Weekly journal-miner., 1917-10-03
FORMER CITY EDITOR 0F
 JOURNAL MINER TELLS .OF TRAINING CAMP LIFE
(By Lyle Abbott)

camp gate, stood sentry As Wis
 dom came racking up, the sentry care
 fully came to present arms, as all
 good sentinels do at the approach ot
 an officer. He could not be blamed,
 for nobody but officers ride around
 on horses in this place, and that morn i ing, all candidates went around with
 packs on their backs Noting the
 salutation of the sentry, Wisdom punctiliously returned the salute, dis
 mounted and ordered the sentry to
 hold the horse Then he collected his equipment from the driver of the
 buggy. lugged it to quarters and care
 fully spread it out. and laid his resig-
 nation on the captains desk Every
 body is looking forward with interest
 to the outcome of the escapade.
 Today is the day we got the last
 shot of typhoid prophylaxis and were all vaccinated. Each Saturday thus far, We have undergone the pro
 cess of being immunized from the
 dread disease, according to the meth
 ods of the army. Tomorrow, every
 body will be going around with lame
 arms on both sides.
 Camp Funston Git must be distin- i guished from the Kansas camp of the same name, where drafted men from Arizona are being sent) is specially | fortunate in having for two weeks, | Major Koehler, for B years, instruc-
 tor in physical exercise at West Point
 The major IS reputed to be the best physical exercise man in the world,
 and to have the best voice for uttering
 commands of any officer in the United
 States army. Two hours day, he | takes 25 men from each of the II com panies and gives them physical drill. I happened to be lucky enough to be
 included in the detail from the First
 company, and am learning not only
 the best system Of physical drill in the
 world, but also, the reasons for many ,, little things that civilians consider l mere military fripperies. An instance l--AIajor Koehler explains that men must in coming to attention at the command of an officer, spring into place, clicking their heels together ~E lra pigeons, because this little click of the heels gives the man something for his effort. He realizes that he has assumed the prescribed posture of soldier in a precise, snappy and mili- tary manner. He soon learns to take pride in his position. Soon, he will be throwing those shoulders back every time he walks. In time, the habit will lead to an erecter carriage, a better physique and better health, which are things that all soldiers must have, if they are to stand the rigors of the game.
 Major Rowland, senior instructor for the First Company is fine figure or a man. He explained to us that 1t is trough, rude game we are enter ing" "You men must realize that you arc training for it, just as many of you have trained for football in your colleges, only you must know that sometimes, the fruits of victory are lost in death. You will soon have men under you. The government, in giving you commissions, assigning you to duty, places the lives of at leas. half hundred men in the keeping of each of you. In order to lead those men and take care of them, you must submit to being led and cared for" Major Rowland frequently refers to the German soldier as Fritz" and makes us all realize that to beat Fritz at the game Fritz has been learning for so long, we must put everything we have into every effort. When he is through with us, every man who wins a commission will feel that he las gone through an apprenticeship he like of which no laxly organized ,ivilian enterprise ever gave the new ,omers in its ranks. The men who lrop out or are canned at the end of he sixth week, when the big axe falls or the first time, will have benefited if they take to themselves ,nly small part of what they have earned, and being square with them elves, apply the principles of military raining to their ordinary pursuits.
 IN FRANCE