The Ordway new era., 1918-03-01

ana Is pdrl OF Lne big game 1ht
81 irit of the soldiers here is fine, and
altho many come from the easier
tasks of life they take TO the mill,
TRY training like Dutchman take.
u ltmberger-or rather. like be used
To- before they began using il TO shoe,
al the Allies in the form Of gas. These
lads who few months ago were raw
recruits are now hardened soldiers
and can drill all around the old re-
bulars who come here a few weeks
ago from the Philippines to help
teach the recruit to soldier And too,
they are clean moral men who will
make first class fighting machine
because of their alertness and deter
mination. They are all anxious to get
at the throat of the Hun and ] guess
they viii all have chance too. for
the s1Sth is part of the Bird Divi-
sion o. s. regular army and they have
our camp ground already picked out
for us lover there. but it will take
about three months more of good
hard work before we are fit"
Each company has a barrack OF
its own consisting of large. well
ventilated dormitories. officers
rooms, library. gun room. shower
bath and mess hall''. Meal time is
an interesting part of a soldiers life
and IL dad" could only see HIS deli
cat" son at the. table he would won
der how he ever paid the grocery bill.
The $50 men all eat in the big mess
hall al long tables. II reminds one
of an over grown Sunday school. Gf
there is such thing not by the
language used about the tables. but
by the chatter. They tell a story
on two soldiers who were invited out
to Sunday dinner in Portland as they
frequently are They were at din
ner when the little IL year old girl
OF the family. setting next to one
OF the lads in khaki. asked her moth
er II she could be a soldier. She re-
piled. Yes. daughter. certainly
you can be soldier" Little Mable
asked: Right now7" Yes was the
reply. Then little Mable turned to
the soldier and said: Darn you.
please pass the beans
There is always somthing doing t.
entertain the soldiers and sailors.
! be army Y. NJ c. A here is the
greatest thing for the soldier that
was ever conceived and il is Ger
tainly appreciated and used It is
crowded dav and night. being a IL
brary. writing hall combined. The
at Portland is xslso open TO men
of the service and splendid enter
talnment is given there every Satur-
Gay night. We were fortunate to-
day in having Maude Powell here in
. free concert at the post "Y''. All
Of the best talent that MATES Port
l3nd appears at the post to entertain
the Sammies before continuing their
tour. Everybody treats the soldiers
like young king and IL resIl- sroil-
some of them ! often think that
Sc me- of our good time ought TO be
spent on those left at home for they
are really the ones who bear the bur
den of war. as they have ALWAYS done.
The soldier Of the new army is a
hannv- carefree fellow with smile
and lots OF neD- but beneath il all
there is certain seriousness of pur-
pose and a feen realization of the
task ahead of him before he can re-
turn with honor TO the loved ones al
home-and we will win without nues-
'ion " isn't o- the hoots that mon
srchv ever defeated democracy or its
Drincinles And we are encouraged
70 know that every one AZ home. old
and Young is back of us with his mon
ev and labor. ready to rive the last
renrr II necessary for the cause And
that is the snirit that wins. TALKED
with French officer at Masonic
ApHt- 4h7A r" cen WHO j. FNBut lTOT'l IN e
war center. on his wav TO Carnp
Lewis as intructor. The stories he
tells of German treache-v aud bar
barism is enough to make anv red
hloded Americans very soul cry
out for chance 10 choke the giz-
zard ont of every Hun on earth
whether "over there" or "over he-e''
and pat-iotic sacrifices made eva- d.
-" n-ch and British women is
on inspiration.
~ nth +he bugla-s fwind Jam
mers) they call us There are two
Nu0isre IN each comnanr and we
must also qualify IN both the semi
fore and international code signals
so we don't stand d-iil hut nut in our
tirne sfudv'ng There are about 20
different rails for the buglar to mem
o-ize besides the field calls. and the
huele Is much harder TO handle nron-
erl~ than a-e anv hand instruments
Then there is corpse OF homh
-naFe-~ The- manufacture "band
yrenades" which are onerated nv a
Lever ~ one side which when re-
leasAd fires fuse which exnlodes
the bomb in five seconds There aro
also wire ENHANCEMENT experts and
machine grn ni- h-iEers With the
"1ssf &c = Snerialists regiment in one
line ~ 7oo-hs- Put we are all aft
e- the Wv, and believe us we will &c.
him even " II takes lots of time and
natience 10 saw nnfhing of the priva-
-'ons a'd ha-dshins. II takes all
N-a-~ho- ~ -he service to make an
a-rnv- hut i,een rour eve on the En-
pineers. and in the rneantime-keep
the home f'-es burning.
Yours for Democracy.
D A WEIR. Buvlar.
Co. C. ASSET Engineers
Vancouver Wash