The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1918-07-06

weekend and come pach wiei-
enough for the entire camp, when the
orchard owners have given To them'
AT the quarantine camp the new ar
rivals took their physical examina-
tons with the splendid result tnat
less than 2 per cent were discharged
for physical disabilities. After that
they we're shot" which In the par
lance OF the soldier. is 10 say they
were inoculated against typhoid and
other diseases
The men were placed in charge OF
former national guard officers from
Georgia. Florida and Alabama troops
who have had command OF the men OF
the Dixie division. and through then
and their sergeants began taking
their squads right" and squads left.
Tho aelects went after this ground
work OF the soldier in wholehearted
fashion.
In day or so they had their uni
forms, and after they had been In
camp two weeks, they were reviewed
Saturday, June 10, by Major General
Leroy Lyon. commander OF camp
Wheeler. General Lyon Is not given
10 expressing himself freely upon the
good work OF his soldiers. He is a
soldier and he knows that 1t Is sold
ier's business to do things well. IL Is
when things are not done well that
the general is heard from. But when
he had seen the new men march al
ter so brief a period OF training, he
expressed his pleasure at their prog
ress. General Lyon has adopted
motto for Camp Wheeler, and every
thing from division headquarters TO
guard mess hall Is plastered with this
motto. II reads as follows
1T Can BE Done"
This is the spirit with which the
Michigan men are entering into the
school Of learning how to lick the
kaiser.
on the afternoon OF the review be
fore General Lyon the newcomers
paid their fist visit to the city of Ma
con. Four or five thousand of then
came into the city, which is about
miles from the camp and spent tn
afternoon and evening They explor
ed the city thoroughly, went to thu
movies" and to vaudeville, dropped
into the club rooms Of the Soldiers
welfare and wrote letters home, AM
that night Joined in the singing an
games and refreshments prepared 70
them by the young women of Macon
} Others went to the Knights OF Column
: bus hall, where another entertain
ment was held for them.
The men will find these entertain
ments every Wednesday and Satur
! day evenings, at both places, and IRE
! quently other affairs OF social ma
ture arranged for them, on these tw
leave days of each week.
, Last Sunday morning the people @
! Macon went to Camp Wheeler wit
! their automobiles and brought nearl
} thousand OF the new men into Tn
, city for church, and later many Q
) them were invited into Macon homes
| Sunday afternoon they went to tn
/ theater, where each Sunday afternoo
2 program Of entertainment Is pre-
sented free by the Macon War Cam
Community service.
This is the sort of life the boy
2 from the north have been leading !
! Dixie. For the benefit of mother
I whose boys, many of them are no
E for the first time away from the HON
influences, 1t might be well to say tina
: the city OF Macon has taken every pre-
] caution possible to remove tempti
: lions OF all sorts from the soldier
I who come into the city and have 81
e deavored to substitute therefor all III
: clean, wholesome entertainment IL
men want. IL is unquestionably trr
o that the moral welfare Of young me
( in this and other camp and contoI
: ment towns Is safeguarded today {