The Robesonian., 1917-06-07
he takes it. Company 16 begins t.

he takes it. Company 16 begins to
take interest in life again the third
day. It's recuperation can be meas
ured by the company cook better than
by anybody else. The first day he
can count on having perhaps 2OOI
meals eaten, instead of $50; but af
ter that he had better count on atI
least 500 to 600 ordinary meals.
The government has been generous
to its future officers in the matter
of rations, as we'll as in other things,
but its greatest piece of generosity
is in the officers it has detailed as|
instructors. Company 16 NAV have
its own opinion about that, for the in
structors are selected from among the
most efficient men in the service, and
having a particularly efficient man
in command doesn't always add to a
company's happiness in the begin
ming. Especially when it comes to
that most obnoxious duty of SOL
dier's life, inspection, is this appar-
ent. Woe then to the man who has
involuntarily carried the careless
methods of easy going civilian life in
to camp with him. Verify his sin
shall find him out, and not only that
but all the company shall know of
it, and comment thereon with freedom
and sarcasm.
Fine Type of Men
Nevertheless, the man in the ranks
of No. 16 stands in no danger of
| anything worse than good-natured
Raging, for his comrades are gen
| telemen to a man. Here again the dis
| elimination of the examining officers
is proved, for a finer type of man
than the average student at the Off
cers' training camp America does not
produce. Collegians of the years
1915-16 and II predominate, but ev-
cry profession is represented-every
profession, that is, except medicine
for the doctors need no training of
the sort given at Fort Oglethorpe
Zone man discovered in the course OF
half an hours investigation half a
| dozen lawyers, score Of newspaper
| men-for some unexplained reason
the fourth estate has contributed, il
proportion to numbers, perhaps more
than any other trade-three teachers
an architect, biologist recently en-.
!. gagged in research Work in a govern
ment laboratory, several Associated
Press telegraph operators, a college
professor entitled to wear half the al
phabet behind his name, and an eth
! nOlogist, just returned from Si1
! years. tour of the world, made in al
endeavor oprove that Egyptian civ
ilization had declined before mulat
to Pharaoh ascended the throne. HI
claims to have proved it.
4 But the college boys predominant
! It is the youth OF America that is go
ing out to try conclusions with tn
kaiser, as is proved by the innum
cradle meetings. of alumni of ever
college in the three States, and tn
singing of college songs everv tim
more than two or three are gathere
t together. Somebody garnered tire
5 mendous applause on the first nigh
t by perverting one of the college dit
$ ties to such effect that the last line
s ran:
' "Oh, we'll twist the kaiser's tail
And we'll ride him on rail,
a Carolina, Caroli-i-i-ina".
No Cliques and Castles
eI But it is to be doubted whether tn
y promised mahem and indignities Wis
v tied on his imperial majesty were n
h sponsible for the ear-splitting yell thu
q went up as much as the single wor
+ Carolina. More than two-thirds {
e the camp is ready to cheer at tt
e word-in fact, just aching for an Of
e portunity. At a general conferent
d the other night a speaker made re
n erence to the fact that the medic
IS records of the Confederacy show tn;
;: 80 per cent of the casualties suffers
le during the war between the sectio1
# by the South were borne by the OF
s. State of North Carolina, and Il
* shout that came up must have bee
heard in Rossville.
le Headquarters, however, is not pc
id ticularly anxious to emphasize al
lg sort Of local pride. Great pains HI
re been take nto distribute the men FRO
each State, and, in fact, from ea
!. of the principal cities, throughout Il
camp. If a group of men came in t