The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1919-05-16

pink MS squad Is tOl1eu OF ana es-
corted to quarters.
Whistles foot, the stevedofes unloose
the hawsers. Tho band plays on the
top deck. Men climb into the masts
and rigging The rails are lined with
them. They shout, they scream, they
laugh, they cry.
Another regiment has gone home.
To the layman 1t sounds easy.
doesn't it? Two hundred thousand
men month, or approximately 5000
from each of the three main embarkn-
ton ports in France-Bordenux Saint
NGzaire and Brest There shouldn't
be any difficulty about that.
Well, just listen a moment to the
difficulties OF the actual work;
First, there Is the priority of wound
ed men on the embarkation lists. Ev-
cry man able to stand the journey Is
being sent as soon as possible to Amer
lea.
But wounded or sick man cannot
be taken Immediately from the hos
pital train at the port to the boat. And
unfortunately, the trains and boats
don't arrive together. SO he must be
taken to a hospital at or near the port.
His transportation from train to hos
ptni, his care there and his Transport
tation from the hospital to the boat re-
qulre labor and time
The handling and care Of the wound
ed also have been worked out to
fine point. The orderlies that receive
them at the dock are trained In the
handling of stretchers. An ambulance
carrying four men Is. unloaded and
ready for inspection at the dock with
in four minutes from the time 1t ar
rives Each stretcher is met ut the
gang-plank by a ship orderly and con
Quoted to place aboard previously
selected, according to the nature OF
his cases SO much for the wounded
and sick
How They Are Handled.
Then there is the welesoldier to be
considered. Soldiers on active service
selected for rehabilitation, are arriv-
Ing at the embarkation ports In groups
which number from 1000 to 5000, and
at all hours of the day or night. 1t
rains almost every day along the At
lantic seaboard in France. 1t is cold,
disagreeable rain, which chills the
bones and makes mud ankle deep.
This means that warm accommodate
tons and hot food must be always
ready
Then they must await their turn to
sail. Some may remain in the concen-
tlation camp six weeks. 1t all de-
ponds upon the ocean transportation.
Ii they arrive In units-such as regi-
ments, battalions, etc.-they must be
kept together and sail together.
Not all soldiers come In regiments
on battalions, either. There is the
problem of the casual" for instance.
This man Is problem even to him
self. He started out in the army as
a member of certain unit But In
the necessary shifting, reducing, In
creasing and separation Of his and
other units or outfits, he became de-
tached.
Whether coming In regiment OF
alone, too, each man must be carefully
ClcthtN upoii SiltSItHS anu lcuNiilE ant
also at the dock before boarding the
transport. This is no small Job wher
$4,000 or more men are handled eacl
month.
Going Through the "MiIl."
Probably the only inkling that a wei
soldier at the embarkation cOncentra
ton camps IN France has that his in
l
soon be on his way home is the orde
to report at the mill" The mill
is series Of buildings, which trans
forms the feelings of n doughboy from
that Of cootie, mud-pestered individ
ual to that of care-free, wealth,
boulevard promenader.
The individual doughboy recdve