The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1918-02-22
Glenn Well Satisfied
With Army Life

Glenn of this city, who has been at
Camp Dodge, Iowa, during the past
six months in the National Army,
arrived last Monday morning on g
ten days furlough and is now visit
ing here. A few weeks ago he
contracted severe case Of the
mumps and was compelled to spend
a short time at the hospital. He is
now recuperating from. the disease.
We never saw a man more enthus-
iastic over army life than Will is
now, though he admits that at the
time he was called on to leave for
the camp he had 1t figured out that
he was going to some jumping of
place, and says he could not have
felt worse than If he was on Ms
way to the state prison. He says
the first few weeks were naturally
hard. Everything was new to him,
and he made mistakes which make
him laugh now, After being in
camp for about two weeks he came
to the conclusion that things were
not so bad after all, and he started
taking an interest In everything and
in a very short time accustomed
himself to army life so he likes. 1t
better than any work at which he
has ever been employed. All the
shortages Of grub and material
which were evident In the camp to
start with were eliminated in a
short time, and everything is now
moving splendidly Contrary to
the general belief, the men at the
camp are not in the least lonesome.
In fact they are kept so busy, and
their mind Is occupied during SO
much of the time, that there is
hardly time to think Of anything
but what they are working at or
studying. The days are devoted to
drilling and work, while the even-
ings are spent at hard study. There
is hardly time to write letters ex-
cept on Sundays, and as far as at
tending the camp theatre is con-
cerned, there Is absolutely no time
for that, especially by the men of
Mr.. Glenn's regiment, who are
compelled to spend most of their
evenings in study. During Mr..
GlenI's six months stay In camp he
tells us that he ha" not yet run
onto a single man who was not even
more than satisfied with the gen
eral conditions at the camp, and who
would want to leave He says it
is true that most of the new recruits
that arrive at camp are a detected
looking bunch, but that in a very
short time they regain their spirits,
and wouldn't 60 back home to stay
even IL they had the chance. One
thing that impressed Mr.. Glenn
more than anything else was the
way the mems physical condition
was built un In q very short time.
Men who arrived at the camp last
tall and had never done a tap CT
hard work In their life, were now
az hard as steel and could do most
anv amount Of hard manual labor.
Dave Hunter is not in the same
company as Will is, but the two
boys meet every once In while.
and Will says Dave is also very
much interested in his work. and IS
going to the front fast. Most Of
the men In camp are anxious to get
to France as soon as possible and
get into the thickest of the fight,
and are patiently waiting for the
time of departure. Mr.. Glenn also
states that all the officers at the
camp are the very best kind of fel-
lows, and very popular among the
men. Mr.. Glenn hasn't single
grievance to registe= against army
life. the way he found it during the
past six months. but on the contrary
says he likes it. and is satisfied that
it is the best training he ever ex-
.perienced during his lifetime, and
considers himself lucky in getting
into It. Had he known how things
really were, he would have enlisted
of his own accord some time before
the selected men were called.