The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-07-11
SOLDIER BOYS
PRAISE DENIS0N
Clarence schwarzenbach, Of Co. g.,
: Ida Grove, Writes Review, Tell
ing ct Camp Life
SPEAKS OF oENlsoNs LOYALTY
Outlines Routine of Work and Tells
Of Food-Good Word for SchIes-
wig People

The Review is in receipt of an in
teresting letter from Clarence
Schwartzenbach, who belongs to Co.
B. End Iowa Infantry, in which he
outlines the work engaged in during
the first week at the armory at Ida
Grove. Every reader will agree that
the men are kept busy from early
morn till late at night and very little
time is allowed for recreation.
Clarence Schwartzenbach has prom
ised the Review a weekly letter,
which will prove an interesting fea-
ture Of the paper. The Review, of
course, will be pleased to have the
other Denison boys in Co. B. write
letters for publication for the people
here will be interested to know just
how they like army life.
Below we print the letter received
from Clarence Schwartzenbach:
Ida Grove. la.
July 7, 1917.
Dear Editor:
This is Saturday afternoon and
half holiday so will take advantage
of the opportunity and write you
about camp life. or course, one has
mt much to write about with only a
weeks experience. But the daily
routine here is about the same as we
will get when we 60 into camp IN
Texas. Monday, the first day, we
started off with the following routine:
First call, $3.50 a. M; assembly,
$40 a. M; physical exercise, 5:45 to
6:15 a. m.; mess, $50 a. M; drill
call, 1850 a. M; school of soldier, 500
to 900 a. M; semaphore signaling,
900 to 1000 a. M; conference, 10000
to 11:OO a. m.; school of soldier, 11:0O
to 1900 NJ; mess, 1915 p. M,
l:30r to. 2:30 p. M; school of soldier'
1880 to $500 p. M; practice march
"a mile hika), 300 to 400 p. M;
efifst call, 5:15 p. m; retreat, 5:3O'p.
M, q mess; 600 sp. M: tatto. 900 p. M;
call to quarters, 9:45 p. m; taps, 1000
p. m. j. ~ - H. '-
So you see we started off in regu-
lar army. style with full days pro-
gram. And every day has been SINH
lar, except Tuesday, July 3, when we
drilled in the morning and dismissed
at 1880 a. m. until 1:30 p. nj. Thurs
day, July S. We had a holiday July
4, the same as everyone else.
The municipal swimming pool is
open and every day after the hike we
60 swimming.
The boys of Co. B think Denison is
real town for making such DEM
onstration as they did Sunday, and
think after the picnic dinner to-
morrow, which the people OF Denison
are so kind to have thought Of, the
boys OF Co. b. will have a larger
place in their hearts for Denison.
And the good people of Schleswig
are to be congratulated on the pa
triotism shown and the part they took
in making our farewell success. No
one but we boys could appreciate the
Open.heartedness, and kind words |
spoken at, Schleswig. But the honor |
was ours, therefore every word spOk-
en- at SGhleswig gave us more, cour-
age.
Just a word about our food. We
eat in the, armory, just across from
the camp. Everyone waits his turn
The food is served in cafeteria, style.
We have plenty Of good wholesome
food. In the army one will not find
fancy to eat, but plenty Of
plain food, which is best for training
purposes. Thursday evening was in
itiation for all in camp. Everyone
had to run the gauntlet. BY the time
one got to the end of $50 men, he
knew he had been somewhere. No
one got rough, so there was no fatali-
ties. We have fun as we'll as work.
Yours truly,
CLARENCE CHWANZENBACH,
Co. B., Ida Grove, Iowa