Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-02
.|DAHO,DRAFT
MAN LIKES new
Army ANDCAMP
Power County Registrant
Gives Clear Description of
What Next Quota May
Expect at American Lake.
Ada County Revises List of
Men on Second Forty Per
Cent Call Who Will Mob
ilize in Boise Wednesday
Morning.

The drafted men from Idaho who
mobilize in various counties of the
state Wednesday and entrain for Camp
Lewis. American Lake, Washington.
will find strenuous but not unhappy
time before them, Judging from the
clear and interesting description given
RI that cantonment by Burl w. Gisb
one of the Power county registrants
who left with the first contingent from
Idaho. He tells in simple but vivid
style what the average registrant
called to the colors and unfamiliar
with military work may expect when
he steps from the train at the western
camp.
Ada county will mobilize 40 per cent
OF It's quota again Wednesday, when 20
regulars and a number of alternates
VIII appear before the county exemp-
ton board. Due to the action of the
district board it became necessary to
again make some changes in the names
OF men on the call. The list now
stands as follows:
REVISED LIST.
Regulars-James Martin Branson
Meridian; Luther Young, Star; George
Aldridge. r F. D. 2, Boise; John OFT
Star; Elmer Hanson, Meridian; Ora
Jensen, Meridian; Albert Wilbur Dix
Ion, Meridian; Lewis H. House, Merid-
Ian; Arthur Neil Farnham, Mountain
Home; Rolla w. Thomas, Eagle; Rob
ert Ramona Pfost, Meridian Glenn A.
Liant Meridian; Robert Lee Hamilton,
Boise; Everett Dow Rambo, Meridian;
Andrew Dunsworth, Barber; Hugh
Linney, Melba; John Walter BRANDED,
Boise; John G. Gilmore, Star; Harry
Butler, Boise; Ribin Hiatt, Eagle;
Everett j. Frasier, Kuna; Euer H.
hawkins, Meridian; Bernard ]. Gros-
so, Meridian; Arthur Roamie Lamb.
Meridian; Webster L. King, Meridian;
Mavor A. Schoepe, Meridian; w. A.
Thomas, Eagle; Earl Snyder, Star;
Arthur Mayes, Meridian.
Alternates-Ira Estel Putnam, Kuna:
Harley H. Hedges, Meridian; Archi-
bald c. Francis. Swan Falls; Ralph
Soucie, r. F. D. g. Meridian; Morton
Blanchard Young, Kuna; Harry Niles
FolWell, Mora; Frank A. Reed, r. F.
d. l, Boise; Lloyd Elston Frasier, R.
F. D. l, Meridian; Walter Liant, Boise.
Called by other exemption boards but
who will travel with Ada county quota
Clifford Ownbey Dillon, Mont;
Lloyd Walter Green, st. Paul Mimi;
E. N. Franklin, Hoquiam, Wash; Ray
Heavrin. American Falls; Theodore F.
Boer, st. Anthony; Sidney Paul Baker,
Grand Island, Neb.; Chester Lutrell,
Price, Utah.
GET DOWN TO BUSINESS.
Writing of the work of the average
drafted man at Camp Lewis, American
Lake, to which the Idaho men will en-
train Wednesday, Mr.. Gish says:
As today is Sunday and / have
these few moments to myself | shall
try to write you all about the things
that have occurfcS since left you. We
had very pleasant trip of it, and was
greeted by many people along our
journey. and the scenery was beau |
tiful We arrived here Friday morn
ing LOO o'clock. all tuckered out. |
We were all in bed, but were soon
routed out by the officers and lined
up and marched to what we call the
cut out corrals, inspected and sent or
marched to our quarters, for the rest
of the night. We were given three
blankets an iron cot, a mess kit (that
is dishes to eat ON, also a towel, q
straw tick, then we went to bed, and
were routed out at 5 As a. m. and as
sembled and had roll call Then our
toilet. and then breakfast and then
afterwards we were drilled and being |
appointed to certain duties of which |
all have to take part in just as they |
may come in regards to our mess. It
is anything but a mess, though |
don't know where they got the name |
for the meals, but there are so many
things in the ARMY that can't be ex-
planned If one were to attempt to find
out where all the odd names originate
he would do nothing else. 1t is any
thing but mess, though, and without
throwing slams at mothers cook ing
or any one else's, we have had lots of
meals in which there was not any
more than there is here.
PLENTY TO EAT.
Before I left people told me that
had better take something along to eat.
30 would not starve. but they were
just kidding me, because, while we
haven't had any butter, we have had
all we wanted to eat of good grub. For
breakfast we had fried bacon, coffee,
cottage fried potatoes, apple sauce,
syrup and bread. The fellows put the
syrup on their mush and bread and
so we don't miss the butter very
much. For dinner we had vegetable
soup, pot roNst of beef, steamed po-
tatoes, stewed tomatoes. apple pie,
bread and coffee. At supper we had
roast beef and other things were
hashed brown potatoes, bread and tea.
May be this bill of fare doesn't ap-
peal to you, but. believe me. when
fellow comes in from drilling for from
two to eight hours it sure is nice to
set down and eat some Of what just
wrote we had yesterday We have
been learning to be soldiers this week.
The officers are all nice to us awk-
ward soldier boys. We sure do have
a time trying to learn the program.
will try to give you as We had it the