East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-08-01

equipment into the service. Within
six months $4,000 men will receive
their training in tltese school camps
without any expensesto the government
beyond living costa.f The new depar-
Eture in Intensive tfaining was inslti-
ated several monthttago when James
E. Addicott, formerg principal Of the
Polytechnic High school. was appoint
ed general director nf vocational edu-
cation In the west. Lick and Will
merding were selecte.l in Can Fran
lcisco. the Technical 81 hool in Oak
Hand, the university III Berkeley and
lthe Poiytechnic in Lokl Angeles as the
Icenters Of training in Ealifornia.
! Lonely Can3p.
It's a lonely military camp. There
lisn't any Defenders GLIB in the nei-
Iehborhood and there is no band to
lcheer the enlisted men in the long
levenings. But it is a sslf sufficient
lunit. with an organization different
from the regulation army plan. 1t
lcombines the civil and the military
The government took 0ter not only
1.-THE building, with its nlffhine shops
land mechanical apparatuN but it ad-
Iopted instructors and clerks as well.
And so the camp has a itoung girl
overseer. That isn't the official title
lof Miss AFRO Iverson. but mo shorter
designation would descrihfi her many
duties.
Time was when 'unitfd woman"
lthougflt the world would. starve If
lever she called walkouf from the
Kitchen. Enlisted mascfAinty has
lpunctured that deIusion. me pie that
mother used to make may still be the
piece de resistance in the culinary
dreams OF the hoTnesick soldier, but
1.-THE army mess sergeantsfhave nour-
lished the strength and the appeties of
II 900, 600 men without fer1inine aid or
interference. They didn't beed the aid
OF womankind.
Il Hence the Lady.
. One hundred and fort three en-
LISTED men were to be seht from the
cities of Oregon to Lick 6Dr training
lin mechanics. Lick had fEe six shops
Required, but it had no HfsBs hall and
mo kitchen. Hence the la6y oveRseer.
Miss Iverson bought the fbrniture and
fitted UP the dining quartRrs She is
1.-THE secretary of Bruno HIa'mann. su-
lperintendent of Lick. She was turn
ed over to the government along with
the forge and the auto slfDps.
The job of hiring the kteward, lay
ling up, provisions, buying the dishes
land installing the cafetefia was done
so well that Miss Iversdn was given
the place of honor at sAe officers
table for the noon mess
1.-The army allows the saehOol GER
tain amount for the maintenance of
each soldier" said Miss ngerson. I'VE
aim to give the men fooh just little
better than the army rafions demand.
we add butter and millSfo the menus
; and we must have the cooking and
the portions equal, at leRst to the
army standards. Lieuteilant r. Kanz-
Ter makes a daily inspeetion of the
kitchen. the barracks AID the SANTA
tion. He is the medical feofficer of the
Lick Camp"
Strictly NIiIifary.
Aside from the ADMINISTRATION. the
camp is conducted on strict military
basis The first call comes at 5:45;
with breakfast at 6:1A Drill takes
from Z to $3.50 and thtR the men are
sent to the shops. They work until
4 o'clock, when they aix again assem-
bled for drill.
The men at the camp come from the
class which was to H9 called in the
next draft. They wtFe given this
lchance for intensive training because
of their peculiar fitbess. After two
bnonths they will be sent for further
instruction to other schools. They
3 viii be turned out a. expert mechan-
icians, ready for ser3ire in France.
In two weeks the School shops have
lost the carefree. laughing aspect
3 given TO them by II Hesscores OF pupils
who would just as gladly waste an
hour as work. The soldiers haven't a
9 second to lose. uitwo months they
have to concentrate the training OF a
year.
Lines ii Work.
In the electrified shops they are
4 taught line work Ind ignition. The
auto shops teach Puck and auto driv-
ing and all manher of repair work.
q Some OF the big frms in the city
have sent out tier trucks and the
soldiers have eivfn their labor in re-
pairing free. I'D only one firm was
willing to send oiit a car for the men
to study. The blacksmith shop has a
forge and equippNent for Oxyacetylene
4 welding. The carpentry. machine and
sheet metal wsisi is adapted to the
conditions whicB will confront the men
behind the firifH lines.
So earnest are the men that con-
siderable work g. done in the evenings
after the routas tasks are over. A
school Is not very pleasant place 10
4 spend the ard r dinner hours, But the
soldiers are oa duty only on SATURDAYS
and Sundays
Etffcrtainmcnt.
As soon a. the Lux school reopens
and the girk return there will be
some Jolly efsprtainments FOR the ore
gon visitors Miss Iversou declared
AN that tho government requires Is a
weekly Iecttre on current topics Har-
iry @. HansH. history teacher at Lick
4 gave the flfst Of these talks last week