The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-06-20
University Column
DIR. LIcHwARDT WRITES


Dear DR.. Cowley:-
AT last | am becoming accustomed
10 the routine Of camp life. and find
ing time 10 write as well as read
letters. Altho IL is but a week ago
tonight that | arrived here, | am
feeling very much at home, and am
enjoying the rather acute change
from civilian life.
At present. we have some 1000
men here at camp, with this number
constantly increasing. These men
are all in training for the Tank
Corps, and il is very interesting.
Over 500 are college men, and this
branch Of the service is especially
appealing on account of the danger
involved as well as the prospect of
overseas service in the very near
future.
am stationed, for the present,
with the Casual Company; this is
the organization in which all the
newly enlisted men are placed for
several weeks, prior to their trans
fer to the regular companies. Hav-
ing all new men placed in COMPARE
tive isolation for several weeks
enables us TO detect and check any
contagious disease which may come
in, as well as permitting the Per-
sonnet Department TO decide into
what branch Of the Tank Corps the
men will best flt.
MY duties are not unlike those at
Berea. In the morning, at 1880, we
lave sick call for the men Of the
company, at which time, all the
men Of the company who are at all
unwell, come in for consultation
and treatment. Most OF the ailments
are very trivial and require but little
attention; any that are more serious
are gone over very carefully, and
the men. if unable 10 go on duty, are
permitted to remain in Quarters
and rest. Very serious cases are
transferred to the Camp Hospital
for treatment. II the men are I'M
able to come TO the Infirmary, we
visit them in their barracks, just
as we visited the students in their
dormitories.
All the new men coming in are
given an examination, as well as
their typhoid and smallpox innocu-
lation. This latter is done with
great speed and apparently no i'll
results. There is very little sick
ness among the men, this being
probably due TO the season Of the
year. and also TO the fact that all
men accepted for service with the
Tank Corps must be Of exceptional
caliber physically as we'll as
mentally.
There are quite a few medical
officers here from all sections OF
the country. and they are all very
pleasant men. One of them said he
knew you, DR.. Morris, from up in
CLAY County, somewhere near Mckee
or Gray Hawk. Another one Of the
doctors bunked near DR.. Cooley at
Fl. Oglethorpe. The officers Of the
line are mostly younger men, college
graduates who took the Officers
Training Course last year, and are
Jolly good fellows.
Mrs. Lichwardt has been up in
Detroit the past week, but will ar
rive here tomorrow and we will do
light housekeeping until l am trans
ferred or sent across. OF course, We
have no definite information when
that will be, but il is the general
opinion that all Of us will be given
the opportunity Of going over with
in several months at the most, and
possibly sooner.
This is a very pleasant little town
somewhat larger than Berea, and
therefore noisier and more dirty.
The camp, however, is out in the
open country, right in the fields
where the Battle Of Gettysburg was
fought. IL seems very impressive TO
see the men drilling and training
e for the New War Of Freedom, on the
same ground where their fathers
and grandfathers fought the decisive
battle in the war TO preserve the
Nation. Little Round Top and
Round Top are just east of here,