat white bread. Potatoes, now worth
their weight in gold throughout the
country, are supplied the Canadians
without restraint.
It's a good thing for the Canadians
hat they had this health producing diet
system, because the winter they have
passed through has been the most Sc
we're England has seen in fifty-four
years, and the hills of Surray, the
highest spot in the south of England.
have been exposed to merciless blasts
The day on which Canadian Premier
Sir Robert Borden visited Whitley and
Bramshot was typical of the season.
The brigades on review would march
from bright, binding sunshine into a
vcritable blizzard of sleet. the head of
the column often hidden in the driving
snow while the rear-guard shaded their
eyes from the sun.
Youth is apparent everywhere
throughout the camps The Canadians
are a younger, fresher lot Of soldiers
than any in England today. Already
tried under fire in the spring offensive
they have proved themselves equal TO
the finest in the Allied arms, and in a
short time fifty thousand more of them
will he going over to do their bit"