The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-08-17
(Preceedine Lessons: /. Your Post of
Honor; 2. Making Good in the
Army; 8. Nine Soldierly Qualities;
4. Getting Ready for Camp.

Proceeding Lessons: /. Your Post OF
Honor; 2. Making Good in the
Army; 8. Nine Soldierly Qualities;
4. Getting Ready for Camp.
There will be nearly forty thousand
men in each cantonment The task OF
preparing for your arrival is enor-
nous. Each cantonment will require
25,000,000 feet Of lumber, $500 doors,
$4,000 window sashes, 1865 casks of
Portland cement, and 5000 yards OF
broken stone. The water supply of a
cantonment will be 100000 gallons
a day. 1t will have its own sewerage
system, fire department, bakeries, ice
plants and hospitals. It will even re-
quire A gigantic heating plant. Six
teen cities, each with 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 beginning OF
your camp life. There will be GER
tain amount of hustle and apparent
confusion on the surface. Bear in
mind that underneath it all lies we'll
thought out plan In working out this
plan, everything possible has been
done for the comfort and convenience
of individual soldiers. Don't grumble
if you run into some temporary delays
or inconvenience at the beginning.
One of the tests of a good soldier is
his cheerful willingness to take things
as they are and maze the best OF
them.
You are naturally interested in
Il, ~ ~ IF
o soldier, The description which fol-
lows will help you in forming this
idea. However, there will be many
changes as you go along with your
training.
AS the men in the National army
must get ready in record-breaklng
time, their training will be more siren
uous than that of soldiers of peace.
You will find there is plenty Of hard
work ahead of you The average en-
ergetic young American will be glad
Of it.
The soldier arises for the day US
ually at aEClt six o'clock, little
earlier in the summer and little lat
er in the winter. The buglers sound
the call known as reveille. The men
dress and fall in.
Your first experience of military
drill will probably consist Of setting
up exercises which ordinarily occu-
pv the first few minutes of the day.
They consist Of certain movements of
the head. arms, trunk and legs which
ere carefully designed not merely to
develop your muscles but also to in
crease YOUR skill. grace, self-control
and self-reliance. At the same time
they will put you into the right frame
of mind for vigorous days work.
In he mornings when he bugle rings
out the reveille, and you crawl out OF
yuor bunk reluctantly, possibly tired
and sore from the previous days VIC
freshened and cheered up by few
minutes vigorous setting-up exercises.
Watch their effect on yourself and
you will see why they are so highly
regarded by the most experienced
soldiers of the army. 1t will be only
a short time until you look upon the
early morning setting-up drill as one
of the pleasantest features Of your
day.
Then comes washing up" and
breakfast Usually breakfast is fol-
lowed by half-hour for cleaning the
barracks and hunks and putting cloth
ing and bedding in order. Frequently
the compay commander will inspect
the barracks Immediately afterwards