The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-10-11

Frs bill of fare does not include sugar
and butter, but as our mess fund
grows weswill have those luxuries.
Those who follow us here will bear
me out in this statement. Of cours~,
we appreciate packages of sweets
from home.
Aside from the continuous physical
d.ills let me quote the Position of
Solder" which every man here is
required to learn and carry out, and
after you have read it over, try it out
on yourself and see what shape they
are attempting to give us: Heels
on the same line and as near together
as the conformation of the man will
permit. 2-Feet apart equally at an
angle of as degrees 3-Knees
straight without stiffness. 4-Hips
level and drawn back slightly, body
erect and resting equally on hips;
chest lifted and arched; shoulders
square and falling equally. 5-Arms
and hands hanging naturally, thumb
along the seam of the trosurers. g.
Head erect and squarely to the front,
chin drawn in so that the axis of the
head and neck is vertical; eyes
straight to the front. 7-Weight of
the body resting equally upon the
heels and balls of the feet. Now
glance at yourself in large mirror.
"Some shape" Ell?
I promised to give in this article
the experience the men following us
will undergo before they are finally
mustered in, but before I start that
let me admonish you to come prepar"
ed in the way of clothing. Those Of
US who left the 21st are not yet fully
equipped, but the government is doing
everything possible to rush this work
and within a week we will be fully
equipped. Besides shaving, teeth
cleaning accessories, hair brush and
comb, bring good suit of clothes to
60 to town in, and an old enc for
drill and fatigue duties, face towels,
handkerchiefs, socks and two or three
pairs of underclothing. An extra
guilt will be handy, if you do not want
30 buy one here.
The army reaches out fc-. its re-
crr'its before they arrive at Camp
Dcage. At stations out from the cam
tonr,ent officers are always OH duty,
.aceiving the groups of DATED men
as they arrive. They will be fed at
convenient places along the route.
These Ulcers find the groue leaders
who were charged with bringing the
r1en from each registration board
safely to camp and start them IN
She: final trip over the Interurban
t, Camp Dodge. At the camp these
men viii be met VITA other cfi;ccrs
ana Ken to the Registration Build
ing. There they will be required to re-
gister and with credentials in hand
will go before the receiving officer.
Here the recruits papers will be ex-
an1ined; if he had not come with a
true copy of his draft reglstl alton
card and of his physical examination,
together with his order to his local
board "for military duty and trans
portation" there must be questions
and satisfactory clearing UP of the
error.
His registration card made out On
his arrival in camp, will snow his
name, his county, his state, and his
occupation. From these cards will
come information that will send a
man into line regiments or special
service. If you have no especial
training you will begin life as sold
ier. If you have especial training or
such training as the government can
use, you will be assigned accordingly.
On sheets of paper, officers at the
receiving desk will note the name of
each man. Among a battery of rub
Der stamps, they reaah here and there
and after each mans name a little