The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-24
yiDELGHTSM WRMVES
FORT SILL

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I' '' ssHa"s ' !. list s'S Of %s" fr si Ii. ' company s.S,' .s s' |. credit ssi 't or S E e. ini Slss. Si
S.qn.. then en- trade ado with the e, Exchange y to the S. limit during the long. lean day.
.: q ! s. 3 : % no -, wis & ;, ' guar. %i r ,;S s%. t, e. + e" !. credit ;si;'s e Sc s s5ls' Is: s s:s
account a, long as nan stays in the service he squares his exchange account
e es1G,, the ", first it 5a o, he ss sSi' ,s after ,no1 b: &c" 1 hi, Jns,, a e %an, account u, ,. !. ss,asI
a Profits ,s' .uS,t that # q each %s Of for his ,sn men q., py, d Ibis S IL ,.1 The h ss" .psh,ns, 'h s1 of the
In Iesst than four months time the Oklahoma exchange has accumulated a
net Si"ee S the @ sseban q IS !, @ss GataI" g. , n. Tssm am1 .0t council ms i'' sseh consists,
Of staff and line officers, for the benefit of the men, no effort is made t make
,cmn Tho 70, exchange s.,G. na acts a, as a brake on any .ya sa %s,eha", that " night, 4. at,
against aa% the price " Of an ' arrs c IA" downtown srGos 'G IS flied i.I' with 'I the post /" t s%h." %e'I the h:
som: Or" oi q. 4s S'" 1., 's,, a q S E ,%s s5 s:y , .ss's ', ,t;., for ii. tn; ,s ."ot i"t S Of e, s%y
AS h, a matte, M. Of at fact f. P,ivae Jones incline, toward high grade cigar, and to;
''1 Boys "f rt sai"'t their Gf III liking rT for 5e eos ss' foa and strawberry pop after they go
to te eolors On a hot day there is such a run o the exchange that the clerks
,. The sweet tooth is on the job; too Milk chocolate is sold by the bu'hsl
sel 4. ut f' %sr 'T C Ss f svt S sdS Sst o %h time w,t friend soSd,t the io plain i. peanut s,eS,n stick , s." fl
nc s@ a ns S% b5 S Ui peanut ali the candy Dao ana "a go stalking off S iaer S"hd the parade IN mI ,nmt
anything about it As a matter Of fact there is nothing unmany about . taste
sipaton through a pipe'tem-let EN- have their candy and enjoy it-more power
rsh; s%5 : il 'T the ;'i bGs = i"T N a" {. POST 20 ,t sa''' Ist, ' drop p'f IN thsis ' Ps4n '' o." . f s%a:
{ he tent T." and VII when a d; days J, work '%t is 81 dom" s"y he s S"y, ' make sy a bee : linz; for d II:
ar. I free Re to o all iH' i +" a li , "an's a P BIT Of .d w"' 's s sesft,. "So ~ sI% eS".iSst i s"
,df A0n no, ot to be .ot that ,b boy; ' or. damiu, Over sa, in IN %,. corner 1nn a I Xft,o,a il, at
all the pathetic ballads that eve have been writr.
'Pt A asT GPos i's''o old" sG for HS%'' Dsrh I%";''1 7n ' the Cleaning ia%iS ;'" Farewell
whether it comes ST from "a a wax x record "'t the e% res s1 %af band or " tn, eN Carter @f county COUNTY
quartet had IN opinion men in the army were strong for martial airs quick
steps and things of the "Tipperary' type, but had a wrong opinion.
We at home who have been asked to help the Y M c A hardly appre-
p Ti%S sS quarter" '' s.s' b." "'o I" the '' yoan sa"R ''' 9%c Y NJ ' G. ' A. furnishes @"as ess ~h "%s
some, homeike amusements and diversions, and w simply must support the
Y. NJ { A. and its wal work DO you know the Y NJ C. A. is going to spend
AUUUO in army "Y" work for the men Of this country who join onh
One of the officers who was with the regiment in ali its border service told
me that drunkenness fell off to almost a negligible figure after the Y. NJ. c A
tent reached them.
There is n better place than this to mention the absence Of liquor in the
Fort Sill quarters OF the Oklahoma boys looked in many tents al. night and
was rubbing elbows with hundreds Of men after the days work. but failed to
whisky during my stay in camp do not believe there is a boouegger
loose within reach OF the government reservation.
Time va when the kitchens were at the end Of the company streets and the
guard house up where any prisoner might be CARED on by everybody passing.
But the old order changeth. The kitchens are now right in front Of officers
the officers noses, where anything unckan can be seen or smencd
in.tantr. The guard house is at the farhest corner of the camp as isolated
~ possible. Isolation 10 more punishment than close company The guard
house consists OF . barbed wire corral pcketsd twenty four hours a day tents.
the sockade for prisoners quarters Personal belongings, tobacco and
reading natter are taken away from prisoners If you smoke, you know the
severity Of a ten-day stretch without a flag" If your best pal is a good book
you an imagine you would take seriously a sentence without even Al almanac
Besides that, prisoners have to do the dirty work around the camp
Personally, I'd rather take forty lashes on my bare feet with a rawhide than
o do gravcdigger duty for a week and be deprived of my books. imagine a