Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-06-11
WAUSAU CONTINGENT AT
CAMP GRANT
All Arrive mt Rockford i'm Fine Con-
ditiOn-A Little Insight to
Camp Life, Etc.

| reference to the trip of selected men
of May 27th:
Leaving Wausau, the boys were in
the best of spirits and took the mat
ter of departure. as an ordinary in
cident of life. The collection or to-
bacco fund was Immediately checked
up by the two captains and distributed
later on the journey. Every station
had an unusual gathering to wish
the boys Godspeed Grand Rapids had
a very large crowd out, but there was
a lack of the ordinary band music.
The train did not go through Nekoosa
and the next stop was Necedah. 1t
seems to me for the size of the town,
| would expect a larger turn out but
New Lisbon was there with flags from
little tots to grown ups. There was
absolutely no wait at New Lisbon, we
were on our way Immediately and the
next stop was at Portage for an hour.
The train pulled on a side track and
the boys were given their dinners in
boxes. Three slices of buttered bread,
Hamburger steak baked and boiled po-
Itatoes with Jackets on; cookies, dough-
nuts, fruit, small package of pepper
and salt. Coffee was served by the
ladies. A detachment of Red Cross
ladies of the Portage chapter, were
detailed to attend to the wants of
the boys, by placing cartoons of Gig
] arettes and a couple of crates of
loranges, distributing postal cards al
ready stamped and gathering all the
mail. A look of contentment prevailed
as the train pulled out of Portage.
Sorry to say we lost an untiring official
| M y ybn 1Dc
a moment in looking after the welfare
of the boys. Mr.. Fl. H. Ober, Supt. of
the division had the train freshly
watered at Grand Rapids, New Lis
bon and Portage and after his depart
ure at Portage it was a general rumor
among the boys that he certainly had
an eye on that train.
At Madison, as the train felt its
way to the depot, Madisonites thought
Zones Minstrels," had torn loose with
a million ukeleleS on a Wausau car
Mrs. Frank O'Connor, Miss Katie May
| IOCOnnor, Mr.. and Mrs. Kleinheinz and
daughter were there to greet the boys.
The changing of engines was ali the
| time consumed.
| Leaving Madison, the captains with
the aid of J. N. Manson, Jr., as auc-
tioneer, raffled off the remaining fruit
and cigarettes and gum that had been
presented to them. This caused con-
| siderable amusement as they went
| from car to car, arriving at Rockford,
at 6:15 p. M, and detrained at $50,
reaching quarters at about 10 p. M,
and it was raining. Our train was
preceded and followed by other Wis
consin contingents.
| The most of our contingent were To-
Gated the next morning in 344 Inf
| Co. r., Barracks. 1t was a wonder
full sight to see 10000 recruits or
selects drilling in their civilian clothes
preparing for the unveiling of Camp
Grant Monument and passing in re-
view of the Camp staff, with about
| IL foreign officers from English,
French, Italians and in Company
movements, with an air and statue of
We'll be there in jig time" It was
a wonderful sight.
| Oh, yes! What do they eat? Say,
don't mention that. If you want
feast go to a camp ana get acquainted
with a Mess Serg., or you don't get
in, that's all. Here is what l hit:
Breakfast, 5:30.-Individua package
of corn flakes, sliced grape fruit with
lots of good sugar, fried meat, boiled
eggs, potatoes, the lovliest bread of
either wheat or rye, creamery butter,
coffee and stewed prunes.
And say, Dinner, 11:30-never saw
anything like it: Porter house roast
with mashed potatoes with real cows
butter and milk in them and plenty
brown gravy, sliced green cucumbers
| lNtvifh oh,
kinds of bread and butter, lemonade
and coffee, strawberry short cake,
strawberry lce cream and cherries
dumped all over the ice cream. Did
you ask if they eat?
Supper, 5:15-Beef roast and beef
stew, Drowned potatoes, creamed car
rots, baked beans, spinach, two kinds
lof bread, butter, tea, stewed prunes,
apple and pineapple jam and apples,
and sliced bananas and cream.
| saw unloading for that kitchen
that afternoon four crates of carrots;
four large crates of spinach; four
crates of cucumbers; eight cases of
strawberries; three punches of ban
anas; two cases of canned pears; two
cases of canned cherries; two cases
lof quart-glass jars, apple and pine
apple jam; two cases of prunes; 100
lb. sack of sugar; one whole quarter
of beef placed Immediately in an ice
box; two cases of lemons and cases
amounting to 500 individuals boxes of
corn flakes, potatoes, onions. 1t was
a truck load-that was for the fol-
lowing day. Can you beat that?
What did you say about the cook
ing? A good many of those boys can
come home and show their mothers
how to cook food. The bread is baked
by the cantonment bakers at quarter
master corps, and it's some bread. OF
course there are a great many mess
sergeants that fail to make good and
are reduced to ranks and it is a very
common happening. A Mess Sergeant
is given leeway with so much
credit to buy food for the company
a or battalion or amount of men he
feeds and he must stay within those
bounds, and if he is conservative in
its use and shrewd in buying he can
create an over fuIM and have extras
for Sunday or holidays.
The kitchens and dining rooms are
daily inspected but on no regular
hour, so they must be clean at all
times and garbage cans as we'll. The
government maintains a hog farm
about three miles from camp with
about 10000 hogs. Very clever idea.
There is one Wausau boy, who has
had the honor of dining the canton
lmentS staff for the coming third time,
and when that happens non-commis-
stoned officers not lower than ser
geants act as walters and ushers.
| think as whole Wausau has
been highly honored with the differ
ent selections that have been made
from our drafts. You people that are
constantly ready to lend an ear to
these 'hard tack cryers," and these
supposed Red Cross Scandals ought
to spend couple of collars and visit
one of these camps and you will open
your eyes Visit the medical dept. Ash
Questions: they are all gentlemen