The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-06-04
AuadarkO Boy on Leave Tells What Be
comes Of Recruits After EnIisiiBg
al Chickasha Navy Stallion

What becomes of the boys who en-
listed al the navy recruiting station
at Chickasha Will be or Interest to
scores Of parents and friends in this
section who have sent their young men
to fight on the big battleships
A word picture Of how the boys fare
was well painted to a representative
Of the Chickasha Daily Express BY
John Wallis, a high school boy from
Anadarko who enlisted in the navy at
the nations first cali in April lie was
the first Of one hundred boys in his
home town to 90 to the colors and es-
pecial merit won him the distinction Of
being chief OF section after less than
two months Of training However,
young Wallis declares it just happened
that way
The young sailor was called home
by the serious illness Of his father
Lee n Wallis, a retired loan broker
Of Anadarto. and is here on a fifteen
day leave. He spent Thursday iN
chickasha with his sister. Mrs. Charles
N. Neal. wife Of the United States
field inspector and returned to
camp Saturday morning.
1900 Boys in Camp.
There are over 1900 boys in the
training camp at present" he said
"The boys usually leave the station
for the sea in from two weeks to three (
mouths after their arrival there Most
Of them are sent aboard first class bat /
tleships.
Polishing the Recruits.
Upon leaving Chickasha recruits |
are sent to Oklahoma City to be sworn !
la and from there are dispatched to /
Great Lakes Naval Training Station,
Ills. They are first received at de-
tention camp. There preparations are
made for the school of the recruits. \
Vaccination and inocculation are the
first stages through which the young
volunteer passes Then he receives his
outfit and the recruit moves to the reg
ular training station at which place he
is housed either in barracks OF in tents.
"At the barracks his bed is a ham
mock,g continued Young Wallis "He
is given instructions how to take care
OF the hammock and 80 iashiug il prop.
erly. This is an important part of his
training for a hammock properly lash
ed will keep a person ailoat for forty.
eight hours. !
The Drills.
Here everything is kept thoroughly
sanitary by the sailors. Probably af
ter day in the station the drill is
commenced which consists Of the reg
ular infantry drill with some modin-
cations. The recruits are equipped
with the regular Springfield ri-
fies and go through a regular infantry
drill for landing forces. There are
regular cutter drills, these being life
boats manned by from twelve 70 SIX
teen men and the recruits are shown
how 10 man thcm Everything Is made
as military like as possible each re 1
cruit having hts turn Oh guard duty
Amusements.
'Iu the way of amusements contin
ucd the young fighter we have Wed
nesday afternoons off when there are
boxing matches III an open air arena
we have some very splendid fighters
TOO AZ The station a gymnasium,
which is one of the most complete
which have ever seen, is open during
any time after drill period OF in other
words. during leisure hours we have
swimming pool indoors and indoor
track. a pool room and bowling alley