Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-06-28
SORE ARMS APLENTY
ON COLLEGE CAMPUS
Soldiers Given "Shot i'm the Arm" for
"Iyphoid-half Hour Added to
Afternoon Drill Period

Sore arms are much in evidence on
the college campus, the over 800 SOL
diers who are receiving mechanical
training at the state school having
received the first shot in the arm"
during the present week. The men
were Vaccinated on one arm and in
oculated for paratyphoid and typhoid
fever on the other, Another shot"
is due next Sunday, with the third
and final incubation scheduled for
the Sunday following. Following
the incubation the men will be i'm
mune from typhoid or paratyphoid
for Il number of years, the system Of
prevention having practically obliter-
ated the diseases from the United
States army.
Upon the suggestion of Education
al Supervisor Shepherd of Corvallis,
Ore, recall from school is now sound
ed at 400 o'clock in the afternoon
instead of 4:30, giving the men an
added half hour for military drill
each afternoon. Mr.. Shepherd is ed
ucational supervisor of vocational
training in the Northwest colleges,
and visited the local detachment last
Saturday, expressing himself as
highly pleased with the progress OF
the work here.
Tuesday evening program was
given by local people in the college
auditorium to entertain the soldiers
and last evening the soldiers respond
ed with an excellent vaudeville pro-
gram.
Three late arrivals this week
brought the number of soldiers at the
college up to 312, and Of this num-
Der only four are being considered
for discharge for physical reasons.
Tentative plans for the publication
formulated at meeting Of men in
terested in newspaper work held this
week. News of the detachment and of
general interest to the soldier-me-
canics will be included in the jour
nal, which will have complete staff
of editors and reporters, the material
to be censored by the officers in
charge of the detachment.
The men are doing exceptionally
we'll with their military work, having
completed the school of the soldier
and school of the squad. Arms will
now be issued and the men will take
up the manual of arms and school of
the company. BY the time the uni
forms are received the 300 men will
be fairly well drilled and in posi-
ton to put up a fine appearance on
the drill field.
w. P. Hauser, war Y. NJ, G. A. sec
rotary, has returned from the "Y"
conference at Seabeck and is now in
charge of the "Y" headquarters in
the Mechanic Arts building. The Y.
NJ. c. A. is catering to every want of
the embryo mechanics and is patron
lied freely by all of the men.
Fred Adrian Miller, who was sent
to the detachment from Spokane,
was taken to Fort George Wright
under guard Thursday of last week
and placed in the guard house. Mil
Ter is an alleged conscientious OBJ
jector and refused to sign his muster
and enlistment papers or to have
ANYTHING to do with making war or
bearing arms. Miller was formerly
a member of the Spokane city fire
department and follower OF the
Pastor Russell faith, being mem
Der of the Association OF Bible Stu
dents. He expressed a willingness to
90 to Camp Lewis, where, he claimed,
he would be with other members OF
his religious sect. His case is under
investigation at Spokane