Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-06-15
Nj MORE SOFT
BEDS FOR MEN
mus. TRAINING
LBy Associated Pressl

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, June s.
As the $500 men at the Preside mill
tary reservation here, who are taking
q three months intensive course
which will 1T, them to be officers In
the new United States army, become
mentally and physically. adjusted to
the strenuousness Of the life the rules
which govern them gradually are be-
coming more snugly' adjusted. The
latest order promulgated Is that there
win be no leave from the camp after
the evening study period. The men
will be required to do their sleeping
In the barracks.
Heretofore 1t has been permissible
for the men to leave the Preside at
$3.50 o'clock and many availed of the
opportunity to 60 home and luxuriate
in all the comforts Of . spring bed
and silk pajamas. AS long as they
were back on the JOB the next morn
ing at $50 o'clock. nothing was, said.
This now Is thing Of the past. Every
man must be in his military cot after
taps.
Training to be q soldier runs on
the same lines as preparing for the
big game" remarked q football star
from the Northwest, they start you
In easy and gradually put on the
screws as you get hardened and used
to things" -
This apparently sizes up the situa.
ton as It exists at the Preside Those
in charge Of the camp realized that
the men they were handling were
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file of men engaged in more or less
sedentary business pursuits. Aching
muscles and bones and sore and tired
feet were expected to start with. Two
weeks has put the ''flabby" or soft"
stage behind the men and they have
become physically hardened.
The same process has been gradp
ally worked out In q mental direction.
The business man who was boss" IN
his own office and In the habit of, Civ
ing all the orders and taking none
has adjusted himself to the condition
Of being ordered to police a street or
remake bed that was not construct
ed according to the regulations. He is
taking all the orders now and givinS
none. It Is a'complete reversal of an
order Of things to which he has been
accustomed for years. He started IN
with the new order Of things as a mat.
ter Of duty and pride. Two weeks has
so adjusted him mentally that he now
does 1t as q matter OF course.
It has rot taken long for a strong
feeling Of conlradeship to spring up
among the men and already there is
& distinct spirit IN the organization.
As the. men work together and become
acquainted the more fromal acquaint-
anceship OF civilian life has been
superseded by the man to man re-
lationship which can best be describeJ
by the word 'bunkie."
A large and interesting volume
could be written about the varied
careers of many men who are studi-
ously preparing to serve their country.
The case Of the Gocdfellow brothers
Of Seattle. Washington. IS merely one
case in point. There are nine OF
them. Two are at the Presidio, James
and John, Malcolm and Herbert are
serving with the Washington Coas.
Artillery corps. Richard with a
training class at Fort Lawton, Wash
ington, Forrest, who Is an engineer,
Is engaged at the cement in an en-
deayor to convince the government
authorities that the less of one finger
has In no wise reduced his efficiency
In his profession. Three older broth
ers are seeking the opportunity in
which men Of their years may serve.
A sister Is the wife OF Captain James
C. Mcdonald. of Canadian engineer
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