East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-08-17
LESSON NO. >.
FIRST DAYS IN CAMP.

! Precedlng Lessons /, Your Post oi
Honor: 2. Making Good in the
Army; Q. Nine Soldierly Qualities
L. Getting Ready for Camp.D
There will be nearly forty thousand
men in each cantonment. The tasl
Of preparing for your arrival il enor.
NOUS. Each cantonment will require
$4,000. 900 fet of lumber, 1900 doors
!27 900 window sashes. 4,665 casks OF
| Portland cement, and 5000 yards OF
broken stone. The water supply OF a
cantonment viii be $4,000 gallons
a day. 1t will have it's own sewerage
system, fire department. bakeries, ice
plants and hospitals. It will even
, require gigantic steam heating plant
Sixteen cities. each with Il population
of 10000, well cared for-that is the
! task
In spite of the best efforts it is pos
sible that some of the details may re-
main unfinished at the beginn ng of
your camp life. There will be a Ger
tain amount of hustle and apparent
confusion on the surface. Bear in
mind that underneath ii all lies a
well-thought out plan. In working
out this plan everything possible has
been done for the comfort and con
venience of individual soldiers. Don't
grumble if you run into some tempor-
ary delays or Inconvenience at the
beginning. one Of the tests of good
soldier 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 fol-
lows will help you in forming this
idea However, there will be many
changes as YOU go along in your
training
AZ the men in the National Army
must get ready in record-breaking
time. their training will be more
strenuous than that of soldiers in
reace. You will find there is plenty
of hard work ahead Of YOU. The av-
crage energetic young American will
be glad of it,
The soldier arises for the day usu-
ally at about six o'clock. little earli-
er in the summer and little later in
the winter The buGiers sound the
call known as reveille. The men dress
and fall in.
Your first experience Of military
drill probably will consist Of set
ting-up exercises" which ordinarily
occupy the first few minutes Of the
day. They consist of certain move
mcnts of the head, arms, trunk and
legs which are carefully designed not
merely to develop Your muscles but
also to increase your skill grace, self
control and self-relicnc". At the
same time they will also put you int"
the right frame Of mind for "a Vigor
Gus days work.
In the MORNINGS when the hugle
rings out the revnille, and you crawl
ou' If your bunk reluctantly, possibly
tired and sore from the previous day. :
worl You will find Tourself wonder.
fullN fr"shcned and checred up by "a
few minutes vigorous ~etting-up oN-
crciscs Watch their effect on your-
self aud you viii see VIII" they are So
highly regarded nv the most expert
enccd soldiers of the army 1t will
lr only a short time until you look
upon the early mornin1 setting up
drill as one Of the pleasant features
Of your day.
Then comes "washinG up and
breakfast Usually breakfast is fol
lowed by Il half-hour for cloaninG the
barracks and hunks and putting clio
thing and bedding Elm order, Ere.
uuently the company commond"r will
inspect the barracks Immediately af7
forwards to make sure that every