Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-29
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MAKE AN OCEAN
/. TRIP TO CAMP
Ride in Boat to Camp Island
81 Most Thrilling For
Farm Boys.

Naval Training station must take d.
saltss water voyage before they can
reach their destination. The station
n. OF Goat Island in San francisco.
bay and more thar a knot from tho
mainland. Usually the recruit is TAX
en- from this city to the island IN
small naval supply boat or smal!er
launches which give him a good idea
OF what is in store for him II the bay
happens to be a bit choppy.
The experience of reaching the
island is unique for the farmer boys
who come from the six states in the
Twelfth Naval Reserve District. 1t
with salt water, n none have been
found yet who disliked the expert
ence. 1t is especially interesting to
the recruits who come in summer
from the hot states and find them
selves bobbing up and down in the
wash of the big ferryboats or ocean
steamers, with the cold spray whip
homesick after landing on he sland'
but they are usually too busy.
The feel Of the natty naval n
from also cures many and no time IS
lost in the change from "cits' to the
naval livery. IT h man is particu-
larly huskey he may be put in over
salls for a time and set to work load
rlHE anu uHIOduIIlS lSc SISahA
and other necessary naval 1mpedi.
ments, but he always knows he Will
be Atctean as a whistle" and enveloped
In fetching navy blue before the end
Of the day.
If the honesickness persists the re-
cruit may be given a baseball or Il
pair OF boxing gloves and told to go
to It." which he usually does to the
confusion of the homesickness germ
The station is an effective mixture
of good cooking, drill and play. 1t
can boast of ''mountain stream VIZ
ter. which is made to resemble the
mountain variety right on the island.
and a mess menu that would de JUS
tice to u first class hotel. This menu
Is kept posted constantly IN the com. =
mandant's Office, along with a list OF
several prominent motion picture
star. and the dates of heir appear
ance on the island in filmed dramas.
The play feature is such an I'M
portant one on the island, that an
.amusement officer has been named
in the person Of Lieutenant c.. NJ.
men have an adequate dessert OF
"movies' and dancing to accompany
the daily menu Of drills and inspec-
tons. When the men indulge in So
cial affairs on the islands, the othcers
keep away. The embryo seamen are
given to understand that they are un-
der no restraint except, that provided
in the regulations.
Wednesday is visiting day. and the
island is usually thronged on that day
with the feminine relatives and
friends at the apprentices. The en-
tire afternoon is given over to dane
ing, and couples trip around the floor
Of the stations big assembly room to
music furnished by the efficient Goat
Island band of one hundred pieces.
In furtherance of the amusement
plan a .commissary is maintained by
the NAVY department. but all profits
20 to a fund maintained by the men
for amusement purposes.
In addition the mess menu Is in
tended to provide a diversified enter
tainment for the inner man. Ice
cream is served occasionally. while
pie and cake are regular occurrences
and second helpings may he had
whenever desired. breakfast is made
up of cereals and coffee. Lunch and
dinner are equal in size and import
Hnce. They start usually with sour
and wind their way through a whole.
some and diversified menu to pie
cake, fruits and other d%elicacies. The
men are fed on the cafeteria plan ir
4wo big mess halls, and while the,
are given plenty of time to seat, they
cannot loaf" after the eating time
The main mess line runs serpentine
like, from the mess hall near the de
tention ann almost to the lower
grounds, a block or more in length.
The ice cream is brought from Sa
Francisco in the big naval launches
and the mountain water from Oak
land on the opposite Of the bay. TIL
water is subjected to a liberation
through gravel in the same name
that a mountain stream is rendereI
tweet and clean. The island has NJ
water system Of its own. the water be
ing pumped under the bay and deliv
cred through hydrants at severa
points in the encampment. Howeve
there is a salt water pumping system
for the benefit Of the efficient IRE de
partment.
The island resembles a great mobil
battleship, lighting top and all" tn
hospital is called the wick bay" a
on a battleship, and many Of the mel
swing their hammocks at five feet in
fervals in the big headquarters build
fng in strict accord with the battle
ship plans. The fighting top" is pro
yided by the big wireless plant at tn
topmost point Of the island.
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