The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-03

will he here ali tho tune. hope so,
anyway for ! like this branch OF tn"
service had rather drill than do any
OF the othcr work that is required oi
man who works at his trade or occu-
patton Every man has his likes and
diSlikes but | would rather be line
sergeant than anything else This
marching and other exercise agrees
with mc--l never felt better in my life.
! had an idea when came here !
would never get used 10 going to bed
at 9Jo'clock and getting up al 80
Ihe0 o'clock part is fine but ! am not
,yd used 10 the other
b | think | wrote you last week about
digging trenches Well, we have been
at IT again II was quite lark the
first time but the fun has about worn
Off II comes a little too regular 20
suit the most ui us. don't have much
oi it myself but | sometimes iccl
ashamed standing aroGnd watching the
other men work The other day we had
four corporalS watching one private
and no sergeant keeping his eye on the
Corporals This work is directed by
some French and English officers and
the work is performed by the three bat.
tallonS OF the regiment The men work
fifteen minutes and rest fifteen Nol
see It is not enough to really hurt any
one
| was amused at one OF the men the
other afternoon. lie was told to dig
ten feet to his right and IN some mau-
ucr he began working 10 his left |
asked him why he was going in that
direction when hc was ordered to work
the cther way He stopped and said he
wished to the Lord we would get set
tied in what direction he was wanted
TO work, that four men had directed
him to work in four different dlrec-
tions and that he had spent most Of
his fifteen minutes simply turning
around He claimed it made no dif
ference to him il he went north or
south cast or west. only he would like
to be certain which was wanted II
was the time he had TO put in that WIS
worrying him, not the direction.
Extended Order Drill
We are having considerable tStended
order drill this week II is not partlcu-
larly hard, for one can march at ease,
but it is the advancing in rushei that
hurts, and when you arrive on the line
indicated, the command down" or TO
lie down does not mean to obey IN a
deliberate or graceful manner. as m
other drills II means to fall down and
the quicker you do 1t the better. II
would not bc 50 bad II all the ground
was nice and smooth, but one never
knows what one will fall heir to when
starting forward Y there is a cactus
in front OF you and the command comes,
you are supposed 10 cover the cactus.
| fell heir TO a rock pile the other
afternoon and ! had hard time finding
soft SPOT in it ! think every rock 10
that pile bruised some part Of my body
II Is quite an art 10 go down with
rifle IN your hand without doing any
damage TO the landscape It's hard on
clothes, too, and several OF the boy,
had to negotiate the loan Of different
articles OF clothing so as to he able to
be out for retreat at o'clock You
know, YOU have only two pairs OF lious.
erS and one pair Is IN tho laundry and
when something happens to the pair
YOU are wearing YOU are in oi
a iiN This is not a strong statement
One boy hung his trousers IN the
window the other night, and during the
night it raincd without waking him He
had an awful time getting out lor rev.
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