The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1918-08-03
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J Donough recently purchased proper
ty. for that Is the only way one can
get a house in Battle Greek at the
present time.
Mrs. McDonough informed me that
the Captain was at the camp. and i
started on a new tack; to locate Cap
tain McDonough which l did In short
time. A messenger went out to the
field where the captain was hard at
work, and in few minutes I saw a
rider galloping down the hill towards
the entrance to the camp.
Captain McDonough is every inch a
soldier. Iron county people may well
be proud OF him. About the first ques-
ton he asked. after greeting myself
and family and those in our party,
was for his fellow officers. Harry Fra
ser in particular He went to head
/ quarters and got a pass for myself
and party and we then drove to his
headquarters, where we found him
nicely fixed but anxious to get out OF
Camp Custer. He had been kept at
work training a negro regiment, but
that regiment went with the S5th and
he has been transferred TO the 18th
battalion OF the depot brigade for the
present. He expects to leave for ST.
IBERIA inside OF a month; as soon as
the government completes It's plans
for Intervention in Russia.
Kearns and Merke Found.
/ wanted to visit all OF the Iron
county boys in camp and so informed
Captain McDonouge. He knew that
Clarence Kearns was still there and
he'd his adjutant look up Kearns.
yas given the number OF the building
where he might be found, and then
babe Captain McDonough goodbye and
started out on visit to the camp.
, I'D stood at Camp Grant about a
yvur previous to that date, in dust up
nearly to my knees and watched the
hustle and hustle incident to the erec-
ton If buildings and the other work
OF construction. l saw an entire bar
racks erected inside Of two hours;
saw other evidence OF the haste to
complete those buildings 50 that sol
diars might be trained and sent across
the water. And again in IL months
time / stood in the midst OF can
torment, which on my previous Wis
its seemed to me would be a long time
in emerging from chaos; saw train
load after train-load of equipped and
trained men sent out almost ready for
battle; the dust which at that time
seemed almost uncomfortable, gave
place to concrete pavement and cinder
walks; the buildings erected In such
haste made comfortable and clean and
the utmost order prevailed all over the
camp while II was being prepared for
the new increment Of recruits. One
who has not witnessed this transition
cannot appreciate the stupendous task
which the government has had in pre-
pairing these training camps AS we
passed building after building we not
ed their appearance Of desertion be-
cause OF the recent removal OF troops.
We were told that only six hundred
we're left in the depot brigade and that
number IS hardly enough to police the
big camp.
We finally found Clarence Kearns
and he was glad to meet someone that
he knew from the upper peninsula. lie
got excused from duty and piloted us
about for an hour or two. among 9TH
err places visited being the barracks,
His capt was in particularly pleas
ant mood that day and gave us per-
! mission to go through the building
J including the mess kitchen, and the
latter proved the most interesting 10
the women folks In the party.
Our Soldiers Live Well.
/ wish | could bring home to every
: mother who has son in the army and
who reads these lines the excellence
Of the care which is given our soldiers
by Uncle Sam. Feed! They are much
better fed in the army that at home
and II isn't sow-bellie and bully-beei
either, but the best OF everything, pre-
pared in the best OF style.
There are no substitutes in the
army cooking The best OF white bread
is what our soldiers get. Corn mea
} and other substitutes are cooked, but
I they are not used In lieu OF -four as 4:
/, done in the homes OF the country