The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-07-04
C. Y. VAN PATTEN WRITES AN
NTEREST|NG Ii TIER REGARDING
',ss. LIFE AT CAMP FUNSTON

ateWed tomatoes. lemonade with ice
in IT, Supper-Meat. bread, sauce.
vegetables. lemonade. pay for this
the exorbitant price OF 50 cents per
day, and eat more at one meal than
would al home in two.
have eaten my first white bread
for months. since coming to camp.
1t is hard 10 describe ones emotions
as we go about among the splendid
fellows here that come from all
walks of life representing the best
of our country-s young manhood.
among whom you viii find musicians
OF rare ability. physicians who have
left renunerative practice. men just
out OF college. rich and poor. and real
ize thai these men in the near future
VIII be entrainine for overseas SER
vice
went down TO The station the other
day as three train loads of the end
Division were leaving. These men
We're negroes. except the Officers, who
are white men and who volunteered
their service with the coiored troops.
As stood there and saw these black
men with their overseas equipment
strapped 10 their bodies marching
down the station platform and taking
their places in the coaches while the
company band played over There"
and as I realized that these men.
white and black, we're going out 20
figh, for me and the rest of us who
stay at home. without any big demon
stration and in most instances with
out any relatives to bid them God
speed, my heart swelled within me
and / was strangely affected as have
never been before.
Camp Funston is considered one
of the largest and best training camps
in the country The location is good
and tho water supply is splendid Just
now the population Is rather light on
:1ceounr OF lsse ssfh endvzsion having
moved out the first a. the month.
However, it is expected that dlrinS
the week of June cath there =.n be
something like 2c.ee0 men enter train
ing in this camp
Our building which Is one of the
II and known as V No. 5. is situated
near the receiving station. where
every man who comes to camp must
pass thru. He may be held in deten-
ton for period of IS hours or more.
and i, is a, this time that this Y NJ.
C. n may render n large service in
the way of furnishing reading matter.
writing materials, entertainment. etc.
10 these usually homesick men 1t is
the policy for one or more OF the sec
retarial force to meet each group as
| they come in. either at the receiving
station or at their barracks and to
give them certain facts which the
government has asked that they give
concerning camp life. the privileges
stead of sending their civilian clothes
| back home (which usually has a
strange effect on the home folks) that
| they be turned over for the use of the
comply with this request.
The camp is under military police
guard. and no one is supposed to en-
ter its boundary lines without a pass.
This includes Y. NJ c. a. and Knights
of Columbus secretaries and civilian
workers in the camp as well as out
siders.
have seen quite a number OF Can
on City boys On my way out here
the second day after starting. while
going through the train came across
Smith Batchelor and Marion Silcott.
who We're on their way from Fort Lo-
gan to some training camp in vir-
ginia- The next person was Forest
Hodgin. who was at the entertainment
at the Y. NJ c. A. on the night OF
NY arrival Hodgin came to Camp
Funston from somewhere in Arizona
where he had beea working l have
seen Raymond Marsh number OF
times and last Sunday took dinner
with Sergt. l. S, Lear who is with the
ssrd Company. 1s4th Depot Brigade.
| called on Prof. Hogie. who used to
be in our high school and who Is now
sergeant in the anartermaster's de-
partment. Tomorrov I am going to
take dinner with sergt. Mills OF Cam
on City.
The boys are elwsys glad 70 see a
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