The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-12
Camp Grant Notes

is all you can hear from the men of
| Co. of the 331st machine gun battal-
| ion. The men are anxious to leave
Camp Grant but they have no par
ticular place they would like to go.
Most OF them are clamOring to go
south since the advent of snow and
cold weather
After five weeks in the army the
| wanderlust seems to have struck
| most of the men and they are contin-
| ually calling for a change. Not that
| they are not satisfied with Camp
Grant. There is not a man in the en-
| tire company who does not appreciate
| the wonderful place they have at this
| camp but it is natural that at this
stage Of the training that they would
want to move.
Much had been written on several
different occasions of the way the men
| Of the 331st are being fed, but owing
to the excellent manner in which they
| eat, too much credit can not be given
to those who deserve it. A few of the
men on reaching camp were Disguised
at the plain meals they were given
and often said that they could never
learn to eat the food, but these same
men today are the heartiest eaters in
the battalion.
| A good share of the younger genera
ton OF the country today eat a great
deal too much sweet stuff such as pie,
cake, salad, etc, and there is not a
person in the country that can hon
estly say that food Of this order will
develop a strong man. The boys were
very disappointed when they did not
have pie for dinner and cake for sup
per, but after few days they real
lied that the food they were being
given was what they should have been
eating for long time.
To make a good soldier the man
must have plenty of meat and wheat
and it is for this particular reason
that the government has requested
one meatless and one wheatIess day a
| week. The boys in this battalion are
getting plenty of meat, potatoes, bread
and fruit and it is such food as this
That Will build them up and develop
them into big strong healthy men.
The boys drill seven hours a day
and deserve and must have muscle
building food and that is exactly what
they are being given. That does not
mean that they are not allowed to eat
other articles for each man finds that
he can relish piece of pie or cake
whenever he desires. Also the men OF
the battalion are being served with
pie. cake and cookies occasionally anC
nave now learned to do without then
and are more than satisfied with the
government ration and they all say
that what they are getting is of the
highest quality and that they are re-
ceiving all they want. So the folks
back home need have no worry thai
the boys are not being fed good an(
there is not a single boy in the entire
| battalion who hasn't improved il
health and taken on weight, and this
is the best argument a person can sci
forth that the boys not only of the
331st machine gun battalion, but OF
the entire Seth division are being fec
in an excellent manner.
Raymond Thomas, commonly known
as Shorty received his appoint yes
terday as lance corporal Shorty
has made a decided hit with the mer
of Co. c by his clever smile and al
are glad to hear of his promotion.
| Robert 'sScotty" Johnson of James
vile is now lecturing to the boys OF
the battalion on the horse Scotty
knows about all there is to be known
about them and is making quite hit
with his lectures.
| Sergeant Thomas CrOnin complains
that he is not receiving the amount OF
mail that he should and is asking
everyone what has happened to the
young ladies in GAINESVILLE
A certain young man in Co. C is
still trying to find out if the Soldiers
Bride" a. musical comedy that played
in GAINESVILLE Sunday is going to get te
Rockford. The young man is quite
worried over the route the show is
taking, and will be greatly relieved
when he finds out that they are goine
W play IN the fOfeSt City.
Sergeant Roy Mawhinney evidently
feared that the company was going t.
oVersleep Tuesday morning, because
before retiring Monday night he sci
his Big Ben for four o'clock. AS a re-
suit the entire company was up an(
dressed in the morning long before
reveille.
| Everybody is getting ready for pay
day again, and the men are all figur.
ing way to save money, because they
realize that they have only two pay
days before Xmas and some of the
folks back home might have to wait
until after the first of the next veal
before getting their presents.
Private Thomas Farrell of GAINESVILLE
is on the sick list at the present, SUI
fering with a severe toothache, but he
still has time to cheer the men ur
with his witty sayings and some of the
men would find it mighty lonesome al
night if Farrell was not around to tel
them few jokes