The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-10-15
THIRTY THOUSAND DRAFTED MEN
ARE HAPPY, CoNTENTED AND
WELL.
Local business Man Tells of Interesting
Incidents Of the New National Army
in the Making.

anyone who has A son In the new
National army III Camp sherman. ChiIli-
Gothic, need have no fear rs 10 MS Wei
farr. You ran rest assured he Is we'll
and happy and Is being given IN" best
possible treatment. And am sure
this also applies TO the other concen-
tratinn camps.
This statemrn, was made last night
10 an IntrIlicnncrr reporter by n w"!l
known Wheeling business man. who re-
turned yesterday morning from week.
end visit with his son. an officer wh"
was recently commissioned At Fort l'cn-
jamin Harrison and who Is now Sta-
toned at rhllic"ih".
There arr now NOR" than J".HHh mon
in training M camp Sherman. and "r-
cry one OF TINT number is we'll and
haupv." he said. You never saw hap
pier crowd in Your life. There isn't
crouch in the camp. nf course. there
IS rlcnty OF hard work. hut the boys
arc pn1nying their experience ami are
anxious To get /" France.
Saw IS, 900 Men Drilling.
Il arrived in camp in time I" Wit
ness Il drill prriur. There were lulIE
II. 0G0 mon. divided int" plntn"nS "f %
mon each. Each platoon * in "harE" ~
n lieutenant and five plntoonS. ar "'o
IL.
spring sight t." So" that number "i men
going through III" various manouvrcs.
The men are becoming pronclcnt. anu
tho officers are highly pleased ut their
nrogrres \ number nj machine gun
companies har, boon organized and are
now h"iuE drilled.
II SAN = numh"r Of squads digging
trenches l. think ih"r" w"r' nv"
SQUADS - about Il hundred men ach.
THESE mon wore "vcrHllS ana jackets
About 81 per cent Of III" men in "amh
now have uniforms. and fully % per
cent mr." completely uniformed.
illustrating how jolly and full 81
lirr tho men ar" WAS All incident whIch
! witnessed saturday. fnllhwinE In"
dismissal from drill. the companies r"-
turn IN th"ir barracks. Tho man In the
lead Of one company stopped over on hie
hands and feel. willi, III" man directly
behind him lcapnd over him. ms IN the
game Of lea 7-frpE Th" next man ala
tho same. and then over tho second man.
and this WAS kept up until the entire
con1rany wns playing lraP-fr"g. inc
barracks was reached 10y til" time IN"
two hundred and iifiieth man had
lcaprd tho line.
Sanitary Conditions perfect.
~ visitor 10 the camp cannot mn NJ
impressed by the excellent sanitary on
dllinns existing there. / cannot h"Elh
Ia descrIb" how we'll arranged every
thing s In this respect. The camp !
itself. which covers several square
miles. 1. On sandy ground which over
LAYS n vein Of gravel. Tho ground |
therefore. dries quickly after a rn'n' !
Thu rnmr is we'll Drained
THE drafted mon occupy splendid
Il ttEt1
accommodate n company Of "jn men. !
They sleer on thr second. floor. ON WOW
on wire cots. The men eat on tho lower
floor. and ! might say that the best "f !
food we'll cooked. ~ served. Tho dining
room is in the center Of the building, I
with the kilrhcn in one md ana n r"Cre-
ntiou hall in the other. \ large, clean
refrigerator is Il part nt every Kitchen.
"'rh. recreation parlnr is An immense
room Som" If the companies hhr" VIC
truIns. others have organs ana other
Instruments. Cards and DOM
innea as woll MS music furnish diver
sion. rhrr" are many tnl"nttd must
clans in TN" ranks md Two good bands .
have. been formed. Two men are form
or members Of Sousa's band. The boys
give entertainments. and some really .
rood minstrel shows arc stnE"d. Ench
regiment has n. y. ". g. A. building, a
center for recreation.
-Four strong football teams have hccn 4
organized at Camp Sherman and mon
cnn lao srcn pitching horse shoes. play
ing football or baseball and engaged In
q, her athletics. Wrestling is farorite
sport.
Few in Hospital.
II was told that only thr"" or four
mon were in tn" hospital. and they were
only slightly i'll. Pains ar" taken I"
safeguard tho health OF the men, mud
they arc given careful treatment even
if only suffering from cold. The hos
Iitals in camp are as good as can b.
found anywhere.
Il have hrcn to Chillicothe on five diff
fcr"ni occasions since Camp Lee was
established. 7 have found the people
hospitahle and although the city Is FIJI
cd with Strangers and the hotels are
filled and orercrowded. the rates have
not advanced much.
Railroad facilities are inadequate and'i
the traction company Is unable at times
to handle tho crowds. A splendid trac-