Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-19
Concluded from last week

one takes place in the Hampstead
armory. Athletic contests sucn as
these are under the direction and
supervision of the physical work
secretary attached to the 166ths
Y. M. G. A.
Sunday usually finds some big
preacher from New York scheduled
for an evening talk in the "Y" tent.
Whenever possible, a man has been
chosen who has come down east from
Ohio and is therefore known to some
of the men at least. Attendance at
these services, like all religious ac-
tivities of the "Y," is entirely vol
untary. Sunday mornings the
Regiments regular Chaplain, Lieu
tenant John J. Halliday, has the use
of the tent
Practically every Ohio college and
university is represented in the
166th Regiment-Ohio Wesleyan,
Western Reserve, Case, Ohio State,
Hiram, Woostre, and so on through
all the long list have graduates or
eek" students in the ranks or among
the officers. Going to camp Mills
to see the 166th is like going to a
college reunion. Many of the new
recruits are youngsters of more re-
cent classes or lads who left off in
the middle of their college course to
enlist. One of the three dental sur
geons with the regiment was call
Ohio" intercollegiate basketball pitch
er about four years ago. He had
been out of dental school only long
enough to get his offices equipped
and himself up in practice when he
was called to the colors. He is one
of the youngest 1st Lieutenants in
the Dental Corps in the service.
The rank and file, too, is literally
sprinkled with college men. They
bob up in the twelve fighting com
panies, in the headquarters company,
the supply company and in the san
itary company. Some of them are
old grads, some of them are new.
"The Rainbow Reveille," known as
the official organ of the 166th regi-
ment, is edited by a recently grad
uated editor of the college paper in
an Ohio university. And it is a
live paper too, containing a grist of
outside news as well as the latest
information about the camp. The
youthful editor is a private in the
hospital corps.
Fate has played curious tricks on
some of these exguardsmen college
graduates. For instance, a man
who was captain of a company in
the military regiment of his college
has been serving as a sergeant un-
der a lieutenant whom back in un-
dergraduate days he appointed a cor
poral.
The regiment has been all agog
and as pleased as Punch over the
new concentrated" packs which
have just been issued. These are
much more compact and easier to
carry than the old form of roll pack
that went over the shoulders. The
new style pack is not more than
eight inches in diameter at any point
and is so susepnded from the waist
and shoulders as to maintain the per.
feet balance of the body and also tC
allow free movement of the arms anC
body for bayonet and hand-to-hanC
fighting. The list of things it will
hold in its small compass is unbeliev
able, including about everything from
extra shoes and underwear to hal
stakes. The greatly augmented
stead of about half as many mel
were gathered in close-packed group
one afternoon recently learning t.
roll up and adjust the new outfit,
from the careful instructions and ex
planation the officers were giving
It's been cold out Camp Mills way
the cold of an early FaIl. In TN
middle of the day the sun shine
warm and inviting, but the chill salt.
tang of the winds that blow over iron
the ocean and the Sound morning ant
evening make one long tor the coz.
open nre back nome. Blankets
ali that you can get your fingers OIL
are welcome at night, for the tent
nave no floors IN them.
The cold has it's funny as we'll a
its uncomfortable side. 1t rave ris
to a big scandal in the regiment, an
the scandal was over a high privat
who wouldn't bathe. 1t will not d
to mention names, of course, but tn
"bare" facts can not incriminate any
body. A visit to the shower bath
will quickly explain the private
aversion to the water. There is onl
a cold shower and it is enclosed b
nothing more substantial or imper
ious to the wind than some fairl
heavy burlap. AS the cold increas
ed morning after morning, it too
more and more courage to duck unde
the icy shower. Finally this pri
vate decided he wouldn't do tan
he didn't for nobody knows how long
Then his mates found it out. How
When thev were asked that question
they answered graphically: "You
nose knows" Stern measures wer
resolved upon, and after quite
battle the recalcitrant was forcibl
stripped and batehd. Now eac
morning the sergeant details som
one to see TO it that this particula
private bathes.
Two questions these Buckeye Lad
almost invariably ask and conjectuT
about are as TO when they will leav
for France and whether the Y. n
G. A. is going along with then
When they were assured that the
"Y" would go with them, they agree
that "it would be all right, then
An interesting fact is that the Uni
ed States soldiers under arms t
day have come to expect the Y.
G. A. TO provide quarters for it's woI
wherever they go. The 166th OH
is no exception. The Y. M. c.
is part Of the army to them.
"Why," said one of them, "v
couldn't get along without the ASS,
citation. And | guess it is abol
everywhere. The first time | wei
to Brooklyn on leave, ran plunk il
TO an Association there. | guess it
about the biggest and best in II
country, isn't it? Anyhow, | got
and they gave me the glad-hand ar
| got the only hot shower there ~
had since I've been down here"
So that one question that the so
diers of the 166th are asking is al
swered already. Wherever they s
their "Y" will be there to recei'