Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-15
WILMINGTON BOY At
FORT OGLETHORPE
Roger Daniels Says That is the
Best Encampment in the
Country.

Roger Daniels, a former member Of Inc
staff Of Every Evening, rs now IN the conn-
trys service at Fort Oglethorpc, Ga.
and here are some Of the things he says
about the camp IN Trench and Camp,
of which he is the editor:
Fort Oglethorpe IS the most important
training camp in the country. admit IT
freely because belong to Fort Oglcthorpe.
But, sad TO relate, there arc many
things Fort Oglethorpc does not have,
although IL is not alone in thcse. One IS
the warm winters which are presumed to
belong 10 the Sunny South When one
wakes Of winter morning here he feels
rs though he might be wintcring in South
ern Canada. The water on the stove that
had been red hot just after taps - a
lump OF ice. So arc his feet and a few other
things.
Naturally Fort OgFethorpe has the
most enviable health record imaginable.
] say naturally, because we have training
camp for the medical reserve Here -
training are some several thousand OF tho
best medlcos in the country and about as
many moro enlisted men Of the medical de-
partment who are being taught what ~
and what is not sanitary
Fort Oglcthorpe also has n third
training camp for the reserve officer
candidates The other two training
camps had so much publicity that the
country IN general and even the railroad
maps have designated Fort Oglethorpe
as reserve Officers training camp In
reply 70 which we point 70 many infantry
regiments, few field artillery regiments
and ono covalry outfit of Uncle sam 2
Regulars than which there como NJ
better
The mere fact that ammunition trains
for tho second and Third Divisions
Regular have been raised here. that rnany
! thousand rockies have been trained here
without raising one rookie Joke. that 2
signal battalion for the aviation corps first
saw light Of day here. that We have sani.
tarv trains motorized ambulances trains
field hospitals galore. mobile hogpita
trains thcsc and few other things
prove that wc cannot be classified under
one heading Not for . minute
We have history hero by the mile
There are Just l0,647 monuments withU
| the reservation concentrating the fact
that the Battle of Chickamauga wa,
! fought here But We don't have 70 20 hy
| the monuments 10 cull history because
Uncle Al Henderson, chief custodian 81
the y auditorium, helped TO make Tho
battle what il was and IS proud 81 ID
Uncle Al Is also responsible for the fact
We 10 not indulge IN Jokes about the mess
and the chow Says Uncle Al. We mar
| two kinds Of chow during the war. One
was parched corn ard the other WASH t
We have more y buildings than any
other camp in the country and every on,
| Of them works overtime
/ We have never figured IN anv Of thl
animated movie weeklies. nor SENATE
investigation, nor n Congressman how
| because of bum chow. or no overcoats
! and we're satisfied with our lot--ever1
| last one Of rs No. hat last statement j
| wrong Here we nave a German Wa.
Prison Barracks and the bunch n there i
not satisfied and liany Of the other camp:
have members of the not satisfied
clique. send EN- along to our nice littl,
war prison. guaranteed fool proof anc
guarded by L. :. Regulars armed witt
automotic -hotguns loaded for something
heavier than ducks