Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-08-22
THOSE DRAFTED
ARE LUCKY GUYS
Veteran Of Services Explains
Joys Of a Soldiers Life.
NE TALKS FROM EXPERIENCE

Says Healthy. Open Air Life Of Army
Campo esats Living In q Crowded
City and Working In an once For
Eight Hours Day-PIsnty Of Tims
For All Sports.
I'm draftedv' exclaimed the file
clerk tragically.
Drafted. heyY' replied the construc-
ton boss. Gee, you're lucky guy!s
writes Arthur Walter Grahame Of the
vigilantes.
Lucky shouted the file clerk.
whats lucky about having to go in
the amy and perhaps getting shot? I
don't see You running down to the re-
cruiting Office and enlisting."
NO" replied the construction boss
triie sadly. But II 1t wasn't for the
wife and the three kids you would see
me doing just that little thing.
Say" he continued, ''some Of you
young fellows make me tired. I served
In the Spanish-American war. and 1t
didn't kill melt made me better
man in every way. Oh. yes, know
that the Spanish American war wasn't
much Of show compared to this one,
but we heard few shots fred at that"
ut isn't only getting shot that wor-
ries me-" said the file clerk. II don't
want to go around saluting every off,
Ger meet, just as II wasn't as good
as they are. Anyway, what fun will
have In the army
All Kinds Of Fun.
You'll have all kinds Of fun--of the
kind Of fun that Is good for you." re-
turned the construction boss, produc-
Ing a sack Of ''makin's" and proceeding
to roll cigarette. "And as for salut-
Ing oficers-that's a privilege.
TT shows that you are members Of
the same professionally In arms.
The officer is just as much bound to
return the salute as you are to give
1t. And II you don't like being a pri-
vate you can be an omcer-if you are a
good enough man. We need all the
officers we can get. All you have to
do is to prove that you have the stuff"
well. / don't want any Of it," said
the file clerk. Little old New York
Is good enough for
YES. little old New York-eight
hours a day In an office, couple Of
hours In a movie theater or a bum
cabaret In the evening, trip to COney
Island ON Sunday and all Of $40 a
week. That's fine life for a man,
isn't It!
in the army you'll get up in the
morning feeling like q real man. You'll
go through half hour OF setting up
exercises to take the kinks out Of your
muscles. By the time the bugle goes
for breakfast you'n want 1t, and you'll
get real breakfast. Then you will
start in on the work Of the day. You'll
drill, and you'll drill hard. You'll know
what 1t means to sweat and you'll
learn what good drink water really
Is. You'll feel the old sun burning
through your flannel shirt and you'll
like it-like 1t almost as much as the
shade Of the trees along the dusty road
when you fall out for a ten minute
rest.
along about 1890 you'll start think
ing about dinner-they don't eat lunch
In the army-and you'll think about 1t
harder and harder until you get 1t.
After dinner youth get some more drill
they give you plenty to door learn
to dig trenches, or throw bombs, or to
read maps. or to signal, or practice
bayonet aghting, all of them real
mems Jobs. Then youn get chance
to clean up for retreat. which comes
along about shutdown. That's the real
classy. dress up affair Of the army day.
You'll march out on to the parade
ground and line up In regimental for
nation. Then the band will play The
Star Spangled Banner and you will
stand at attention while the flag comes
down. and II you are real American
you'll feel creepy sensation down
your spine. and you'll be so darn proud
Of your uniform and of your regiment
and of yourself that you'll almost bust
the buttons OF your shirt.
After That You Can Read.
Then you'll eat again and clean
up your rifle. After that you can read
or write or sit around and swap stories
or sing. Along about 0 o'clock you'll
begin to get noddy, and by the time
the windjammer blows taps you'll be
ready to stretch out en- your cot. and
the next thing you know you'll be
cussirg the bugler for blowing reveille
In the middle Of the night
"You won't have much chance to
practice the one step. but you'll get
plenty Of time for baseball and all the
other games that make men. You'll
get chance to use your bean too. The
American army wants men who can
think for themselves. not cattle that
have to be driven along by their on
GERS"
The file clerk seemed rather impress
ed. but he still had his doubts.
IAN that's all right he said. "but
suppose get sent to France?"
III you get sent to France you1l be
" L.