The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-11-22
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the government will have all the
necessary dope as to his vocation,
claims for exemption, whether he is
married or unmarried, his physical
condition, and generally speaking the
work will be simplifed and much Of it
done that has heretofore been accom-
plished after he left home. There
will be five classes of men, of course,
the unmarried men with no depend
ents will be in the first class, but
they will be grouped according to
their line of work and chosen by the
government when they want certain
quota of men trained in that line.
There were a good many hardships
attending the first draft and little
technicalities that the government
hopes to eradicate. The later set OF
rules also insures that only ttose
best spared are called first.
"Make letters long and make them
cheerful" is the advice of the COM
manding general to men at tie can
Torment and to those at home. There
are lot of wrong impressions gained
by other kinds of letters. Here Is the
way a good many such impr sss ons
are put in circulation: Charles has
been sailing along fine, has been to
town regularly, has had money to
spend, been made first-class private
and has not seen any detail work,
then comes the bump. He is put on
for room orderly, has to police the
grounds for paper, cigarette butts,
matches and the like; has to sweep
the barrack building, empty waste
boxes and keep the building and
grounds ship-shape, so to speak. This
is only one form of detail work; you
will find number of other su"I pro
fessions" later. Anyway, he writes
in this moment of inconsistencies or
down-troddenness exaggerating on the
awful condition of life. The irpes
sion the ones at home get from hi,
sort of epistle have more lasting i'm
preston and wrong ones than the
average person realizes. Make
them long and make them cheerful"
While we are speaking of cheerful
ness let us once again emphasize the
splendid work being done by the Y.
M. c. A. There is not one legitimate
criticism that can be made of this
uplifting organization. Doubling peo-
pie should investigate this mighty
if they will we guarantee
that every skeptical person will be
heart, soul and pocketbook for it.
The army branches are open IA
hours every day, and the records show
that 5000 men are generally served ir
some way during this time; 1000 to
5000 sheets of paper and 1000 to
5000 envelopes are given away free;
free wrapping paper, and Irvine ar
furnished men to send away their
civilian clothes. The rumor that
and tobacco are sold at the
Y. M. C. A. quarters is entirely with
out foundation. Glance over the
activities of last week at one of the
buildings and add to that that the
"Y" is a general service corporation
and you will have better understand
ing of it splace in the army:
SUNDAY.
8:30-Bible classes in the building.
9:30-Church service, DR.. J. W..
Chapman, speaker.
1:3O-Crayon lecture, Uncle Sans
Folks" Alton Packard, cartoonist.
Boyd, speaker.
MONDAY.
bodybuilding dedication. Talks by
Colonel Price, H. C. Wallace. Harvey
Ingham, A. B. Dale, ami Mr.. Steel,
fcllesenting the men in the ranks.
Demonstration of method of teaching
Franch.
f:W-Two classes in French met:
one class in Elementary English met.
TUESDAY.
6:0O-One French class for privates
met; Elementary English class met.
6:15-Movies in the building (first
show.)
7:00-Officers French class met.
7:30-Second movie show in the
building.
8:O0-Still another French class for
officers met.
WEDNESDAY,,
6:00-Normal training class for
French met.
6:30-Religious meeting, Chaplain
talk by Secretary Hansen.
THURSDAY.
6:00-Two French classes met;
Elementary English class met.
7:00--Another French class met;
illustrated lecture, "The Philippine
Islands," Mr.. E. S. Shortess of Iowa
State College.
8:00-Chemistry class met.
FRIDAY.
:30-Officers' French class met.
S:00-French class for privates met.
Elementary English class met.
6:45-Weekly stunt night program
put on by the men themselves.
SATURDAY.