The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-28

prove the truth of the old adage to the
 effect that its the little things that
 count. Most of the men arrived here
 fully equppel with about dozen pairs
 or silk or cotton hose. The marching of
 a lew miles on a hot day with a gun
 and pack on hard roads had most of
 the crowd limping
 | Upon the advice of the company of-
 fcers, practically all the rockies" sub | stituted white woolen soX for those they brought from home. and almost instant | ly the marching efficiency of the wool
 sox boys was doubled. And one feature i which appealed very strongly to those of | an economical turn was the fact that those sox were secured through the quar- | termaster at 13 cents per pair.
 HIKE THROUGH RAIN Until the past day or two the weather has been fair. But the rain Friday proved pretty conclusively tc the men that the war department was no respector of the weather. Just because it was raining rather hard for class work in the woods around the camp, the companies were sent on a hike in the rain up above East Point which is somewhere in Georgia. 70 But all were properly equipped with big packs on their back, and also ponehos 10 keep them dry. The men are so accus- toned to physical exercise that they real ly enjoyed this hike. And when they returned for fear they might cool off too quick and take cold, the officers pre- scribed an hours drill all over the parade grounds and intensive work in the manu- al of arms All of this work was com pleted by the time some of the late risers at home are accustomed to take their morning coffee and eggs.
 Tomorrow (Monday), according to an nouncement made yesterday, all the com- panies are to take extensive" hike with full company equipment Where the march will lead to has not been an nounced and the rockies have too much sense to ask any questions They will simply buckle on enough equipment to stock a department store and fall in" promptly.
 And speaking of promptly suggests the fact that this is one of the orggest things about the training camp. About 10 minutes is considered the right time for a man to wake up, dress fully and strap on enough equipment to go on a two weeks hike. Of course, the bugle could be sounded sooner just as welE but that wouldn't be the proper thing for mili- tary organization, it seems
 BUGLAR MAKES MISTAKE By mistake, the other day. the camp bugle sounded first call" at 430 a. m. instead of 5;30 a. m., the usual time Be- fore 4:40 a. m. rockies were filing out of every barracks and falling in. While a few remarked that it was awfully dark and cloudy none of them thought to look at watch until informed by the ser geant that the call was a mistake. They don't have time to look at a watch be- fore answering the roll call.
 Nothing about the army post here ex- cited more inteest during the first few days the men were here than the Ger ipt al ba fOrt are over 400 officers and men rom the liner and raider Kronprinzessin Cecile. They are a happy lot of fine looking physical specimens and many of the rockies" seemed surprised that they had no horns and that no sulphurous odors emanated from their presence.
 They are well treated, are housed in comfortable barracks, given good food and are allowed every privilege consist ent. They have a large enclosure where they play ball and other games and are taken for exercise under guards at fre- quent intervals If they are worried over their internment it would never be noticed. The sailors are always clad in uniforms of immaculate white and the officers wear white trousers with blue coats.
 The army Y. M. c. A. for the train
 ing camp has been completed and was dedicated today. If the people of the CHlteu olaleS want 10 make the ll1e or the men in the field more pleasant they can do nothing better, in the opinion of the men in camp here, than aid in this work which the Y M c. A. is do- ing at ali the training camps and which is to be continued at all the mobilization camps and at the fornt in France. The building is large and commodiius. Magazines and newspapers writing desks, stationery and such things are provided. There is the greatly appreciated victrola with a great variety of records, piano. free picture shows right after supper each night, addresses each week by some of the leading men in the country and many other attractive features which add to the convenience of camp life. There are also places to receive and enter tain visitors, this building being the only place around the camp where visitors can come. Incidentally, visitors can only remain 30 minutes, and they must come between 4:3O and 7:30 p. m., except on Sat urday afternoon and Sunday when great CT latitude is allowed.
 Regarding the Y. M. c. A., amateur performances, glee club entertainments and other features are being planned.