The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-08-22
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| igan and having the North Western
K. K. and Chicago, North Shore ans
Milwaukee electric road through it
the camp has excellent transporta
ton facilities, both by rail and water
The climate is ideally cool and fresh
The station is divided into camp.
named after famous American sailors
such as Dewey, Perry, Farragut, Pau
Jones, etc. Every camp has its own
little beautiful park and athletic
fields. Miles and miles OF macadam-
lied rock roads run through the
whole station and the grounds are
kept scrupulously neat and clean. All
buildings and barracks are painted a
dark green.
The barracks are newly built, mod
ern and up to date in every respect,
having shower baths, hot and cold
running water. electric lights, and
good heating and ventilating sys-
TENS.
During the first three weeks the
rockies are here they are kept in de-
tention camp on the Safety First
principle. During that time they arc
ohot INV tiiiNS Win - PtA'i!
serum, vaccinated for smallpox, fitted
with queer-feeling sea-clothes, initial
ed into the pleasant mysteries n
scrubbing decks, dishing out chow
(also learning to eat it, washing
white -eletAes-a various other Il l.:
things that go to make sailors HE
thing OF pleasure and a JOY !or-
ever.
Here is the usual daily routine Of
rooky's day in camp at the Great
Lakes if he happens to be in the Sea
man branch: He hits the deck at
500 a. M, is required to Immediately
take cold shower bath, then toIl
his hammock and bedding up, swab
down the decks with mops and get
into clean, white clothes. We are
then lined up for muster and Chow
at 6:3o. Alter Chow" we police our
grounds and do any odd jobs until
s 100 when we all fall in for drill The
drill given is almost identical with
U. S. army drill. At HAS we have
chow again and receive our mail.
incidentally may mention that
mail time is the most longed for and
happiest time of the day. Then We
drill from 100 to 400, after which we
wash clothes from 100 to 600. Then
more chow after which We are oil
duty until 900 p. m, when all pipe
down." We do not go by hours here
but by bells. For example 4:3o a. III.
is one bell, 500 is two bells, etc,
up to eight bells, then 1t
starts all over again.
Uncle Sam takes excellent care OF
his soldier boys. When we left Kan
sas City we travelled in Pullman
coaches. Our train only stopped
once before reaching Great Lakes.
The food is good although owing to
he ever increasing number of men
being handled it is hard to supply us
With everything. have also found
,ut conclusively why our familiar lit
lie white beans are called Navy
,eans. They are Navy beans We
rave them for breakfast, dinner and
upper, boiled, stewed, baked, in
very form and description imagin-
lble. So far, l have yet to see a
day here. We have beef,
ausage, or fish for every meal, fruit
# all kinds, dandy bread, coffee and
ca and butter twice a day. We sure
y Hooverize on sugar though.
After we have been in detention
hree weeks we are given twelve
lours Shore leave" Most of the
oys go to Chicago or Waukegan to
CELEBRATE. Waukegan is only two
niles from here and is city of fifty