Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-14
ARMY LIFE
Army Life at Camp Sherman by
Class B" Private From Company
E, 329th Infantry-Read on Thanks
giving Day at Camp Sherman.

This army life is one continuous
round of Misunderstanding The way
We are being drilled day after day
with those damned rifles (as Lieu
tenant Dillie calls them) makes US
feel that Sherman was right when he
said, "War is hell"
This life is like a movie show;
never know what is coming next. The
| only thing we are sure of is the Sat
urday morning inspection, and last
! Saturday morning we were marched
out of that by being taken to the
trenches.
We have sign by which we can
tell on what days we go to the
trenches-if we have beef stew for
mess in the evening, followed by a |
Post Toastie breakfast, that is sure |
sign that we are billed for the |
trenches, as you all know Post Toas-
ties is light to carry. A camel can
go without water for II days; if we
stick to this life for two years, fig
ure we can stand the endurance of a
camel
Our first day at this camp was the
happiest, as old John Barleycorn was
with the most of US, but he soon left
US, and then we were left to whatever
fate was allotted US.
l do not believe that there is a
finer bunch of officers in this camp
than what Company E has, and l do
not believe there is a single man with
the exception of about 225 men that
would not stand up and fight for our
officers. Our captain is the only man
who lives up to the rule when march
ing, with heads up and eyes not look
ing toward the ground. How can we
privates be better?. Our lieutenants
and sergeants will be marching along
looking toward the ground, and will
yell "Heads up! The other after
noon we were called out to march be-
fore Major MacDermott. Our off
GERS of the End Battalion marched up
before the major as an example to
US. One of the boys said, "There
goes Lieutenant Blank, out of STEP"
Of course, there were some 10 of the
officers, and we did not expect them
to all be in step, as the band was
not playing at the time.
Somewhere in the state of New
York lady is noted for holding her
breath for II minutes; one of the
boys in the 3rd Platoon has her
shaded city block; he held his
breath for IA minutes, or while Lieu
tenant Blank was trying to think of
his name to give him - for some
little offense. l thought then of that
great poet, Patrick Henry, who said
"Give me liberty, or give me death"
The other afternoon l picked up &
newspaper and read, "a minister
need not go to war. | can say thai
if the boys had known that two year:
ago, this country would now be flooded
with preachers; would no doubt hav,
studied on the subject myself.
Two wooden imitation guns wer
issued to Company E. No on
. seemed to know what these gun
were to be used for, until the repor
g came out that Eberly and Fat tn
~ Fireman were to use them on guar
% 70 duty, they not being allowed to carr
IN the old Springfield or the new Er
so field, as these two guns are not toy
no Camp Sherman is all right whe
,o11 we have fine weather, but for tn
~ last two days it looks as if our neg
III III issue will be row boats.
49, Here is system-one of the colde:
days last week Sergeant Kemm ws
- issued a fly swatter. l suppose ne1
Wv spring we will be getting skates.
~ ~ Some of the boys get thirsty du
.4u ing the night, and for the benefit
G of those boys Uncle Sam has put
DC spring under each bed; so hereaft
~ ,rJ kindly refrain from cussing, as a pr
fessor remarked at the "Y" the 9TH
mo night that "our Uncle Sammy is wi
,,.t ,ne us at all times" If he is, l am su
~ he is darn tired at all times
VIC Buglers. - Our buglers are fin
~ take the whole bunch; let them {
10 10 to the city, where rag man has
~ good business established, and h
g business would be ruined in a sho
III time.
@i we The most of the boys do not unde
n.+l, IL stand the "a" class, "B" class, al
I'll &c" class. Now, such men as Porte
of Agsten, Toms. Freisinger, and
" Schrag should be in &c" class; SUI
"ke ke men as Jake Beard, Bill Bond, al
De Rochte should be in "B" class, al
~ ~ such men as Shumaker, the barbe
e. e. Sergeant Culver, Sergeant Bisso
len N5 nette, and Sergeant Bonnie Mill
ooo should be in GA" class. But it do
az not matter what class we are in doI
here, we are all AS back home
a. a.; And, if Bill Kaiser does not so
af give up, we will make him. C. G.