The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-12
ARDMORE SOLDIERS
NOW IN CAMP
WHITTINGTON PARK TEMPORARY
HOME OF COMPANY B, EN-
GINEERS. o. n. G.
ROSTER
@ Call Was Made for Blankets and
ed Cross Come to Rescue-Ard-
! ! nore Men Sleep at Home-Taking
Meals at Cafes.

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7 Meals at Cafes.
Rising promptly at $50 o'clock, in
| dulging in setting.up exercises for sew
eral minutes, preparatory for the days
work, and cheering wildly when first
call for mess is blown; returning to
camp after breakfast, for a morning OF
hard drill and other military work;
marching back to town at noon for din,
| ner, and back to camp for more drill
during the afternoon, again hiking to
town for supper, at 5 o'clock, and re.
turning to camp in time to hear tattoo
and taps-this is the daily routine
which members Of Company Il, Engi-
neers, First Separate Battalion. Okla.
homa National Guard, are learning to
love.
This is the greater part of the local
engineers company is living by this
daily schedule of drill, and eat and
sleep, and learning to like 1t as well as
they formerly did their carefree lives
as civilians.
Nearly 100 men, members of the com.
pany who before mobilization of the
military unit here. lived elsewhere than
in Ardmore. and a few who always have
lived here, are now camping at Whit
tington Park, and are rapidly becoming
accustomed to the routine life Of the
army, of which they became members
last Sunday.
Bunk In Exposition Hall.
Early last week orders We're issued
for the engineers to encamp at the
park, and hurried preparations were
made to place the old exposition hall in
shape for the men to sleep and live in.
Electric lighting systems were con.
nected, ten shower baths were install.
ed, and other arrangements were made
for the comfort and convenience Of
Ardmore's soldiers.
Cots were provided, In abundance.
Then came a problem. No blankets or
other coverings were available for the
men, and as the breezes which sweep
through the park during the early
morning hours are rather chilly than
otherwise, a hurry.up call for donations
of coverings was sent out.
Members of the local Red Cross chan.
ter responded Immediately, and as a re.
suit of their work, directed by Mrs.
Shelby Downard, Mrs II. II. Sayre.
Mrs. John II. Carlock and Mrs. Hugh
Ledbetter, a plentiful supply of warm
blankets and quilts has been obtained.
About the only thing which the solo.
iers are not doing according to regula-
ton is eating. Arrangements have been
made whereby the engineers are TAX
ing their meals-morning. noon and
night-in the various restaurants and
cafes of the city And not one of them
has entered a complaint against the
quality or service Of the food which
is being served TO them.
Just think of it, Ten different dishes.
and all Of them good to eat" one big
fellow said yesterday afternoon. follow
ing the supper hour, as he walked out
OF one of the several eating places, with
a toothpick i'm one hand. and the other
hand gently caressing that portion Of
the human anatomy in which food and
drink is stored. Believe me. they're
feeding us right. and If we get as good
grub as this when we go into real
camp. wen be some lucky birds"
While the men have not started out
with all the work they will be com.
PEELED to do later, the daily program is
becoming harder each day. as the sold.
iers become accustomed TO their unac-
customed exercise. Although a few Of
them complain now and then Of stiff
joints and sore muscles. not once has
a man shown the yellow streak and ask.
ed to be excused from drill other than
ON account Of real illness. Special
schools have been established for the
non.commissioned officers.
Roster Of Officers.
a complete list OF officers was posted
yesterday by Capt. r. W. Patterson. as
follows:
Commissioned officers. Captain r.
w. Patterson; First Lieutenants II. II.
Sayre and c. +. Glove; Second Lieuten.
ant Tom L. Coleman.
First Sergeant James T. King.
Sergeants, first class: George \ Otey.
Jack f. Hammond and Jack w Rid.
path.
Supply Sergeant. Samuel NJ. Newman.
Mess Sergeant, Darrell +. White.
hurst
Stable Sergeant, Roy +. Clark.
Sergeants: Paul II. Hart. Arthur l..
Fuess Buford NJ Parker. Emmett Er.
win, William Mccain, James f. War.
ren John h. Wheeler, William b. An.
drews.
Corporals: Joseph c. Helbach. Harri.
son +. r. Lynch, Adlai $. Baker. Har.
mon r. Cloughley. Jesse b. Jones Ben.
iamin n. Newman, Howard V. Patter.
son, Allen l., Evans, Noah o. Spyker.
Albert II. Oliver, Dave Black. Reuben
Paine, George w. c. Cox. James +.
Frame, Burdette O. Wise. William h.
Thatcher Alonzo +, McCracken and
Gordon l.. Gano.
Lance Corporal Harry l.. Beane.
Horseshoer James c. Luttrell.
Cooks, Rex, c. Murray. John c.
Payne and Frank c. Hardin.
Buglers, Cecil +. Livingston and
Cecil c. Graham
For the convenience Of members OF