The Newark journal., 1917-09-27

! intended for publication 1t contains
so much of interest that we are TAX
ing the libetry to publish it.
Ally Dear Mr.. Craig;
You can imagine my delight on re-
ceiving this morning the copies of
The Journal you so very kindly sent
me and the utter amazement that
was mine when | found that my let
ter written to DR.. Pascoe some time
ago was published on the front page
of your newsy publication.
News from home is a decided lux
ry here and any happening at New
ark, however ordinary it may seem
under ordinary conditions is exceed
ingly interesting to me here and
could hardly wait till dinner was fin
ished to devour the news from New
ark. never felt more like congrat-
ulating Newark ON having such an in
teresting and wide-aWake paper than
now.
Though I never once thought that
my letter to DR.. Pascoe would be
published assure you that it af-
fords me pleaure and a sense of
pride if l have contributed anything
of interest to The Journal in giving
brief description of life at Uncle
Sans training camp here.
We have just completed the first
month Of the course here and, des-
pite the increased amount of work
we were compelled to do from week
to week, | am still enthusiastic over
the training we are getting and never
before realized what real life meant,
or that | could learn to enjoy life
as | do since becoming accustomed
to the difficult tasks prescribed in
our schedules To feel good from
day to day and impatiently await
meal time, and bed time is to be the
envy Of everybody and we are Just
realizing that the soldier in that res
peet has the advantage of other
people, who through lack of regular
hours and exercise know but little
of the genuine pleasures of living as
nature intended
1t is interesting to watch men who
only four weeks ago were pale, care
worn, delicate-appearing persons, upon
whom trouble, and perhaps dissipa-
ton, had left unmistakable marks,
as they move about now with tanned
compilations, and an expression on
their faces that seem to show in
large print that they are simply
bubbling over with enthusiasm am.
the joy of being again teeming with
the care-free feeling that only school
boys and soldiers know.
Whatever may be the idea af the
people there about the draft system.
and its method of taking large num-
bers of our best young men to the
army, in preparation for the coming
confictwith the Central Powers of
Europe, let me say in one way it is
the best thing that could possibly
happen to most of them. When YOU
remember the excellent manner in
which the soldiers are provided for in
the environments, and that in the
presnet war but a small per cent of
those engaged are killed, and fur
Their, that in all probability but very
small per cent of the drafted army
can be trained in time to take part in
the war, unless the war takes an I'M
expected turn for the worse, you
will readily see that the nation will
be materially benefited for the mill
tary training its citizens have re-
ceived.
There is certainly large number
of amusing sigths to be seen around
the camp here. One laughs to see
millionaires' sons gathered with the
rest around the water faucets, doing
the weeks washing, and to see the
men who never shaved themselves be-
fore, trying to get their boards shaw
ed before evening inspection, is truly
comieal. The captain stopped the in
spection one evening long enough to
have one poor fellow scrub grassy
spot off his leggins. Thursday,
saw the Mayor of a certain large
town in Oklahoma currying and
scrubbing a muddy horse. He was
taking turn about laughing and cuss-
in the horse for being so muddy.
The most comical of all sights,
however,wa to be seen the first three