Arizona republican., 1918-03-12
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 CAMP FUNSTON. Kans., March 6. This month is to be a busy one ac- cording to the training schedule now mapped out by Brig. Gen. Frank L. | Vim, commander of the Eighty Ninth | division. The drafted men who came | here a few months ago have been | gradually rounded out into real sol diers and now the polishing touches" are being made.
 That most necessary thing in the my-discipline-wll be impressed on the men more than ever by the dis ciplinary drill.
 "The disciplinary drill should be short. but the discipline should be the strictest possible" reads the order. No movement should be permitted ex- cept as exactly prescribed. More at tentlon should be paid to minor de- tails, such as position of rifles, length or step, accuracy of movement; and under no condition should this degen- crate into a routine without progress. There should be more energy, life and attention than commonly seen on the training grounds
 The physical drills and games, so es- sential in training the soldier for the future hand -to-hand combats with the Hun, will be continued, and from the great number of men that get out with their gloves, bats and balls on the warmer days, it is indicated that Camp Funston will have some crack baseball teams this spring. Capt. Paul With ington, athletic director, is planning on scheduling several games with the big league teams when they start their spring training trips
 Special attention will be given this month to patrolling by day and by night, and long night marches. Enemy trenches will be outlined out at the divisional trench system and the men will be given advanced instruction in sniping, in making their way through NO Mans Land' and in the hurling of real grenades and bombs.
 Every officer and non- commissioned officer of infantry must, by April l, know the Morse code well enough to enable him to send and receive short messages under battle conditions. The artillerymen will continue with the school of the cannoneer, school of the battery and the school of the firing battery, and in addition there will be motor instruction for the motorized organizations. An English officer-an expert who has seen much service lover there''-has arrived to give the men of the trench mortar regiment special instructions.
 The engineers training for the month will include the making of over night camps if the weather permits, revetment work, the building of bomb proof shelters, observation and com mand posts, machine gun emplace- ments, listening posts, the draining of l trenches, bridge work, road work and sapping and mining.
 Instruction in the treatment of trench foot" disease common in the | trenches, will be one of the new things taken up by the sanitary field hospitals and in doing other work along rescue and medical lines.
 At the close of the month of train- ing, appropriate tests will be conduct ed by all tactical commanders in order | to rate the organization in relative proficiency
 While the "old timers" are going through their advanced work, the new draft arrivals are being initiated into the mysteries of army life, and they are making good with vengeance. The ten city over the other side of Fort Riley, where the men are to be kept for the first three weeks, is a model camp in command of Lieut.. Col. MartH l.. Crimmins.
 In the few days that they have been in camp, the men have learned to sa- lute in a snappy, military manner, and they can do squads right" and the other preliminaries like regulars. Ma camp in the country has a better health record, only 20 men out of every 1000 being on the sick list, and many of these have only minor ailments. The new drafted men will be kept in the detention camp for three weeks, then assigned to organizations.
 The importance of Orders
 The importance of obeying orders, especially in regard to leaving camp without authority, is emphasized in a general order issued by the command ing general. The order calls attention to the fact that disobedience of orders in time of war is a capital offense While there have been comparatively few real assertions from Camp Funs- ton. there have been several times when men have forgotten the air-tight army regulations and have slipped off for a few days with no more serious intentions than when they used to play hockey from school. But such an of- fense, they have learned, is serious one during war times.
 Men selected for detached service ol transfer will be given direct persona orders by their immediate command ing officer to hold themselves at al times ready to carry out the order fol transfer and are not to leave the can- tonment without special authority the order reads. "If they fail to carry oul these orders they will be tried for dis obedience of orders, which in time ol war is a capital offense.
 'In case of men designated for over seas service who absent themselve. without authority, regimental or sep arate organization commanders vii immediately telegraph the sheriff il the town or community from which tn, man comes, stating the man is a de serter, and if he is picked up he should be turned in to the nearest militar! authority"
 Men picked up in this manner vii be treated as deserters and tried a. such, except in cases where the mai admits desertion and it is deemed proper to have him restored to dut. without trial. Men who return volun tarily will be given ten hours work ; day as test, then tried by a specla or summary court and given sever punishment.
 Foretaste of War Work
 The trenches in France may hay their dangers-their bursting grenades poisonous gas, bullets and big-gul shells-but at that, the dump wher the trash from Camp Funston i burned, also has a claim in that con nection. The workers on the dunn have become used to the sound of eX ploding cartridges and the occasiona boom of a bomb or dynamite cal And it's all because there has bee carelessness in throwing cartridges an other explosives in the trash boxe about the camp.
 So to do away with these unpleasan bangs and blooms" the following or der has been issued:
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