Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-01

eve are studying new books now"
Kelley, Just out Of San Antonio, was
ordered to get in touch with couple
OF officers at Camp Funston and ad'
wise them that they were wanted im>
mediately ut headquarters. The two
filters started out with instructions to
| pick up the officers at Camp Funston.
In 40 minutes they had made the trip
| Of approximately a. miles and re-
turned their men to headquarters
Quick work ch? They surely looked
mighty pretty flying around over US.
However | would not care to take any
chance with the tail glide" or loop
| the loop" as one of them did sevcras
times before alighting.
Our work in camp, so far as tho
| physical part of il is concerned, Is get
| ting lighter these days. We are not
doing the lizard crawl" SO much and
our extended order drill does not re-
Quire us to do so much lying down as
during the first few weeks of our
training. The lizard crawl does not
make much of hit with the fellows.
| AS rule we manage to strike the hot
test part of the day for this kind OF
work and usually the dustiest part OF
a well-traVeled road.
However. we are still doing fot
CT advances by rushes" which Is not
so slow, at that.
just Like Real Thing.
Four of us were acting as rear
| point in retreating movement on
Wednesday, and having found goou
location with field OF fire and with
plenty of protection for clean get
away after the attack, we took cover
and awaited the approach OF the
enemy. Their advance point hest
tatcd about crossing the open spave
and while they were halted the bal
ance of support came up with them
and they all started over in close for
nation. We waited until they were
all punched together in the open and
then politely informed them that they
were all dead, as we had fired into
them five times apiece while they
were punched. They had not seen
us until the first shots were fret
and then they had no time to deploy
and seek cover. This sort of game
beats other drill movements all hoi-
low!
' on Wednesday hat cords were Is
sued to us. They are of red, white
and blue weave. and add considerably
| tC our appearance, OF course No
would prefer the officers type, which
is black and gold, but we will get
I
the end of the camp.
We are studying new books ana
| numerous circulars. Yesterday NOR
ming we had n written examination
covering the work for the past week.
| We still have about eight hours of
physical work in the daytime and two
hours of study each evening>
| Most of the fellows are getting rather
anxious about pay. | learned at head
| 10 fu1, IN a
paid for the first three weeks and
our transportation to the camp To-
morrow This Is very welcome news
to most OF us.
First Fatality.
| Last Sunday evening an automobile
load of fellows from our company io-
turning to camp were hit by a train
on the |. x q. n, and one OF our boys
was so seriously injured that he dled.
OF course Third company sent flowers.
This is the first death to be recorded
among members Of Camp Funhton.
Monday we were Vaccinated against
smallpox AS we have all been in
noculated for typhoid this makes the
fourth time we have been up to the
hospital for preventative measures
against disease 1t Is certainly aston
ishing how little illness we have com
pared with other camps In the past.
| have read George Pattullo's story
in the Saturday Evening Post and lind
that he has not exaggerated anything
with reference to our work in camp.
As matter of fact, he left camp
after ten days training. so he did not
get into any OF the real work. Thru
n peculiar arrangement | preceded
Mr.. Pattullo on entering the camp.
being Immediately ahead ofe him in
line. | talked with him about fifteen
minutes as we were being "card-in-
dexed" Tho | was assigned to Third
company, all the others who followed
me, including the others from Tulsa.
were assigned to Sixth company. SO
did not get to see Mr.. Pattullo again
prior to his leaving camp.
Likes Location.
There are now at least twenty thou
sand men in the various branches OF
the army stationed in and around this
city. When the new troops are drafted
there will be about three times thai
number here. Leon Springs reserva'
Mon contains nearly seventeen thou
sand, five hundred acres in itself anc
II Is understood that the government
is going to enlarge 1t to nearly twice
that size to accommodate the mer
during maneuvers. / cannot imagine
more desirable location to be quar-
tered in than Camp Funston. We are
about three miles from the station o
Leon Springs, in the heart of thu
reservation. The normal altitude II
about one thousand feet and severa
OF the hills around the camp are from
three to five hundred feet higher. W.
have had sklrmish drills and patro
work in connection with advance ant
hrear guards and ourposts covering
quite a scope Of territory around thu
buildings.
Our schedule for the next week will
be the most interesting Of all to date
The range firing will include som'
shooting for qualification. as they Dc
In the regular forces Medals will
be granted. but without any add
tional pay. as is granted among thu
regulars for proficiency. As l made
an average of eighty out OF possible
one hundred, at one hundred and two
hundred yards. / am not worryinl
about my being able to qualify. II
addition to the rifle practice. we will
get some practice with the pistol. d.
not know about the having to Qualifl