The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-08-10
OFFICERS SCHOOL is NO
SNAP, WRITES LOCAL BOY
Co. H Prov. Officers Bn,
Fort Leavenworth, Kans.

FOIC LedVeHWOTLn, hdHS.
Dear Glenn: l appreciated your
mighty fine letter received some time
ago, congratulating me on the step
which I took. in reference to the
army. At the time l started to pre-
pare for the examination very few
people seemed to realize just what l
vas doing, or why, but now they all
tell me l am sure lucky. AS a matter
of fact, it was not luck, but just a
little foresight and preparation for
the inevitable.
l was not drawn on the first three
draft divisions and might not have
been forced to go for some time, but
l am glad that l am here. You may
be assured that I will make every eff
fort to make good in the new position
in which l will shortly find myself. I
may have to 60 in the infantry, as l
have not received definite information
yet and probably will not hear for
another week yet as the adjutant
generals office in Washington is
fairly swamped. The regular army is
very short on officers and as a result
every End lieutenant that has gone
out in the two preceding classes has
been placed in direct command of one
or more companies. In addition they
have been made bayonet instructors
for their entire regiments. That means
that l will have about two hundred
men to train in about two months.
Fortunately, many of them will be
old army men upon which much can
: be depended. The recruits which have
been coming into the regulars during
/ the past few months will be the big
;. problem. l do not envy these reserve
officers in the least as they will have
companies that are entirely raw.
t Although this army and war talk
may be a trifle tiresome to you, it is
about all l have to think of these
days and l presume that you may be
interested somewhat in the course OF
e training through which we are going
here under the direction of some Of
e the most competent army men in the
country. l will give you a little out
d line of a sample day.
h Reveille is at 5:15 and assembly a
5:25. After that we have 80 minutes
k in which to get washed, shaved ant
e cleaned up, to sweep around and il
the vicinity of our hunks and to maxi
o up the bed in the prescribed manner
e We are all experts and "a compet'
o with any housewife in that direction
Breakfast is at 600, then at 6:5'
h we fall in and are marched out to tn
IS south of the barracks a little ways
n where we are given 80 minutes of in
t~ensive trench charging with bay
IS onets. Behind the trenches is also
s. long line of dummies which we charg
into with a long thrust. That is fol
y, lowed by 30 minutes of rifle exercise
From Sis to 1915 we either take
t. hike over the hills with a 40 poun
pack on our backs and a rifle on GU
shoulder. or we do close order and e,
tended drill, followed by batallio
y. drill and parade which is participate
in by the entire battalion of End lie,
hi tenants which consists of about &C
men. After that we get Is minute
lis rest and her are quizzed and lecture
to on infantry drill regulations for a
ly hour. For all conferences the men al
at divided into platoons. At 11:4O v
are marched back to the barracks ar
~ are given 30 minutes to get ready fl
St. mess. At LOO we start in again, tn
II. time doing signal work. We all ha'
a to qualify as expert signalmen bo
in the semaphore and information
code of wig-wagging. After tn
on comes an hour of recitation and CO