Arizona republican., 1918-02-04
bUG[ES GREET NEW NATIONAL
 ARMY RECRUIT

HnIVI n[UnUlI- CAMP FUNSTON, Kas., Feb. B. The first thing that a newly arrived National army man hears when he enters Camp Funston is a bugle call and he finds that after he had become soldier nearly every movement he makes is directed by the notes of his company buglar A call is the first thing he hears in the morning, and the last at night. It is the first thing he must learn to know when he be- comes a soldier, and when his life's work is complete the call that is played over the little pine box. the most beau tlful one of all, is the one that sings the men to sleep-Taps.
 The buglars and their calls are pro- vlded for in the service regulations. Nothing is said, however, about words to them, but from the earliest days of the American army there have been verses. Every call has its own words in the minds of the doughboys, and there are as many variations as there are organizations.
 The reville call is the first in the morning, and is probably the best
 
 popular with the soldier. The oldest verse set to it's tune follows:
 l can't get 'em up, l can't get 'em
 up, cant get 'em up in the morn
 ing
 can't get 'em up, I can't get 'em up,
 l can't get 'em up at all.
 Corp'rals worse than the privates,
 sergeants worst than the corporals, Lieutenants worse than the ser
 geants, and tn captains worst of
 all.
 Then the chorus is strong with, T can't get 'em up, etc"
 The words to the mess call are an other standard verse. This is the most popular call in the army and never has to be repeated. It is a curious fact that none of the men ever have any trouble hearing it plainly at it's first sounding. Here is the verse:
 Soup-y, soup-y. soup-y, without a
 single bean;
 Pork-y. pork-y, pork-y, without a
 streak of lean
 Coffee, coffee, coffee, without any cream.
 Sick call is just as adapted to camp life at Funston as the others. It goes like this:
 Conie and get your quinine, come
 ana get your plllS,
 o. come and get your quinine, come
 and get your pills.
 The stable call that sounds when it | comes time for the Funston mule skinners to feed and water their hard tails is little more poetical: Come all who are able, and go to the stable,
 And water your horses and give em some corn.
 For if you don't do it the colonel vii!
 know it,
 And then you will rue it as sure as you're born.
 The last call of the soldiers day, the one that follows, Tights out and puts him to sleep in whatever part of the world he may happen to be, is the most beautiful of them all. Taps has a singularly soothing sound to the tiret | Funston boy as he Woos sleep on his cot after the strenuous day of train ing. It has several versions, of which here is one:
 Fades the night, and afar, goeth the
 day;
 Cometh the night;
 And a star, leadeth all, speedeth all to their rest.
 When a soldier has gone vest a! death is known in the army, taps i: sounded as he is being lowered int the grave. The words to the final cal are:
 When your last day is past,
 From afar, some bright star,
 Der your grave, watch will keep,
 While you sleep, with the brave. |
 When are we going away iron here?" Several months in Funston | do hn ct a nd a rd tions of the day here. The boys ar getting just little bit impatient am want to be on the move. They fee perfectly capable of taking on an kind of enemy right now, whethe their officers agree with them or not Many are actually worrying for fea that the war will be over before the get their chance to prove themselves
 The desire to move breeds rumor by the thousand, but to find one o them with any foundation is impossl ble. A favorite with many, and som of them really believe it, is that the are to move in time to make room fo , the next draft. Another is that tn whole division is to start for Franc tomorrow-at seven forty-flve sharp Some have it direct-via the dream i, imagination = I-have- t-on- good -au thority system, that the whole divislo is to move to a southern camp. Som l even can be found that insist that thes men will continue to stay at F'unsto until the end of the war-so here yo are, take your choice. If you don \ care for any of these, others will 7 cheerfully invented for you.
 Officers wouldn't tell about any cor templated troop movement even If the y knew. The general opinion seems g be, however, that while the men = General Woods division have pro e gressed remarkable well in their tralf e ing, there are still many things yet f learn to fit them for overseas servlc :, and that Funston will continue to f home for some time. h The 353d infantry is the most il s sured organization of General Leonal ;, Woods division, according to al n nouncement made at Camp Funstt a this week. The regiment has 1640 al Il plications in with It. Jos. E. Brow who is in charge of the war risk il . surance. The total amount is $l3 e 46S, ,50O In all the division has e ready applied for insurance amour n ing to SIPS, ,366,5OO, with 15,54S polici h asked for.
 s Many of the Camp Funston soldier e however, do not seem to realize the Tn it portance and necessity of the goverl d ment insurance, and drive is plann' e by It. Brown to try to get an applic' e tion from every man in the divisio a A soldiers application can only l. made during the 120 days followil Is his entrance into the army, and mai e who do not realize this, or who e putting it off from day to day, likely to find themselves at the fro without the priceless protection for t