The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1917-12-13

breakfast that morning but got a
good shower bath which we all need
ed and we we're all willing to take
il. Then we were issued clothing
and mess kits. Then they marched
us to the. hospital for examination
and we all passed. At twelve we
had dinner but how strange it look
ed to see SO many boys marching to
the dining room with a spoon, knife,
fork and mess kit to get their meal.
| After dinner we marched back to the
hospital and each one of us got a
| shot in the arm and the last two ten
days later.
Then we we're ready for the drill.
1t was awful hard for us at first but
we soon got on the job. We took
long hikes such as going to Fort
| Riley and back in -four hours. Some
| times our feet were blistered SO that
the next day We didn't 60 out. Boys.
camp life is all right when you get
accustomed to it once.
We are having all kinds of sport.
I'm the evening we usually get up a
stag dance or some other amuse-
ment. We go to bed at nine and
arise at 6:15, wash ourselves. then
assemble outside for a fifteen min
ute physical exercise. After we are
| dismissed we rush in to get our
breakfast. We wash our dishes and
are called outside to please up, that
is what VIC call a snipe hunt, pick
up cigar and cigarette stumps aid
matches that arc thrown about. We
must keep neat and clean. The hair
must not be over an inch long ac-
cording to the army regulations and
must shave three and -four times each
week.
The sick and lazy birds have to
report every morning at the artillery
room and from there they are march
ed to the hospital for treatment
which is sometimes composed of a
dose Of salts.
On Nov. 9Th at 4:3O p. m, wo left
Camp Funston, Kansas. for Camp
Pike, Arkansas. On Nov. 18th We
ate breakfast at Muskagee, Oklaho-
ma. Had corned beef. jam. bread
and coffee. 1t sure is fine to travel
on a troop train. We saw all the
cotton plantations in Oklahoma and
Arkansas. At six p. NJ, we ate sup
per at Bloomfield. Ark. Had toma-
toes, beans, bread and coffee fol
supper. From there we continued
on u way and got to Little Rock
at nine o'clock and az no one is al
lowed to come to camp after nine,
we were compelled to stay all night
On Nov. Sth at nine o'clock we ar
rived at Camp Pike. Then we were
unloaded and marched to one of the
barracks where we were served
breakfast and we sure got the Ar
kansas hash. That afternoon We
had to haul rock, and we had to pull
the load ourselves. We did that foi
two days. Now we go out drilling
again.
This camp is not as large.as CamI
Funston. AS far as l know there
are about $1,000 men here. The
only Bohemians in our barrack are
Adolph Pech. Ed. Musilek, Winner
and Jerry Novak. Utica. We arc
mostly all South Dakota rockies, ex'
cept a few Italians.
The climate here is awfully damr
and smoky. SO at times we can SEE
no more than three blocks.
W. get Is minutes each day to &C
to the c~anteen to buy u groceries
such as tobacco. crackerjacks and
candios.
We were ~quarantincd ever since
we we're hero, although there is nc
one sick in II barrack. This camI
is located seven miles north of Little
Rock and is all covered by trees and
rocks.
Yours truly,
Emanuel Nedved.
Battery F. 335th +. A., Camr
Pike, Arkansas. Formerly of Mill
boro, S. D.