The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-13
MANY KISSES;
NOBODY CARES
urNDREDs or SOLDIERS AND
sWEETHEARTS AND WiNES
GREET IN PUBLIC.


camp Funston. kan. Nov. i3.--Dis'
play OF affection. like pretty much CIV.
crythlng here at Funston. Is open ana
.hovel,oara. Much OF the social eu-
ou,,,e of civil life Is discarded for
80. ~ conduct more suited to the CIR
cumstance OF an army cantonmeh' an"
based, after al. on common SENSE
Hundreds OF soldiers In training ior
the national army are visited each oay
he wives. mothers. sister or sweethear's N
and ON some days thousands OF women
are I'm Manhattan To get brief VISIT
Nth their men folks. The only place
q, c,mn where these men and women
can meet Is the Y. NJ. Z. a. hostess
bonse and when that becomes cro"ueo
~. other couples must perforce meet
.,,d greet each other in the open. Ana
when wife or best girl has crossed one
,,,.o or three states 20 see you and have
only an hour or so from minth's rou
tine 10 visit and say goodbye your
greeting is not likely to be FORMAL
So II happens that boys and girls
men and women. kiss each other IN the
s,-eet I'm sight OF hundreds OF other
,,.o,ia without embarrassment for 9TH
ar counles here and there are doing
tho same They sit down wherever
they happen to be. on curp' pes'ue
a road. near the street car tracks OF
ON the side OF the big hill facing the
camp and indulge In such displays Oh
affection as are usually associated In
the minds of the home folks with the
hammock In the side yaru OF IN t"e
"cosy corner" Nobody pays any at
tentIon to them and the only result OF
these little glimpses into the affections
of strangers upon observers, indeed IL
likely to be a wave of homesickness'
Camp Funston, Kan. Nov l3.-Moth-
ers who have had doubts as TO the
cleanliness of the food which their sons
who are at Camp Funston. national
army cantonment. have to eat may
cease to worry as cieanlinessi a watch
word about the scores of Kitchens and
mess halls of the eighty-ninth army di-
vision.
A correspondent OF the Associated
Press was given permission to inspect
n kitchen and mess hall on recent
Sunday morning. when, II was explain
ed. conditions are not apt to be the best
hecause of the fact that the men rest
more or less on Sunday morning. EV-
erything, however. about the Kitchen
and mess hall were scrupulously clean.
The stoves were wiped clean of all
grease. the pots and pans were shining
and the large refrigerator in the Kit
chen had no dirty corners or unpleas-
ant odcrs. In the pantry where
there are many shelves weightel down
with provisions, everything was order
* and clean. Dirt had no place about
the kitchen. mess hall or pantry
A. 1890 O'Clock the men filed into
the mesI hail to receive their dinners.
The food in large pans or buckets. was
placed on a long counter and as each
man walked along the counter he was
given a helping" Of meat, potatoes
vegetables and the other dishes when
constitute the particular meal. The
food was well cooked. clean, wholesome
and OF sufficient quantity. The meals
are eaten AT long wooden tables. Each
mar has his own metal eating utensils
and dishes which he is required to keep
clean.
Camp Funston, Kan. Nov. l3.-As
the visitor approaches Camp Funston
for the first time, his first impression
is that he is drawing near great manu-
featuring center. This effect IL produc-
ed by the hundreds of uniform build
ings arranged in order and especially
by the eighteen heating plants scatter
ed over the cantonment. from each OF
which arises four stacks which emit
their clouds OF coal smoke.
Located on the fats between the
Kansas river and the hills TO the north
the cantonment Is a hive OF industry.
A cloud of smoke lay over the great
army site, yelling some of the more dis
tant buildings. for the cantonment COW
ers hundreds of acres and extends FOR
several miles from one side TO the other.
Everything is hustle and hurry about
this huge cantonment. Motor trucks
loaded with supplies rolled along over
the streets OF the camp site. hundreds
OF visiting automobiles were coming and
flashed here and there; thousands OF
soldiers and civilians were to be seen
on all sides. But above all was the
industry of the place. the immense
amount Of work being done and to be
done.
10 the person who has known these
u In their old days. when they were
4 cred with a heavy growth Of prai-
iay, hot and uninviting under the
iipg summer sun. a section OF the |
-ntry over which the motorist push |
his purring car just a little faster.
81. is almost impossible to realize the |
sreat change that has taken place with |
IN few short months. This great. |
cantonment. pulsating with |
the life of nations youth. has arisen |
las a great giant, shaking off the mac
tivity Of centuries and relegating 10
history the days when this section of |
the government reservation was a |
dreary terrain OF the scorched grass |
hot winds and Kansas jackrabbits.