Evening star., 1921-08-03
D. {. D0fSSAARING
II'REAL WORK TODAY
Company at Meade Expert
,encing All "TroubIes" Incl
= dent to Recruit Camp.
ACTIVE DRILLING BEGINS
Gen. Pershing Visits Camp and
Makes Brief Address, Explaining
Governments Training Plan.


'CIvlLIAN MILITARY TRAINING
HEADQUARTERS. CAMP MEADE
Md. August Specialize coun-
ter-tune of "Oh, Ho I'd Like to Mur-
der the Rew-oo-glur." reveille called
out washington's company OF loo
Yanks- in -the-making to their hrs'
lard days work and drilling here TO-
day.
There were all the troubles Incl
dent to recruit camp. The iess.TTss TS >
would not spiralize properly
And the clay-catching ooots VI t
Army developed seVerai crinh -
which made it hard to slide feet ihlo
them.
Re.uItx of Prior Training.
But all in all, it was mli'ais
booking organization which turheu
ont of the weath beaten bunkhouse
to face muster Although the maoori's
Gf ,be recruits consists of local hlsh
school boys. they are quick TO pich
up the "knack'' of turning out OF par
racks and starting the days "oi
wirb the sunrise and. in additlon-ai-
though their high school cadet tram
ing did not include d race 10 tns
washroom, a morning SCRUB uoH 49,
synswer 10 roll call in snip-snap llile
that local training is standing many
of them in good stead on the Heiu oi
naneuyers These boys know Nlr.uai
" all of the fundamental torna''o,is
Of military life. and tape- 80
nressed marked approval OF the reauS
~ efic;nnt manner in which each
and every man in the company 10
tackling military nfe
! "This company ought to be a strons
competitor for first honGrs no Gsc,ared Ws' after
watching Company NJ in forma'ioh i'i
The dirty dozen''-thus are the morn
ing calesthenics affectionately Known
tock cricks out of backs ana stiIhess
An. Of ioi:,ts before breakfast, supsti-
,.,.p,e a razor-edge appetite which Wig
or,Susis slaughtered the 'cho"-
.:S,er cook Popular.
uarold Shaw is one popular fellow
He is chief cook Detailed especially
FIR the camp from Langley Field. Va.
he is proving with every meal tnat tne
way to mems hearts lies through tneir
stomachs His assistant is Joseph West
hyho was with the army OF oSsupS 20 ,ba
ON the Rhine Both are products OF tne
bakers and Cooks School OF camp
Meade. Evidence of their popularity
was had in the mad rush FOR 1000 at
1920 yesterday when nam ana cap
bage," sliced tomatoes, corn on the co.,
rice custard. butter. milk and lced co1ee
disappeared as if magicaliy.
Gen. Pershing Visitor.
Cen. Pershing honored the camp
Yesterday by making it the first of
the red. white and blue camps in his
visiting list. The morning had been
dull and drizzly. The afternoon brought
sunshine and warmth-as well as the
general.
declared that the proper functioning
OF the camps will make Impossible
repetition of Americas unprepared-
ness.
you young gentlemen should con-
sder yourselves honored by being
accepted for service in this camp
he said. Even If we never nave
another war. the training you re-
ceiye at Camp Meade will make you
better Americans in every respect.
Your bodies will be strengthened.
your minds developed along broader
lines, patriotism and love OF country
will mean more than empty phrases,
and when you reach maturity you
can present your service in this
camp as a badge emitting you to an
honored citizenship
Gives Outline of Plans.
The general gave a DFle1 outline
of the plans already perfected for re-
organiZa ton of our military forces.
and said that the establishment of
civilian training camps was one of
the most important factors. He said
that the training camps grew out
of an earnest desire on the part of
the government to make it impossible
for 10 per cent of the 100000 men
to he refused admission into the
Army on account of physical dis
qualifications. as in 1917 and 1918.
AS he left Liberty Hut, where he
spoke, Gen. Pershing was barraged
by those ever-preSent camera men,
who snapped the impromptu recep-
tion which was rendered at that time.