The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-08-23

for Uncle Sam's regular army, hut fer
the pest three nsafhs ~ Csyen-
ment has been buying additional land
until today this camp is comprised Of
some twenty thousanA acres. DuiA-
ings in the same lenGth Of time have
been Constructed to house and feed
and care for the vast numhes Of men
and horses that are here rhese men
consist Of Cavalry, infantry. Field
Artillery, Signal Corps, Engineers,
Quartermastess and some two thous-
and student officers. Car loads of
lumber are pouring in here every day
which means, Of course. that IL eanD
is not yet at its zenith.
1t is here boy that yeu are able to
grasp the seriousness with which our
Uncle Sammie is entering into this
worldly war. II is some busy place.
a place where there are no quarters
provided for the loafer or the idler, as
every man is here for . purpose, and
he is expected to fulfill that purpose
to the very best of his ability. Little
time is lost in idleness As every man
knows what is expected of him and the
time he is given to do it,
The main organization here Of
course. is the Student Oficers Train
ing camp. The first school is now
drawing to a close after three hard
months of diligent and strenuous
training. At the beginning of the
term something ike three thousand
members were enrolled, while today,
week previous to the close, there are
less than two thousand men left.
The major part of them lacked the
stamina it takes to make q successful
officer. They are required to keep
on a steady grind from Reveille at
flve-forty-five in the morning, until
Taps at nine fOrty-five at night. The
students are instructed in most every
phase Of present day warfare. This
past week they have been on q four
days battle. fighting day and night,
with the use Of trenches and wire en-
tanglements in their engagements. At
first it puts the cold chills in YOUR
spinal column to see and hear the
bursting of bombs and the roar Of
the cannon. You have no idea what.
ever the noise that comes with a
pitched battle.
1t is a pleasing sight to see end
less companies Of these student Off
GERS, in squad formation, coming in
to mess at the noon hour. Guns over
their shoulders, packs and canteens
strapped to their backs, clohine sat
urated with perspiration, these har-
aenea. sun Drowned men come march,
ing in with the symmetry and step.
that only comes after good hard train
ing, their voices blended together in
some specially dedicated song while
their Captain counts the cadence o.
their step and keeps them all sing
ing and in proper order. Ny boy, how
they do eat. Some of them who have
nved off Of sweets in the past, find
that now were they put to the test
they could get along very well on
hard tack and corn beef for some
time. 'e
Clothes in this mans army count
for naught, as every one looks alike.
A man here can only be judesd by his
past record if he has any, and BY the
results he accomplishes in his dailv
routine. If it is in him it will come
out fast and if not he is not folled
with as the instructors have very lit
tie time, if any, to give to a man that
does not apply himself for all he is
worth.
Preparations are being made to
hold two more terms after the pres
ent one comes to a close. The third.
l am told, will be comprised solely
OF enlisted men, picked from the ranks
OF the army. In all probabilities the
Training Camp will be a permanent
organization here throughout the en-
tire period of the war.
Personally I like this place much
better than at Fort Sam Houston. az
our Captain is very likeable fellow
and we get much better touch and
understanding of military life here
than there. Our food here is plen-
tiful and wholesome. Our barracks.
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