The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-12-27
SOME MORE INTERESTING
THINGS ABOUT CAMP LIFE
WRITTEN BY ]. M. AFFLECk

Each company has recreation
room with a pool table. checkers, dom.
mos and chess. also reading matter
These are quite popular in the fall
and winter evenings. There is club
room down town furnished by the
ladies of Corpus. called the Khaki
Club. It is In the city hall. nicr
room. finely furnished with chairs
tables etc. Reading matter OF all
kinds Is on hand.
About one evening each week there
are wrestling matches and boxing
bouts. held at the Y. N. c. A under
the supervision Of the officers. They
are run clean and square. and Of
course are popular
Taking all in all the need OF amuse-
ments ia recognized and wei! taken
care OF.
Physical Effect Of the Army.
Given fairly decent body to start
with. the army life win give a man a
physique that any. one would be proud
of. In six months time the regular
cxerciees and drills will improve the
weight. strength. wind and endurance
OF almost any one that enlists Physic-
ally believe the U. s. army is the
best in the world. For the first four
months we had calesthentics for 80
minutes before breakfast each morn
ing Later we have had only Is min
utes each morning. The Swedish sys-
tenn of exercise Is used. These and the
infantry drill, bayonet exercise. bomb
throwing. trench charging. trench dig
ging. coupled with swimming in the
summer have surely done wonders for
Ius. Along with the physical is the
development OF personal force and
physical courage. That is. provided
the foundation /was there at first.
~chow"
or course for men working hard
each day Il Is necessary that they
have enough TO eat. and shortage is
soon noticeable. OF course you know
it as ''chow in the army.
The Government gives 30 eome
cents per day per man for rccd- This
must cover everything except frrsh
milk. It can be bought for 10 cents
a pint here. Now you can pnderstapl
that 40 some cents has to be handled
pretty well to feed a man three meais
especially one leading an active life
III falls mainly on the mees eargeant
and the cooks. altho the company COM
mander has lot to do with II. for
things Will slacken up if there is no,
some one to keep the kitchen force
on the jump.
Twice our company has tried to
save money on the mess fund and
both times. it was easily seen that
there was falling of in the endur-
ance and condition of the men ! real
ize this is contrary to the opinion of
Dr. Wiley, of past fame ss food expert.
who says that the army is overfed
and claims that third cut in the food
would improve their physical condi.
ton and endurance.
Ali In all the food is wholesome and
IL carefully used sufficient. bu, PLAIN.
not "the kind that mother makes. NJ
all.
Are We. Sorry We Are Here7
tank not The big majority are in
good spirits. not worrying about the
future nj all and hoping to get a
chance to do something. think Il
shows Row the wind blows tho way In
terest IL when we are going across
blazed up on news of the defeat in
Italy and troubles In Russia One and
ali are for eeeing II thru altho
thoughts OF home and comfortable.
easy life again have their appeal you
may be sure. The date in each mans
mind ns to when no was going home
was get backward from one to two
yea-s at the bad news recently. but
they don't secm to be discouraged in
the least.
II the people OF the country In gen
! erai will back the army like Fremont
county has SO far. they need not wor-
ry. Tho army is there. sound and
ready to do the work when they get
the materials to use.
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