The evening herald., 1918-03-02
DRAF TED MEN REACH
FUNSTON TO BEGIN
TRAINING FOR WAR
old-timers Are Kidding the New.
comers, and Are Having a Lot
Of Fun; New Receiving System
Is Working Out Well
Unlon pocinc Ncws nurcau.l

Union Pacific News Iiur'nu.i
Camp Funston Kansas. March
The drafted men have begun coming
ln again ana in less than AN huur nt-
ter these former CLERKS, farmers, stu
dents ana followers of various GRATIS
and professions aliEht from the train,
they arc wearing the fighting clothes
OF Uncle sam ana are ready Tor tho
training program which Will fit lhcm
TO meet and beat the Huns \ uui-
form. u has been discovered. goes t
long way iu making "a man a soldier.
The donuing of th, olive drlb attire
ut the army taxes the sluuch and the
humps out of man aud changes a
dubious Look Go q smile.
Because the, went through the slu'-
tNptrcuaus tncns,lNts, tnc otu-tluc. ID
at camp runstOp arc "K.ddmg tao
new ,uHcrs. ana are having q lut ut luU
too. bUs tnv u.u arrival. soon
catch uu 60 the uays uI e. -H4u.,.
ana lts a safe be. usu these I.uyN,
Nho tru coming 800 uus muutu vuI
"kiu those Wnu come lu nest muu'u.
ihc me-. - stem uI Ivccnns IurL
is working uut N,ty -tii.iaut"t.!. Al
Iu the space ut 90 utuutvs, IN, iDcolu
ot % ir,iult E ,"uiputu uo is ,Aau.-
incu, gNcu hi. ",uu, ot Jut-j.puuIu
serum, hle lluEcr prints tJDcu ana 900
's lssuDu u,s iml ciutnug UnoN
Ihou hc .- aNeu tu tu, detention
camp Wncrc he vail stay Tor t"u NccHs
before being assigned 90 amy urguu,.a-
ton
Each man that enters the iImy BE-
questioned regarding his opinion Vi
the war and iuc cousgusua col opinion
is that Kaiser Bul ho- got to BOT.
licked good and proper.
tIuy-thrce denominations are rep
resented iu the N.ih division at camp
Funston according tu IL compilation 90
r.hgipu. sUusucs just DumPi-tvu p}
the division statistical officer Tha
Mcthodists lead az otncis. total o.
y,iAt men claiming thit iaith d- their
preference. Catholics come second
with iii- and iiapti-ts thru with .,-
UlO. Here Is how the other principal
iaiths rank Christians, Luthrrau,
l'rvsb, tcriaus. opalHur, tuusr,-
gatoHaliats. Evangelist, Jewish INIT
ed Brrthcru and Christian Scivuti-t.
ihcIc are l.-tJ men Who state u'
preference as To church ANA % Who
profess uu faith whatever Th'rc ate
g8 Mennonite, a. nuuoriics aud uu,
international Hibic students. follow crs
Of the late Pastor Russell
The men of the N9th ais isluu must
be Jack Sprats ana lie their plaUcrs
clean elise the, ID have the icit-"' cts
Tor the next meal iu cooperation
with the uatiuu-Widv movement Go
prevent food waste officers OF Camp
Funston have been appointed tu SEQ
that as little food as possible goes into
the garbage cans.
There is e second chcckins, too, iul
an garbage cans are marked go thti
the inspectors At the garbage camp
viii know from Just what orB'uiAhtion
the waste comes. b. thcro Is any.
III a soldier hghitu1iy takes more
food ON his plato than ho can eat
reads J paragraph OF the order is-
sued. "thi5 remaining Hood may tc s-i
aside and served for his next mcai
No additional food viii bo served Go
such soldier until he shall have eaten
that lrft over from the previous meal.
Tho order points uu, that thttu
should not bee more ,han o per cent
waste OF vegetable ana uo waste ot
meat or bread On the whole, IL has
been found that there ls but little
waste of food 10y the division, Tor men
who are .ut in the open air an DAY
long. hiking from 10 To 20 miles a.
dns and doing other strenuous Nolh IS
usually posscss pretty good appetite.
\ soldier isn't "fiuicky Quantity
his FIRST Thought concerning food, and
unclc sam rs noted fur his generous
hclpings.
Mosi of the Officers mc-sCss also are
cooperating IN the effort 60 stop food
Wastago vi .eatless and ueatlc,A
days are ON the schedule AT the mcss
where the commanding general aud
his uuff officers eat ana ne might!
little that gets n the sHrbagc can
iu fact. its beginning 90 iok like tho
man who gets the N9th divisions gar
bapc would have laully aud lcaH lot
uf purkcrs. tur II rs said that even piss
reqt some real food once in a
while.
'Iicart uf America Arthur rryors
marching hit. has been designated a-
tho Official march OF the N9th division.
Tho decision was made by Lieut. john
phlllp Sou-a. the noted band leader
who was the final Judge in the contest
Thousands ot compositions were suh'
mittod when Mai Gen. Leonard Wood
issued "a cali Tor a division march las'