Weekly journal-miner., 1917-11-07
ELIMINATION PROCESS
 AT CAMP ABOUT OVER
Men At Officers School Who Have Got By The Benzine Board Assured
 Of Commissions.
(By Lyle Abbott)

ones LOOKS HCI oNCi diu SSNN hO vestigc of a bush. He remembers what the book says about using all available cover for troops. He knows that # he was really company com mander. he would never ask his men to charge across that flat. But charge he must adopting such formations aI will result in a minimum of losses and fatigue"
 He disposcs his men in lines. lying prone. He starts the rushcs. He gets excited. He lifts his head to bawl out squad leader who, at dis tance of 75 paccs didn't understand whispered order.
 ! You're dead" yells the instructor You raised your head up and mil lion bullets hit it and not one pcne- tratcd. Great Scott (and ether cX- prcssions). How in the well known ! Winter resort do ycu think you can lead a company when you have your bean full of lcad:"
 ] Take another phase of 1t. Old-timer at the hcllum. Formerly a windjam- mcr in the Philippines. Gets his mail addressed 10 Rev. ]. c. W. He has a platocn-32 men. Hands then. a command and they stray all over
 What the blink blank blank! Where in the dashed dash dash are you go- ing. Get 10 Hadcs back here with those men.
 Why. Mr. W, says thc ma jor. coming up from behind. "I thought you were a minister
 The expressive reverend whirls, snaps his hccls together and comes to a stiff soldicrly salute.
 "i was. sir But the army is nc place fer a minister or a ministers son" Turning to the platoon-"Gct in some kind of blank dashed shape, you mess of variously qualified TOOK icS, yOu -
 And the major Is hugely pleased and marks W with an E-plus.
 Inspection which takes place imme- .diatelv after retreat each afternoon now occupies but little time. The companies have been much depleted by the bcnzinc board. The Third company suffered deeply. Over in their organization they say they have dropped the command, Squads left Now, they say. What left"
 Tables al which nine men have been eating now accommodate bgt eight, seven or less, and sometimes fellow gets an extra piece Of pic. Pie" you aSk-"Do they have pie They do. They also have bread. No other loat is bread The orly bread is baked in army field bakeries In town. so-call- cd bakers sell so-callcd bread al 10 cents for d short loaf Here, they bake i,2G0 two-pound loavcs oi real. genuine honest to John bread every day. And the soldier eats just as much oi it as his tummp will hold and 1t never costs him d cent Uncle Samuel believes in feeding his men. He does a To: of other things for them. He opens stores in their posts. At these stores, Sammy buys himself clothes, notions, tobaccoS, simple can dies of the purcst sort For d half pound cake of sweet chocolatc-rc- tailed for B cents, he pays Y cents. He buys real wool underwear at v cents a garmcnt-worth S2.50 a gar mcnt in a swell" habcrdashcry. News came to camp today ,of thc first occupation of front line trcnchc, by American troops. Groups of stu dents gathered to discuss the step. Half the men in thi, camp would trade their chances for commissions for a corporal's job in France. and blame near every man has developed an itch to get over there and see what Fritz holds in his hand.