The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-09-28
WHAT THE BOYS ARE DOING Z
AT CAMP FUNSTON

MANY of the quotas of drafted men
are arriving here one or two men
short, says the Globe-Democrat OF
September %. Whether the men left
| the trains en- route or whether they
did not leave their destinations with
the remainder from their districts is
not known. Only in the isolated cases,
| however, are very many missing.
One county in South Dakota sent 10
men, and only one arrived. No one
knew what happened to them, and
queries to their home district have
not yet been answered.
In direct contrast to this. Some of
the boards are sending surplus OF
men. One board sent seventy-fiye
men, when their quota was only 81.
"The chairman of the board told
me to say that there were plenty OF
Young men in our community, and
that we probably could spare them
better than some of the other commun-
tiles, so he sent plenty Of extra ones
along" the man in charge of the con-
tingent told Col. C. B. Clark, receiv-
ing officer.
Only about 5000 men reported for
duty today, making the total at mid
night approximately 10000 men. Sew
en- special trains are expected today,
besides the regular trains, bringing
men from Missouri, Kansas, South
Dakota and Colorado. By five o'clock
Monday morning all the men of the
as per cent will have reached camp
unless the plans are suddenly changed.
As fast as the men are fully equip
ped. either in olive drab or blue de-
MIN overalls, their civilian clothing is
sent home. Men stood all day in long
lines in front Of the express office here
and at the parcel post window in the
little post Office waiting for chance
to send their clothing home. One OF
the officers suggested that it would be
better for the men to wear nothing
but old clothing coming here, be-
cause it would have to be wrapped up
and sent back, and they might have
to wear them for day or two be-
fore they were fully equipped with
army clothing.
The weekend holiday for all the en-
listed men begins Saturday at noon
and from then until Monday morning
they will have nothing to do except
eat and keep their quarters clean. lr
several of the regiments the "rookles'
expressed a willingness to continue
with their work of drilling, for few
hours at least, because they were
anxious to get well started.
eve might just as well start new
as any other time" one of them re
marked, "ahd the sooner the better
The men haven't anything to d.
Saturday afternoon or Sunday, ex
cept possibly read or write letters
None of them are sufficiently sup
piled with clothing to go to town, ant
there is not any place else they ca
60.
The buildings will be open all day
r None of the companies have anythin
to read, either in the form of maga
zines or books. 1t will be some tim
before the camp libraries are rur
d ming, and magazines or books az
S dressed to any of the companies
( the various regiments will reach tn
men.
Many of the officers have bougf
magazines with their own money, an
: many of the men who brought none
r with them have laid in supply whic
;, the other men use occasionally. Al
!. other thing that is badly needed is dis
towels. But they must be made out
= old flour sacks, and hcmmed. Men
e Of the companies have dish towels, an
/ dishes must be cleaned thoroughly al
> ter each meal. At present some of tn
boys are using handkerchiefs an
newspapers and here and there fac
towel is seen polishing up mess XII
n The men who came in Wednesda
t and Thursday now look upon then
q selves as veterans, and they have jus
as much fun with the latest arrival
: as the men who have been here fo
n two weeks had with them. There
: evry little dissatisfaction among tn
q men, and about the only thing the
:. complain about IS the weight of tn
trerch shoes, whic,. many of them al
k wearing. No additional blankets hav
d as yet arrived, and each man is usin
q only one blanket.
), The first real touch of home life, 6
it was back in the days when the me
; of the National Army all wore kne
e breaches and filled the wood box e0
:, cry night, came today. And in the S
t Louis contingent there were men liz
Harry Buckley, theatrical manage
= W. H. P. Turner, clubman and societ
e man, and many others of the san
IS class, down on t.2cir hands and knee
h scrubbing floors.
d There are other things in the arm
besides wearing a nice new oily
II drab uniform and carrying a rifle, Il
p rockies learned today. Tomorro
= comes the weekly inspection of me
e equipment and quarters, and ever,
. thing has to Sine and sparkle like
3 childrer's ward in hospital. The
aren't any maids or Eired girls,
u porters in the army, and if there
'. any cleaning up to do, each man mu
do his own. That is what was goir
: on all day today. 1t didn't apply o
m ly to the quarters, but to the person
y appearance of the men as well. 1t
If pretty hard sometimes to show !
: nice and neat in pair of blue dcni