The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1918-05-16

Can't Hurlburt was county engineer al
The time Of receiving his commission
as first lieutenant last year He was
advanced last fall while al Maryland
eantonment.
The majority Of the thousands Of ma
tlonal army men assigned 70 Camp
Lewis for training IN the recent draft
nave already become imbIed with the
spirit Of the big fight against Prussisn-
ism, according 10 letter just received
from Roger W Moe, who was editor Of
the Mosler Bulletin when called 10
training. In his interesting letter Mr..
Moe SAYS
Well, | have been here nearly
week now, and while | must obey all
orders from officers, still in the full
sense | am not vet full fiedged sol
der. There Is sure some bunch here
about 50, coo, and fellow sure losses
his individuality. You cannot realize
the magnitude of the camp unless you
are a soldier. Even then it takes
months, | should Judge.
I'VE are confined to the limits Of our
battalion grounds for two weeks. We
may 90 TO the eanteen and the Y M.
c. A. building, but must remain within
barracks except when taken out In
platoons for drilling or To attend i'm
portant lectures.
'Saw Merrill H.. j. Merrill. cashier
Of the Mosier Valley Bank. He could
not come into our barracks, but sent
me word and We went over to the Y.
NJ. c. A. for talk. There are about
500 fellows in here now. writing,
smoking, buying sweets, playing check
ers, listening to the photograph, watch
ing stunts pulled off on the stage by
good actors, (solhers who volunteer).
We have many boxing and wres tling
matches at the ". These places are
certainly worth a great deal to the sol
diers.
My vaccination of last Thursday, |
believe, is not going to take. In that
case | will be shot again.
I'VE get up in the morning at 5. As
O'Clock, and within seven minutes must
be fully dressed, beds made, and fall
in line in our respective places by
squads. At the command we stand at
attention while the buglers blow re-
veille. On dismissal we rush back to
barracks to prepare our toilets and
then line up for mess at another build
ing. Following orders, from COM
manding officers. if there are any, we
beign to eat. Men on kitchen police
each day attend to our wants and pass
dishes of edibles. | have been on bar
racks duty. but not on X T. yet.
when we are through for the even
ing lights go out at O'Clock. but we
do not have to be in bed until IL D. m.
However, nearly all 90 to bed when
lights go out and lie in bed and talk,
sing and joke back and forth 1t sure
is some comedy at times. A great
spirit Of fellowship exists among the
men, who now. having been called
from all walks of life, intermingle as
though they had known each other for
years.
81 like it up here very much. The
food is good and well cooked. They
figure that it costs l3 cents per meal
to feed man, or about $35 per meal
for each company A few of the men
would return in a minute to civilian
life, and probably always will grumble.
but the majority have grasped the
proper spirit and really enjoy it. We
must keep shaved, battle often and
wear our clothes in such manner as to
keep them in good condition. There is
little idle time on our hands, and we
learn to do everything with snap and
vim.