The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-04-22
ABOUT
THE WORK At
CAMP LEWIS
AT GREATEST CAN
T0NMENT IN THE UNITED
STATES DESCRIBED
HEALTH Of MEN GOOD
SOLDIERS ARE ALL ANXIOUS TO
BE SENT TO FRANCE TO FIGHT
THE GERMANS

That the soldiers in training at
Camp Lewis, Washington, are in the
best of health and spirits, that they
are comfortably housed AMI are rap
idly developing into trained soldiers,
pie who have relatives in the huge ma
tional army cantonment by Corporal
VIM. " Nessly who is spending a
short leave of absence with his father,
J. E. Nessly, of this city
All troops in the camp are reported
to be eager to get started to France,
and each rumor that the 91st Division
is to move is greeted with cheers and
is rapidly passed through the bar
racks. Intensive training is being Civ
en- the troops, not only in the prin-
ciples of the new trench warfare but
also in open fighting tactics. Excel
lent weather prevails on the coast and
the troops are eagerly devoting all
daylight hours to the assimilation of
can, British and French officers. A
most elaborate system of trenches is
being completed on the military res
ervation one battlaion of soldiers be-
ing engaged in their construction at
all times.
Every branch of service is repre-
sented at the camp. Infantry, artil-
lery, quartermaster corps, medical de-
partment, machine gun companies,
trench motar outfits ,and signal de-
tachments all have their quotas of en-
thusiastic troops. Specialists schools
in all lines of work are conducted by
officers who have specialized in the
study of such subjects as rifle work.
the use of the bayonet automatic
rifles, and the various forms of poison
gas and the methods of combating
them
Steady rifle practice has increased
very greatly the efficiency of the SOL
diers, and target firing on the range
is developing many expert riflemen
and sharpshoOters.
In marked contrast to the German
terrible disregard for the
lives of their soldiers are the strict
regulations in the United States army
that the soldiers must have every at
tention and care consistent with tao
tical principles. Between the officers
and the comfort of his
troops the latter must always have the
first consideration Through every
book published on military tactics in
the United States Army runs that
clause. "The care of the troops must
not be neglected in the slightest de-
gree" and any officer who overlooks
an opportunity to save his soldiers
any slight hardship is Immediately in
trouble with his superiors. The high
er the rank of the officer, according to
Corporal Nessly the greater is his
of the welfare of the
men under him.
Camp Lewis is rapidly being improv-
ed III every particular. oSC Oi q PA"
irie surrounded with timbered hills,
and Mt Rainier and the Olympics in
plain view, the cantonment has Won
derful location. The streets are be-
ing paved rapidly, rock walks con-
structed. and the work is being sys-
tematized so there is no confusion.
Democracy is rampant in the Amer
lean Army" stated Corporal Nessly,
"and it is a wonderful privilege to see
the thoroughness with which the men
from every walk of life are mingl1ng
with their brothers iy. arms. No ones
words can impress the situation upon
the public mind so well as vlslt
to the camp, and preparations are un-
der wav to accommodate untold thous-
ands of visitors who will spend their
at the one great cantonment
of the west"
Corporal Nessly has just completed
the course of training at the Officers
Training Camp at Camp Lewis, and is
engaged in recruiting work for the
Regular Army while awaiting the pub
Iication of the list of successful can
didates for commissions
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