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enter the army, you will be instruc
: ted to report AT some convenient
: place II your own neighborhood. The
E"Nact instructions will be given la.
> ter. AS quickly thereafter as proper
: arrangements can be made. YOU ant
= the other men who are assigned 70
repor, 10 the same officer Will De
e. Transported 10 the training camp toI
, cantCnment as ii is sometimes
> tcaIied.D
} There Will be nearly forty thou.
: sand men i'll each cantonment The
} task OF preparing for your arrival is
enormous. Each cantonment will re.
4 iquire 25,u0U,O00 feet OF lumber. :
, 500 doors, $1,000 window sashes,
r 300 casks of Portland cement, anu
= 5000 yards of broken stone. The
water supply OF cantonment Will be
, 100000 gallons day. 1t will have
lts own sewerage system. fire depart
, ment bakeries, ice plants. and hospl-
, tails. 1t will even require a eigantic
steam-heating plant. Sixteen cities,
each with a population of 10000,
, we'll cared for-that is the task.
, In spite of the best efforts, it is
possible that some of the details NAV
remain unfinished at the beginning
of your camp life. There will be a
certain amount of hustle and appar-
ent confusion on the surface. Bear
in mind that underneath it 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 tempe
rary delays OF Inconv2nicnces at the
beginning. One of the tests of a good
soldier is his cheerful willinsness 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 soldier. The description which
follows will help you in forming this
idea. However there will be many
changes as you 60 along in your
training.
As the men in the National Army
must get ready in eeord-breaking
time. their training will be more
strenuous than that of soldiers in
peace, You viii find there is plenty
OF hard work ahead of you. The ay-
erage energetic young American will
be glad Of it,
The soldier arises for the day usu-
ally at about six o'clock, little ear
Her IN the summer and little later
IN the winter. The buglers sound the
call known as reyeille. The men
! 1rs ssS--a lnld-t+alI-I t-llI- Il
Your first experience of military
drlll probably consist of "setting-up
exercises. which ordinarily occupy
the nrst few minutes of the day.
IheY consist of certain movements of
the mead. arms, trunk and legs which
are carefully designed not merely to
develop your muscles. but also to in
crease your skill, grace, self-eantral
ana self-rellance. At the same time
they VIII also put you into the right
frame OF mind for a vigorous DAYS
work
III the mornings when the bugle
rings out the reyeille, and you crawl
OUT OF your bunk reluctantly, possib-
~ tired and sore from the previous
days work, you will find Yourself
wonderfully freshened and cheered
up by few minutes vigorous set
tlng-up exercises. Watch their eff
feet on yourself and you will see
why they are so highly regarded by
the most experienced soldiers of the
army: It will be only a short time
until you look upon tho early morn
ing settIng-up drill as one of the
pleasantest features of your day,
. Then comes washing up and
breakfast. Usually breakfast is fol-
lowed by a half-hour for cleaning
the barracks and hunks and putting |
clothing and bedding in order. FIRE. !
quently the company commander Will !
inspect the barracks immediately at |
terWardS to make sure that every
man has attended to his part of the ,
Work. There is then often some
ume which the trained soldier uses ,
lof attending to his personal needs, !
ttdylng up his clothing, and the like. |
Inc remaining TWO OF three hours !
or the morning are likely TO be spent |
IN drlll-at first in close order"and |!
later in extended order" also. These
terms Will be explained in another
part OF this course. AS you advance
the drills will become more and
more interesting. During the drill |
there are numerous short periods of
rest.
In most camps guard mounting
comes about noon. This consists of
renewing the men who have been
guarding the camp and turning over
TINS duty to new men. Each soldier
mounts guard not oftener than once /
week, After guard mounting the +
men go TO dinner, which comes at l.
Twelve O'Clock, At least one hour is /
always allowed for dinner and rest.
During the afternoons the work is l.
likely TO be varied and to include adj l.
dltlonal Setting-up exercises and 9TH
er drills, target practice, bayonet eX-
erctses, and later more advanced !,
drilling. About five O'Clock comes +
the evening parade and "retreat,"
when the flag is lowered or furled for
the night. The band plays The
Banner" while all of
ficerS and soldiers stand at attention.
The ceremony is designed to deepen
each mans respect and love for the
nag which he serves: it is always inn
presslve, After the flag is lowered.
1t is carefully folded and escorted by
the guard to headquarters, where it
is kept until the next morning, when Z
1t is again raised
Supper comes between five and six .
clock. and is usually followed by a I
period of rest. In the training
camps there will be many opportuni- .
ties for variety of healthful amuse-
nehts-for sports. music, the thea
ire, and so on, as later described. I.
Taps are sounded by ten O'Clock.
l ms Is the signal to put out all
lights. retire and keep quiet. 1t
closes the day for the soldier and
sends him to his blankets a tired and
sleepy man."
This is only a sample of day in
camp. On some days your company
will go off on hikes" " After a time
there may be longer marches when
you will carry your shelter tents
with you and will make your own
camp each evening. These are day<
that will be especially interesting.
You will learn the soldiers art of +;
adapting yourself to new situations
and making yourself comfortable.
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