The Detroit times., 1917-10-05
BOND DRIVE
IS PLANNED
FORCUSTER
To Organize
In Rival Sales
Teams
u $4,000 n NILr0N-


CAMP CUSTER. BATTLE
GREEK Mich. oct SIT is proba.
p, thar me camp Custer Liberty
uCnd drive VIII be organized by
company platoous. each m charge
of % Officer Altho it viii be- made
plain go The men that there Is NO
compuision about the purchase OF
Liberty bonds II If expected that
un.t rivalry viii bring a large total
-uu Many % The men viii pot
have 81 erfat amount OF money untn
DrNf month when they get their
ars, pay but subscription ar
rauEemenr VIII hr made by which
bond can be purchased by small in-
stallmenr payments The Liberty
bond proposition is no small propo-
,iron heip because officers face the
problem ~ doing an they can for
tre biz 3As loan without permitting
the men 8 Eet their minds of learn
nc how "a wailop Pee kaiser In The
trenches There carr be no cessa-
t.on 81 raining Tor actual fehting
while the men show their interest
in the oaD
Camp custer never have been uni
formed since they came. because a
Was NOT poss 5lv 20 IN them The
Quarto-master bias now announced
that be- has plenty ~ odd sizes FOR
these men The issuing OF wool
trousers and hlouses continues. and
VIII not stop unfil every man Is out
frted FOR fhe winter All have over
coats
!, ralued again Thursday bad
weather now interferes with The
training 90 the extent that 80 breaks
no Tho continuity OF the field work.
There rs plenty az indoor work
which can be Staged on rainx days
Most of the men were taken out on
the parade grounds for short drills
Thursday. and then chased indoors
for some skull practice IN theory
The infantrymen gave lot ~ time
indoors to rife sighting and the care
~ The rife
Camp Custer is built on sandy
soil and there never IS any mud
the next DAY after even very
heavy rain This soil formation viii
Do especially fortunate IN The spring
when most camps Riii BE- FOUNDER
INK ia heavy mud because of the
thaws Therell be nothing ike that
here
The sixth local board a. Detroit
sent 25 more ment 20 camp Thurs
day. This board was way behind
The schedule. and men from mat
part OF Detroit have been drlbbiinE
in FOR the past fWo weeks
Judge Mur0n chairman ~ The
district draft board a. Detroit and
other board members visited Camp
Custer Thursday as the guests o.
Mai Fred Alger acting com
mander % the Three Hundred and
Tenth ammunition train. In France
Maj Ager VIII BE- commander OF
the motor section Of he ammunition
train Lieut. Coils Bartlett. Powell,
Cowan and sheldon and Maj Steo-
bins eft this morning for Chicago,
where they Will attend the first two
games % tho world series
Verne stevens. well known
writer ~ college songs. who Is III
the finance department ~ The GUAR
teruaster's department here, has
written what he hopes vii be no
Official Camp Custer marching song
n Ia called We're Clusters Fight
ny Soldier Boys The men here
need song on the march The
best The most az them can DO is no
whistle Marching Thru Georgia
Members % Company p Three Hun
bred and Twenfy-eighth machine
run battalion have rented piano
for their barracks
Forty oncers have rented a resl
donce In Rattle Creek and Hll EARN
II into an officers club IN 0.lH b.
their downtown headqusrters
fire loss q Camp Custer has
been lower than az any other can
torr ent. lt is said The assertion
may 30 TRUE FOR The loss totals only
go $40 worth of haled straw and
81 cot Every body knocks or
wood when they talk about fires
here There is constant DANGER ~
confagtaton