The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-03-21

ed at by the vets" who continually
call to them to "take off that white
collar" wipe that grin off your
face;" "where did you come from 2; :"
outside and police up" crest up all
you can, you'll get yours"
A newcomer in a training camp
looks with wonder at the things
around him; ne thinks he can get by
doing a little work now and then and
that the individual duties of soldier
are but pleasures. A surprise is in
store for every man with those ideas.
He'll find that the officers know where
and what he is doing at all times;
they will see to it that he does his
legitimate share of every camp duty
and drill that his visits to the outside
world are few and these limited by
timed passes which art scrutinized by
sentries. He is due to be reborn, as
we have said time and time again;
different ways of living, of dressing,
thinking and conducting himself. He
will be part in a machine and the
quicker he fits in as a cog and gets
oiled, the better.
Most every soldier here has been
sent Smileage books, another ex-
penditure and sacrifice those at home
are making for the "boys." While
many hundreds of us have been unable
to use them to any great extent, due
to the fact that we have been quar-
antined, still we have been marched
in bodies in the huge Liberty theatre
on different occasions and have wit
messed some very good productions.
At one occasion when this theatre
was crowded to capacity, picture
was taken of the crowd after the show
was over and all those who were pos
SCISSORS of Smileage books held them
up, just to show those at home that
they are being used and appreciated.
The picture will be published and Civ
en- wide circulation.
Man may get by with his vanity
for a long time in civil life, but when
be gets into the army a showdown
comes. The army doctors cannot be
fooled, and it is the opinion of the ex-
perts who are examining the incoming
drafts at Camp Pike that two thirds
of the men wear their shoes too short.
That is, they wear them too short in
civil life. In the army, where lot
depends on footwork, and no COM
mander cares to hang up record of
having the smallest-footed regiment
in the service, ample sizes are issued
out. Probably later in life, men wear
shoes to fit their feet, but during the
salad days, when the young mans
plumage, like the peacock's, is at it's
brightest and for the same purpose,
the ieet suffer in the apparent cause
of small feet. And this is the period
when mans feet are formed and de-
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Officers at the examining rooms
claim that the greater number Of men
who are in their presence of late,
minus their shoes and everything else
but their bushes and registration
cards, have been wearing shoes from,
one to three sizes too small. There
may be a few sad hearts in camp
during the first few weeks Of the sold
iers life, but there also is an over
majority of happy feet.
Fruit trees are in bloom down here
now and we have seen several farm
ers in their fields planting crops. The
continues to be very warm
and dust storms, too much in evidence.
We do not know what a summer in
Arkansas is 1--WE may not be here to
experience one, either) but it is warm
enough for US right now. The cold
settler" tells us that jiggers, fieas,
ticks, snakes and Lizards are very
fond of and thrive in Arkansas climate.
An officer tells us that when he was
here last summer training men, that
every time he gave his company
Squads, Right About, March," be