The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-03-01
VETERAN IN amaze
ATANNIsT0NCAMP
Private Snow Sees Wonders OF
Modern Army Life at
Mcclellan.
WATCHES BAYONET DRILLS
Relic Of Confederate Days in Open
Mouthed Astonishment Watches
Irish Instructor-Says Conditions
Are Not as They Were in eos.

Camp Mcclellan, Admission, Ala
Private Clark Snow, he of the Ala
bama yellow Hammers who tough
for the Confederacy back in the '6Os
limped into Camp Mcclellan to Civ,
the boys of the Blue and Gray a few
pointers on how to lick the Huns.
II have had no experience with Mr.
Kaiser, but / reckon what COlOne
Johnston and went through few
years back was fair sample Of wha1
you youngsters are due to stack vi
against over yonder," declared the
grizzled veteran of the struggle be
tween the North and the South, as he
introduced himself to the students OF
modern warfare
"We didn't have those new-fangled
gases, but we had battle against the
| effects Of some of the rottenest corn
whisky that ever came from a still,
and | reckon that's just as bad. Take
| it from me, youngsters, it's good thing
| for Uncle Sam that these moOnshiners
have been scared into burying them
selves away for the winter"
Private Clark Snow, with his chest
pulled out to fill up spick and span
gray uniform made from the remnants
of the one in which he fought for the
COnfederacy, was standing in the Gen.
ter Of modern soldier city of 10000
men and nearly as many canvas cano-
pies. He was escorted by bunch Of
soldier enthusiasts who were proud to
be part Of the Twenty-ninth division
and wanted to show the gray-haired
wet" all the mysteries Of present-day
fighting.
Shown Bayonet School,
The first thing the sightseers tum-
bled into was the bayonet school. Here
Sergeant "Bill' Madden, the fiery little
Irishman delegated to Camp Mcclellan
as a part of the. British war mission,
was trying to make a group of pink
checked ex-office clerks look blood
thirsty. A dozen or more bayonet
blades glistened in the sunlight, and
there was 'Peppery Bill" Madden
at the head Of the class jug
Cling formidable-looking overgrown
jackknife.
"Ataboy; put some beef behind that |
jab! If you don't get him he'll get /
you'll" shouted Bill.
The embryo fighters were being
taught to slice imaginary Germans to
gibbons.
"Cut that sentiment stuff out !"
1awled Bill to a baby-featured private
whose face never had been introduced
to a razor. ''That's not a knitting
needle you have in your hand. Poke
t right through that guys ribs and
7ank it out again before he's had
chance to realize that he's dead.
Steady now. Rotten! That one went
between his legs. You're as good as
lead already. Carry your corpse over
here and watch me do it,"
With teeth gritted, face drawn into
/ million or more wrinkles and every
muscle of his body at Ligh tension, the
pfrited product of the Emerald Isle
velt through the move. If he didn't
ill German it was because there
wasn't one around.
Could Lick Whole Army.
II thought I knew thing or two
bout using those hedge trimmers,"
asped Private Clark Snow at the con-
fusion of the exhibition, "but that
rishman could lick a whole German
rmy all by himself. If you young
terS ever get worked up to the same
tate of mind he's in there'l be a lot
the kaiSer'S gang SnOOZing with :
heir toes to the sky this time next
ear"
In open-mouthed wonderment the I
elic of Confederate days watched the
tile foreign Instructor disappear in
le distance. 1t was mess time and
lie "Yellow Hammer" didn't have to :
e coaxed to eat with a company of
lie Blue and Gray.
Soup roast beef, mashed potatoes,
agetables, coffee and rice pudding dis
e didn't have the heart to tell the
oys of 1913 what he thought Of the
,ldier meal until it was ended. :
100 full for lengthy expression, F
low remarked: "And us fellers used
think we were kings when we had
cad pudding once a week."
On all parts of the reservation the F
sitor found eyeopeners galore. Giant
otor trucks hummed in and out of
e well-laid winding camp streets in
ace of the Old-time army mule. The -
hole camp was as spick and span as
e best cared for front lawn. On +
cry side there were evidences of +
ep" and enthusiasm. And the pecu- 4
r part of the whole thing to Snow
peared the fact that everybody
emed busy performing some impor- fl
At task. J.
After paying his respects to the q,
ars and Stripes at retreat the vet =
IN summarized his Impressions of =
} inspection tour with tear-dimmed ~
es: If our boys had all the good oa
ngs you have today there would be %