The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-10-18
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the war and didn't her ships visit
every port in the world freely and
with as much privilege as any country:
WHY claim then that England had
monopolized and made this right I'M
possible, 80 z4e,,.
Another point he brought out clear
" was that when England halted a
ship on the sea She searched the
ships cargo and confscated the con:
traband, if there were any. She did
not sneak up, on merchant and pas
senger ships and submarine Them un-
-awares. However the Germans, ne
said, had not yet sunk a ship Loaded
with troops. She must make pas
senger and freight ships her victims
as they were not SO dangerous.
He stated that in a short while
there would be some French officers
here to help drill the men. The 25O-
man company now in vogue at Camp
Dodge is an out growth Of the French
company idea; so successful at the
front. It is very complicated and
made up of many classes of fighting
formations, which we will endeavor to
explain in another letter.
We were sorry to learn that sew
.eral Sank Centre mothers became
alarmed when we said that we had
all been ."shot"' twice in the arm last
week. Numerous letters were /. re-
.ceived Immediately after the paper
came out, anxiously inquiring how 1t
was possible that their sons had been
-"shot" in training camp. The word
@sshot" here means vaccination. Az
present. all of us in Co. F. have had
at least three vaccinations and a
number of us, four. The first was for
small ,pox, and typhoid, making two;
Zone in each ARM the second was for
para-typhoid, a lighter form and a re-
vaccination for smallpox if the first
did not work. The first operation did
not affect the boys much but the Sec
~ond surely put kink in their system
while the 24-hour effect was on, and
especially, if they had. "a cold at the
time. But after this period had7elaps-
ed they were up and coming as usual
The next comes Wednesday. Wow,
- Speaking Of passing physical ex-
aaminations, only three nave been Dis
charged in our cempany-for failure to
measure up to standard; one for be-
ing underweight; one, for a badly de-
fective pair of ears; one "a rupture
Out OF a possible 200 meg this speaks
highly of the physical qualifications OF
the men=-here. Every precaution is
taken to further build up the resist
-ance power of the men, making them
strong, able to take care of them
selves and healthy. The vaccinations
are said to be preventive against ty-
-phoid, small pox and para-typhoid
for FIVE years. e ~ .'f.<2~. :, g.
A goodly number of Western
Stearns county boys had as much pow
en- aa the president of the> United
States for few hours last week; they
were doing their bit ons guard duty
for. the first time. Officers who
lesthred TO them on their duties dur
ing the past few days, assured them
that nobody was superior to them, not
excepting the president, in perform
ing their duties as sentinels at the
post Of the guard. The hours are two
on duty and four off. Well, by the
lordly way they paraded their posts
for the first two hours and Ssaluted
Officers, would have done credit to old
veterans. Then, if they went on at
five o'clock, they came off at seven.
But here's something they never had
given much attention. AT eleven p.
ms5Exme their; call to join the relief
squad and be reported for another two
hours duty. Was it hard for this ex-
sof6cio-president- Tin police power) to
.paksup at this hour for another 12O
minute hike, listening to his compan-
ions all about him snoring in peaceful
slumber, to route himself out and not
leave most of his presendential pride
in his cot? This happens to each. COM
pany every so often; to furnish a
large number Of men for Interior and
exterior guard work. We know Byron
Carr, Charles Bryant, Cassius
-Sprague, John Richardson, John
Brown and all the rest of the C. A.
r. at Sank Centre will chuckle at the
above and perhaps recall their own
initial crack at the same work. On
the square, l never saw darkness fade
away into daylight before; my last
call came at 80 this morning!
Among the Sank Centreites We ran
across this week were Einar Hanson,
former clerk at the Palmer House.
He is bugler in one of the companies
of the 352d Regt. Einar was tickeled
to tears to. see us and insisted that we
furnish him a copy of The Herald
each week. He wishes to be renen-
bered to his friends in Sank Centre.
Bob Swift, of Co. F.. 352d Inf, did
a stpkA sY ebqsineef1 th9 pther day.
In t0ffpany with another, army pal he
visited a neiphh0rinp farm, and the