Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-18
FORT OGLETHORPE
LIFE is RAPD-FTRE
Rosemont Man Tells Inter
estingly of Camp in Letter
to Brother
OFFICER STUDENTS BUSY
Writer Sets Forth Ordinary
Duties of the Day From
Reveille to Taps

A compact sample Of the rapid-fre man
ner In which Uncle Sam is whipping into
shape some 100000 soldiers is given In
letter from Ch lnning w. Daniel, Of Rose
none, one OF the several hundred Phlladel-
phians undergoing intensive officers train
ing at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga
How the stupendous lessons Of. war are
. crammed into sixteen hours Of work and
study day are described by young Daniel,
who Is a candidate for a commission as field
artillery officer. Writing 70 his brother.
Robert w Daniel, he emphasizes the value
Of time In the making Of officers for the
second National Army draft
.Time is the scarcest article in Chick
amauga Park" says the letter--one Of
those now popular family war letters
which are passed from one member of the
soldiers family to another. That Is the
general name for this great Government
tract of historic ground on which are now
encamped within a radius Of seven miles
around Fort Oglethorpe, -- men rep
resenting every branch Of the army ser
vice. Everything in sight Is on stupen-
dous scale; so much So IN fact, that II
beggars description.
"A homely illustration: After noon mess
today | went into the refreshment shack
+ (the one supplying the officers camp alone)
TO get a little wrapped cake of ice cream
They were sold out, but would have somb
more shortly An hour later l inquired
again, but in the meantime they had re-
cream blocks at five cents apiece. Such is
the current of masculine humanity here,
even on Sunday.
I'VE see many representatives of other
camps about. cantonments In all directions,
soldiers marching in all directions, and
washington's orders apparent in all direc-
tions."
One Of the big reviews was held in honor
of the French officers, which the letter de-
scribes as follows
"In the nrst. place. II means that we
must be logged up In heavy marching order
cartridge belts with canteen and frst-aid
kit attached, as well as revolver and holster,
and, worst OF all, a pack with haversaCk,
on our backs, containing everything for a
long march (tents, blankets, ponchos, cook
ing and eating utensils, toilet articles un-
derwear. etc.), the roll finally weighing
about fifty pounds. After making all this
up which Is some job, we are formally in
spected and then marched away to the main
grounds. an immense field on slope
Since this mornings review was our
first, we really had to do it all twice count
ing the practice review. But It was a
gorgeous sight. especially when YOU con-
sidered what these marching men really
were, and almost repaid us for the weight
of our packs and for standing and marching
al attention so long-two and a half hours.
Admitting the mess to be plain Daniel
says that the officer aspirants are glad to
get it and CONSUME enormous amount of
food" enjoying the variety offered. lie
gives "A sample good" dinner as consisting
Of canned FISH hash ham, cheese, potatoes
and apple sauce and a bum" one, corned
beef and cabbage with turnips.
Daniel is connected with the brokerage
firm OF his brother Robert w. Daniel &
Co.. 32s Chestnut street. He is University
OF Virginia graduate.