The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-10-12
MABEL ABBOTT
FINDS SECOND
READY FOR WAR

oxe ts.--sts right where u a.
says xe~-carS Murray.
There arc emily three or four
streets ~ srewe tents where.
sls nsenths age. there was q
little city o. them; tho field
where the blue overalled 18th
engineers used TO drill looks
lonesome: tho lumber In the
cook houses that last spring
was a. golden az the barracks
at Camp Lewis. 10 sllverina a
little from the weather. and the
roek.llned lnelncrators back Of
them yswn black and cold; tho
travelled space by the gate
where the automobiles used 20
stand. ready 20 servo tho
crowds that came and went. 10
empty: and all day long the
loaded buses spin past. unpaus
Inc. on the smooth highway. to
the huge new camp. four mlies
farther on.
Hut Camp Murray n stlll there,
and the Second Washington Is on
80
sentry paees Worn Beat
turned in AZ the gate between
tho arsenal and the motorcyci.
stable yesterday and went down
tho sandy road and the llttle bridge
across tho creek
Tho sentry gave mo an ohserv.
ant glance. The beat he paced was
worn IA bare as bahy'a head
Sentrles have been pacing that
beat a long. long time.
Across a brown meadow, a hand.
ful of brown figures swung with
the rhythm OF men who have
marched together FOR months.
In the camp. the company streets
were quiet Here and there a limo
OF snowy underrarments and clean
ollve-drab shirts Tapped In tho sun.
\ lean younEster was splitting
wood outside a eookhouse door with
professional conservation OF effort.
Kitchen Police No Novelty
Kitchen police and doing ones
own washing are no novelties at
Camp Murray.
Half dozen soldiers leaned on
the counter ~ tho post exchange.
Somewhere. cornot pFactlced
softly. Il was very. very peace
ful.
Hut Col. inglis. under the Flap
OF his tent behind the fring.d flag.
surveyed his village with pride. AZ
he- told mo what the Second wash.
ington Is doing.
we are at present war strength
now" he said. "sOo2 mcn and 90
officers
Il have abou, I 500 nan out NJ
over the state. m little companies
and squads. guarding bridxes. tun.
nels. plants. shipyards. etc.
Here In camp We have a sup.
ply company. the remnants OF G
company and the machine gun
company. and about $50 recruits
and rcservists.
May Move Soon
I'VE cannot hope to be relieved
before the railroads are thru NOV.
lnw tho third increment OF the ma.
tionai army. but we are receiving
new clothing. ard 8, f. likely We
shall be modified soon after that
time.
Most % tho men saw service
on the Mexican border. They arc
very proud Of tho fact that they
we're the only regiment TO reach
var strength during the Mexican
trouble. and the largest regiment
ever recruited IN the history OF the
United States They would natnr.
ally have liked to be among the
first 10 sec tho real thing in this
war. but I can say for them that
when We were held here for guard
duty. they went NJ II as willingly
and loyalty as they would have
gone 20 tho trenches"
Eager 20 Be Gone
just the same. In the eyes that
looked out from under tho brown
haihrims with the blue cords yes.
terday. saw look that meant
that they viii be glad when tho
companies come streaming in from
all over the state. and the camp
is a city again instead OF n VII.
lage. and the fields are full OF
marching men. and the gravel at
the gate crunches under many
wheels. for little while. before
the Second Washington leaves us
forever.
For when II goes 10 Charlotte.
vile. Il will be no longer the Sec.
ond Washington. but the isist
regiment of the sist brigade OF the
s1st division.
And the frs. regiment In
tho first brigade In the division
In point Of seniority" Col