The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-02-07

over, forget it, but profit by it. | did
my damndest after that and now on
several occasions when he finds man
backward, he has said: "You need
more thorough instructions to keep up
with these men and haven't the time
to waste on you, but will put you in
charge of man who will pep you up.
Wills, take this man and start him at
lesson No. 2. That's discipline and
tact. combined on his part.
But coming back to the Home
Guard. Undoubtedly there are num-
Der of men in the company who, you
believe, on account of age are s.hope-
less" so to speak. But they're not.
Straight from the western front comes
this information: "There are count
less numbers of men in the trenches
ranging in age from 40 to 60. " And
after they have undergone the stages
you are now starting, they have turn
ed out rugged, active and fully able
to give as good an account of them
selves as any there. One of the most
wonderful effects this great war will
have will be to place mans prime
at As years instead of rs. Why get
old too fast? Why let luxurious
living, lack of exercise and training
keep you back and make you old, far
too soon. The Home Guard, for this
reason alone, is not to be sneered at
Its a real opportunity.
The Minnesota State Public Safety
Commission which Investigated health
conditions at Camp Pike last week
reported their findings at St. Paul,
Jan. 80. They came here in the in
terest of the Minnesota men who are
in training. The Arkansas Gazette
claims that in an unofficial interview
they stated that they had found con-
ditions satisfactory before they left
Little Rock, and when the report came
from St. Paul it was of an. entirely
different nature. Under a st. Paul
date line of Jan. 80, that paper says
that pneumonia cases were more
numerous here than at any other
camp. That Camp Cody hospital con-
ditions failed to meet their approval,
the dust was found serious fault;
the social attitude of some officers
critized; the class of officers and
physicians found "high" and the food
good. The report then recommends
that unless sickness at Camp Pike can
be reduced and unless something can
be done at Camp Cody to eliminate
the dust, the troops should be moved
from these places to Camp Karney,''
where. there are ample, facilities for
locating new camp. At the time of
investigation bad weather had slightly
increased pneumonia cases, it was
said, but these have since decreased
considerably. They had only the high
est words of praise for the military
organization here and it's future.
100000, 100000 worth of life insur-
ance! How would you like to have
commissions on policies totaling that
large amount? That is the goal that
has been set for Camp Pike men, and
as the amount written so far is about
500, 900, 100000, with one-third of the
cantonment insured, you can see
where the climax will undoubtedly be
realized. A $4,000 life insurance
policy at very low rates, in the "busi-
ness" we are in, is not to be sneezed
at. Of course, only men in the mill
tary service can take out policies. No
medical examination is required. They
are not subject to creditors. In case
of total disability, monthly payments
of $3.50 during the lifetime of the
soldier are made to the holder of a
$4,000 policy, which with govern
ment compensation, insures a COM
Portable income. Within five years af-
ter the declaration of peace, the
policies may be exchanged at CORES
ponding rates of premium for life, 20
year paid up, or endowment or any
OGilCI VI ClIC usual lOIlIlO VI lIlSuIdIlC6.
The beneficiary named in the policy
can be changed at any time. We I'M
derstand that outside aid from par
ents or others interested in men, can
be given in a financial way, and we
think it surely is a profitable invest
ment and worthy of investigation.
Col. c. H. Marsh, vice chairman of
the Minnesota Safety Commission,
and Attorney General Lyndon A.
Smith of Minnesota, who are touring
mobilization camps where Minnesota
men are located, will inspect Camp
Pike today with particular reference
to the health Of the Minnesota men
in the 87th division. They will talk
with the men confined in the base
hospital at the present time and will
also visit and confer with other Min
| nesotans in their organizations
throughout the division. We under
stand that their talks with the men
will be in private so that they will not