The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-08-03

| cafe is run in connection. Night
time when society moves toward
! the Hostess tavern, and the big au-
| tOmobiles from all points of the west
| fall in" one sees military life in
! its aristocratic form. Women in
! in their summer furs (they wear
| them in the summer here l guess
| instead Of the winter) mingle with
| the boys in Khaki and Montana aV-
enue becomes Parade Avenue" The
beauty of military life Is seen in all
| its glory from tfFS standpoint Of fash
| ion, which is as much factor in
| military life as in civil life, it seems.
There are the theaters to attend and
| numerous other places to enjoy until
| II o'clock and then one is priVileg-
| ed to remain longer II he carries a
pass. And as this camp is just an
| infant compared to the older camps
! in the United States. 1t promises to
become a great military center for
| fashion soon, and to pass other can
| tonments in the United States in
popularity and in scenic wonders.
Victory hotel, under process of con-
struction, will have 600 rooms and
| the proprietors now announce in
glaring letters on q sign board that
applications have been received for
900 rooms. TWO Of the large rec
reation rooms of Greene park have
so billiard and pool tables, each.
The Serious Side Pictured.
Turning from the wonderfully
pretty hostess house and Greene
park, fashions paradise, there is an
other side of camp llre to be seen,
life which is devoid of the many
| beautiful women and dresses and
good times-the life Of the soldier in
his barracks and the tine for Mis-
| transfer with the taking IF the ex-
| animation ;or overseas duty. The
| two scenes are so decidedly differ
ent. The last scene Of camp life
is around the barracks several MIN
utes before the word forward is
given for the men to march off to
the station for entrainment.
In a company of some 200 men
ordered transferred to Camp Kear-
ney, California, little play was en-
acted, not many nights ago. 1t was
a play without words. A young wife
and child, the latter about four years
old gathered at the barracks Of a
certain company to see dad" away.
For minutes and minutes he stood
in line, his wife and child short
distance away. Now and then the
little one would dash from his moth
er's hand into the line, trying to i'm
itate the father III standing erect
and determined. Each time the lit
tie boy would RETURN to his mother
and grasp her hand but would not
remain long. He knew father was
going overseas-going to War-but
the magnitude of the word was be-
yond the unframed mind. Yet that
mysterious something" seemed to
deluge the little brain with an un-
easiness and a knowledge that his
papa was to be a factor in the rem
dering Of that verdict in history
which is to come. just before the
lad hastened again to the ranks and
gave his daddy an orange, and then
marched beside his father, like a.
corporal, while the mother used the
road which led to the American Lake
railway station. The officers and
the non commissioned officers un-
derstood.
West Wakens to Spirit Of War.
Not until the famous 91st division
OF some 10000 soldiers left camp in
70 trains, several weeks ago, did the
western coast cities of Seattle and
Tacoma really waken to the spirit
OF the war as manifest in Rhe cities
back home." Wealth anA it's acs
cumulation in the shipyards, held
sway over war spirit. Since the DIST
members OF this division had been
taken, into the Tacoma andlthe Seat
tie homes and lodges. Young, coU-
pies mingled and there were many
military nuptials and many prom
ises. When the time camp for the
boys to leave, military Tacoma and
Seattle wept. Attending g. dance or
club meeting in either city one is
constantly confronted by the love
Of a certain girl or family for some
member Of the 91st division. Twelve
hundred men OF this division were
left in the base hospital. Prior to
the departure, Tacoma and Seattle
were agog with pleasure events for
the boys. The Eagles and the Blks
put on great celebrations, and it
became necessary to issuSl an order
stating the hour when all business
Of the division would suspend. It Is
easy to see how the dollar can
beat out the war spirit OF sacrifice
when men in the shipyards make
as high as $40 O. week and spend
lavishIy, and the cafes and grills
and places OF amusement play for
the dollar made on the coast"
More Divisions For Camp
Official announcement now comes
from Washington that q new divi-
sion of mobile troops will be formed
in the camp. Interest now centers
Ia whether or not the division will
be composed Of regular army q. ma
tional army troops and who will be
the next major general In command.
With the 44th infantry and the First
infantry in camp, both OF which are
regular army organizations, their
members and officers are hoping
that the new division win be COM
posed OF regular army regiments. "A
rumor about Camp Lewis, and given
publicity in several OF the newspa-
pers on the coast, mentions the pos
sibility OF training two ne7p divisions