Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-11-26
OFFICERS OF OREGON
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dinner because the guest is outward
bound for cover There"
And so the women knit the warm
woolens and te men prepare cigars, and
cigarettes. And this reminds me-this
high officer told me if te people of
Salem wanted to help the boys, to for
get the Xmas goodies and send the wool
en- wristlets, the knee pads, gloves,
sweater vests and helmets. Directions
for making these garments he said were
given out by the Red Cross, and should
be made accordingly.
Oyer there'' seems much nearer
here than out west One Sunday I met
a Salem boy on Broadway, and we had
fine chat about Salem as we sat in
a park and watched the crowds surge by
the Flatiron building. The next We'd
mcsday he was on his way across.
Today I had a fine time meeting Sa-
lem boys in this great camp. There was
a feverish spirit of activity in the camp
and l guessed what was going on
preparation for a quick, silent march to
a transport And maybe-in a day or
two-the order will came to move; may
be, by the time this reaches Salem, they
will be on their way.
The knowledge gave me thrill
brought the war still closer to me.
The men had been given passes for
the usual over-Sunday leave of absence
and only few had gotten away, when
the passes were rescinded and the camp
was closed to Officers and men. Equip
ment was being made ready for boxing,
and down the regimental street rumbled
the field artillery to an unknown des'
tination.
One could ask questions as to when,
but "no one knew" Yet, when the
company kitchens were to be boxed;
when the men were being given more
equipment on rush time, and everyone
was head-over- heels in work, it was not
hard to guess that something was
going 10 happen soon. But the. question
was ''How soon2'
Camp Mills is 10 miles long and l3
miles wide, containing therefore, 19d
| square miles of territory. AS far as the
eve could see there were brown tents
and masses of olive-drab soldiers. One
begins to realize the greatness of the
war. the vastness of the undertaking
| the nation is carrying on.
| The One Hundred and Sixty Second
Regiment-the Old Third Oregon-ls
some regiment now-S060 men. On tue
Mexican Border Expedition, it was
| thought large with a little over l20o
men. -,
M Company, which is still a 8 show
comnanv. has go men and its company
street doubles back on itself. There are
few of the old men in it now as num-
Der have won commissions and others
transferred to other units. Still, 1t IS
company of which Salem may. wen DC
proud.
The regiment received battalion OF
t, the Washington, d. G., guardsmen, ana
contingent OF about 400 draft men
SO its quota is over supplied. A battalion
now has as many as peaee'tlme fegl-
ment. !,
And the methods have changed al
most over night. Officers are supplied
with various new methods tetaolnshrdlu
with confidential information pamphlets
on various new methods that are not 10.
be found in any of the drill-manuals'
And they are also hard at work study
ing French.
! There is plenty of work for them to-
AZ. They get seven hours day with
narade in the evenings. There is vast
amount TO be learned about bombing
machine guns, trench digging, bayonet
drill etc.
First Lieutenant Paul Wallace, l
found with NJ company, 1t. Herman Ne
Intarff with F. Company, and 1t Max
Afford also with F company. offleers
under the rang of captain have been
shifted about and NJ company has two
new ieutenants.
/ had chat with 1t. Colonel Abrams
in his tent. He is busy man and he
finds the problem getting bigger as he
gets nearer the scene of action. Cap