The Robesonian., 1918-08-22
IMPRESSIONS OF CAMP LIFE.

Rows Like it Better the Longer They
Stay-Erroneou Ideas About Vac
cination-Uncle Sam Takes Care
of Health-Camp Notes.
tn the Editor of The Robesonian:
# we are allowed space in The
Robesonian, we shall attempt in our
limited way to give the readers scme
of our impressions of camp life since
coming to Camp Hancock three weeks
ago.
liking it better the longer we stay. Of
some right sore arms, and in most
eases cases this has been accompanied with
. headache for two or three days This
was the result of the vaccination
AGAINST smallpox, and of course was
nothing of a serious nature. We have
also had two treatments with the ty-
nhoid vaccine, which made most of us
= little sick following the first treat
,nept. but the second treatment did
not seem to bother any of us.
Most of US dreaded these vaccina-
lions no little bit, owing to the fact
that we had so often heard misleading
statements regarding the elects of
same. Why, we had actually heard
that in administering the typhoid vac
cine very large percentage were al
most certain to faint. Many told us
This right after we got here but it vas
bv those who, like ourselves, had not
been here long enough to know any
hetter. However, we are glad to say
that so far as we have been able to
learn there has nothing like this hap
nened to anyone since we have been
here. There is absolutely no truth
to the statement that we had SO often
heard, that a red-hot needle is used
in any treatment. The needs are
pIaced in hot water for sterilization.
but so far as any one getting "burnt
there's nothing to it. 1t was abso-
lutely painless and we did not even
feel it. Yes, one often hears enough
relative to army life to almost fright
en- fellow before going to camp, but
we are glad to say that it is more en-
couraging after actually arriving on
the scene, where we soon learn bet
ter.
Our officers are very considerate of
US, and do not have US to drill any
for several hours after the typhoid
vaccine is administered. Then, too,
when it is real warm in the afternoon,
they do not keep us in the sun very
long at a time, but take US to the
shade and allow US to get water and
cool.
Today preparation is being made to
give the hookworm treatment to those
of our company who need it. 1t is
surprising to learn how many of our
southern boys are infected with hook
worm. They told us that out of three
hundred examined yesterday they
found that about two hundred would
have to take the treatment Uncle
Sam is doing his best to give US the
best of health, and as far as possible
to insure us against sickness, all of
which we cannot appreciate too high
ly, for there's nothing like good
health. And yet we occasionally see
a fellow who apparently is proud Of
the fact that he is unable to pass the
physical examination for service in The
army.
While we are on the subject of
health we must speak of the fact that
camp Hancock now leads all camps in
the United States in the matter of
health, and also had the lowest j ,ath
rate of any camp for the rast six
months.
Camp Hancock is composed largely
OF machine gun units, and we under
stand it is to soon be used almost ex-
clusively as machine gun camp. We
can hear the m,.chine guns in practice
all day long. They possess very fast
action, and shoot several times a fast
as one can count.
Our company is still under ouaran-
tine, and for this reason we have been
staying pretty. close. We have not
been allowed to attend any of the
J. NJ. G. A. services for the past two
Sundays. However, this does not mean
that we have not heard any preaching
for the "Y" folks have been to our
company street and held services for
US from once to twice week. The
\. M. c.. A. men are mostly middle
aged and young men, and are the
Elndest and cleverest set of men we
think we have ever met. The boys
soon recognize them to be their best
friends. They are thoroughly Chris
tan, showing US every courtesy and
"lvlng us any advice. They furnish US
stationery, books, newspapers, and
much other good reading matter. They
also keep cool water for our conven-
iencee, wrap and mail packages, and
IN short, do any and everything they
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