Evening journal., 1917-08-20
LESSON NO
EIRsT DAG lN CAME

preceding Lessons: 1. Your Post /
Of Honor; 2. Making Good in the /
Army; 3. Nine Soldierly Qualities. a. /
Getting Ready for Camp
There will be nearly forty thou
sand men in each cantonment The
task of preparing for your arrival is
enormous. Each environment will re
quire $4,000 900 feet of lumber, 800
doors. $1,000 window eashes, 1865
casks OF Portland cement, and 5000
yards of broken stone. The water
supply of a cantonment will be $500,
900 gallons a day II will have it's own
. sewerage system. fire department
bakeries, ice plants and hospitals. Il
will even require a gigantic steam
heating plant Sixteen cities, each
with a population of 100000 we'll
cared for-that is the task.
In spite of the best efforts, il is pos
s.be that some of the details may
remain unfinished at the beginning OF
your camp life. There viii be a Ger
ain amount Of hustle and apparent
confusion on the surface. Gear In
mind that undofneath IL all lies
l-thoushtout plan. In working out
this plan everything possihNa has been
done for the comfort and convenience
of individual soldiers Don't grumble
II you run into some temporary de
lays or Inconvenience ct the begin
ming One Of the tests OF a good sol
der is his cheerful willingness to
take things as they are and make the
best Of them.
You are naturally interested in
forming some idea of the camp life
Of a soldier. The description which
follows will help you in forming this
Idea. However. there will be many
changes as you 90 along in your
raining
AS the men in the National Army
must get ready In record breaking
time. their training will be more
strenuous than that of soldiers in
peace. You will find there is plenty OF
hard work ahead Of you. The average
energetic young American will be
glad OF &C.
The soldier arises for the day usu
ally at about six o'clock little
earlier in the summer and a little
later in the winter. The buglers sound
the call known as reveille. The mer
dress and fall in
Your first experience Of military
drill will probably consist Of set
tingup exercises" which ordinarily
occupy the first few minutes of tn,
day. They consist of certain move
ments of the head, arms. trunk anC
legs which are carefully desigrc/ no
merely to develop your muscles bu
also to increase your skill grace
selfcontrol and selfreliance At the
same time they will also put you int
HaaN. &c HaaI FOO nHHHHa
Gus days work
In the mornings when the bugl
rings out the reveille, and you craw
out OF your bunk reluctantly. possibl
tired and sore from the previou
days work, you Will find yoursel
wonderfully freshened and cheere
up by a few minutes vigorous SCI
lingup exercises. Watch their effec
on yourself and YOU will see why the
are so highly regarded by the mos
experienced soldiers of the army.
will be only a short time until 70
look upon the early morning setting
up drill as one Of the pleasantes
features of your day.
Then comes washing up an
breakfast Usually breakfast is 10
lowed by a halfhour for cleaning IN
barracks and hunks and putting clotl
ing and bedding in order. Frequent
tho company commander will inspe'
the barracks Immediately afterward
TO make sure that every man has a
tended to his part of the work Tier
is then often some time which m
trained soldier uses for attending
his personal needs. tidying up n
clothing and the like
The remaining two OF three houl
Of the morning are likely to be spei
in drill-at first I'm "close order" ar
later In extended order" also The
terms viii be explained in anothl
part Of this course AS you advanC
the drills will become more and mo
interesting. During the drill there a
numerous short periods Of rest.
In most camps guard mOuntil
comes about noon This consists
relieving the men who have be-
guarding the camp and turning ov
this duty TO new men. Each soldi
mounts guard not oftener than on
week. After guard mounting q
men go TO dinner. which comes
twelve O'Clock. At least one hour
always allowed for dinner and re
During the afternoons the work
likely 10 be varied and to include Z
ditional setting.up exercises a
other drills, target practice bayou
exercises. and later more advanc
drilling About FIVE o'clock comes {
evening parade and retreat" VIII
the flag is lowered or furled for {
night. The band plays The 81
Spangled Banner" while all cficS
and soldiers stand at attention. 7
ceremony is designed to deepen ca
mans respect and love for the 4
which he serves: IL Is always
pressive. After the flag is lowered,
Is carefully folded and escorted
the guard to headquarters, where
is Kept Until the next morning, WI
u is again raised
supper comes between FIVE and
o'clock, and is usually followed by
period OF rest In the training can
there will be many opportunities
variety OF healthful amusement
for sports, music. the theatre. and
on as later described. Taps