The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-03-29

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r Army life. and how It ccncorns your
!. boy, see this film.
Did you ever go through a Soldier
Factory? A modern soldier factory.
where undeveloped city youth
shuttle through its entrances one day
and emerge in an amazingly short
time ereo', uniformed men, with
cocky step and confident air?
You would enjoy such an exper-
ience If you had two or three weeks
to yourself. a competen: guide and
the open liberty to Ohio's immense
war camp at Chillicothe. But all
that you would see and learn on such
an excursion has been reduced to a
film in motion picture made under |
the auspices of General Glenn, camp |
commander 1t is called "The Re-
making of Nation" and reveals ev-
cry phase of our newest industry,
soldier making.
1t is a six reel journey through
war school. 1t opens with the arrival
OF long string of drafted youths
from various parts of the state. The
spectator is then taken along with
the embryonic soldiers, through the
medical examiners Offices, into the
sleeping quarters, where the new un-
forms are put on, thence to the rec
reation field, where sports or all sorts |;
are in progress. and finally into the
more serious features of military de-
Mothers Should See It
Road building. trench building, i
bayonet drill. bombing, charges t
against the enemies with fixed bayo- =
nets, target practice-in fact every :,
phase of battle preparation through e
which the students are put is shown "
n vivid and convincing closeup view. q
It will be most assuring to mothers {,
md fathers and others who are in W
concerned with the boys Il
Welfare we venture, to see with their u
'wn eyes the infinite pains the Gov n,
has taken to make their lot c
omfortable and practicable. "The d'
department. of eats" is regulated on al
anne painstaking basis that marks ht
he conduct of your city's finest hos pl
elry. You are impressed by the sh
bundance of food and the generous "; w
you catch yourself selfshly
fishing you were down there, too,
Then you see huge cuts of choice beef C,
educed to appetizing steaks.
A lot of men who knew nothing at
II about any kind of trade are going Sc
} come away from this camp skilled wi
orkers of engineering, carpentry, HI
Dad building, etc. OF course, we Al
salize all this was going on in the gu
antonments; the papers have been ha
'lling us about it for months, some on
us have been down and seen bits Re
the life for ourselves; but after all tn
takes the motion picture camera co
give one true appreciation of the re;
of the affair. co..
Well Made Pictures ric
And We'll say this much for the eff
m, it has been done with a pro- pc,
ssional finish. The photography is do
cellent. Whoever directed it had
lie eye for beauty and another for
ectacular drama. The view show for
6 the entire ensemble of 10000 seN
en- marching in review before Gen. Sta
al Glenn is an inspiring thing. The Cr'
ose Of the picture showing a lone tlel
ldier doing sentry duty near the Ger
est of hill with the vast camp in fell
e background, wrapped in sleep bot
d moonlight, is couch that would bee
We done credit to some of the Bre
'een's foremost directors. ago
When you see this picture adver-
ed make an effort to witness it. 1t n
distinctly worth while, not only as lex
illumininative war document but her
an interesting film entertainment. acci
e Ideal Theatre is going to handle whe
picture, and the profits are to go Not
a war relief fund. bru