The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-10-16
SIXTY SOLDIERS
REACHED MOSCOW
ONLY ONE-FIFTH OF MEN EX-
PECTED YESTERDAY ARRIVED
-OTHERS COME TODAY

Only about sixty of the 300 soldiers
expected here from Idaho and Wyom-
ing reached Moscow yesterday. These
came from points in Idaho and none
of the Wyoming men reached Mos
cow. The university authorities have
not been notified why the entire 300
did not arrive on schedule time and
are at loss to understand, unless 1T
be that the influneza situation pre-
vented many Of them from coming.
Those VINO arrived yesterday came
mostly from north Idaho counties, and
the south Idaho contingent may reach
here tonight or tomorrow morning.
Nothing has been heard from any of
those who were to arrive nor were the
university authorities notified that
they would not be here as scheduled.
The nonarrival Of the men is not
| unwelcome, however, for it gives more
time to prepare for them. There is
such a shortage of help that the work
of preparing the buildings necessary
/ for their accommodation has been de-
layed. Yesterday morning the work
of preparing the kitchen and mess
hall at the plant of the Idaho Ma
tional Harvester company, where
these men are to be fed, was not
nearly done. Not a table had been
prepared nor had the range and cook
ing equipments been completed. Yet
supper was served there to the 60
men who arrived during the day. The
work of completing the kitchen and
mess hall was almost phenomenal.
While it is not entirely complete suf-
ficient progress has been made to
guarantee proper feeding of the men
there, although the entire equipment
is not in place.
The barracks, which were entirely !
bare yesterday morning, had cots and
equipment for 200 men in place last |
night and the 60 who arrived slept |
comfortably in the new building. A |
large hot air furnace in the center /
of the building made it quite COM
Portable.
Today all is hurry and hustle in !
this building, and more cots are being
fitted up. Lieutenant Bleamaster,
former athletic director of the Uni
versity of Idaho, is in charge here
and is getting things rapidly into
shape. By tomorrow everything here,
excepting the plumbing will be COM
plete. 1t will be several days before
the last of the lavatories are in place
and the shower baths are all in readi-
ness for use.
The new arrivals are working like
Trojans to help get their quarters in
shape and to get located. Great
stacks of army blankets and Informs
are piled in the officers headquarters
in this building and are issued as re-
quired
Great care is being exercised to
prevent any cases of influenza reach
ing the university. Last night the
kitchen at the harvester plant was
not prepared to cook the entire sup
per for the men SO food was cooked
at the mess halls at the university and
brought to the harvester plant. There
is not a single case Of influenza
among the 900 men at the university
and the authorities were taking no
chances Of them being exposed by
permitting the new arrivals, who may
have been exposed to the disease en-
route to Moscow, to eat at the uni
versity. The men who have arrived
all have "clean bill of health" but
as they come from many points and
some of them have Travelled long dis
5ances it was feared they might have
come in contact with the disease and
The greatest care is being taken to
keep them from the men at the uni
versity who are in quarantine. The
men are given a physical examina-
ion upon arrival here.
Despite the hurry and hustle Of
getting the new quarters ready and
getting located in their quarters, the
young men all seem cheerful and en-
husiastic. Every one is anxious to
get chance to go to the front" and
III are hoping that premature peace
will not be made with Germany Bull
etins about the war are eagerly scan
led by the new arrivals.
Moscow women presented the mess
all with a lot of canned fruits and.
ellies and today the men issued a