Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-04-11
TRAINING CAMP MEN
TO Be KITCHEN POLICE
UnskiIled Domestic Pursuits
viii be Part Of Military
Course This Summer.

THERE'S n ray of hope for thoss
lndie~ ~ the land vbo do not seem
able a. initiate their growing CONS
into The subtle mysteries 81 diHhwashipg.
hre-buding and other uuskilled dornes-
iio pursuits necessary 20 the nourisb-
ment ~ the nation and 90 the prepare
ti0n 81 the well-known three square
meals day.
The War Department has Just como
~ bot with the announcement that
every Young man who attends one on
the Citizens Military Training Camps
% h. held throughout the country this
summer viii be required 20 do his bit ne q
kitchen police, mess attendant, and
waiter.
/ This decision may not be tho most
cheerful news IN the world 10 the
/ prospective candidates for tho camps
/ bot letters received lpy recruiting officers
( indicata that mothers will derive much
/ comfort from the thought that their
T hopofuls will have chance to acquire
some of the uidinents Of domestic
scicncc, or, at least, a keener apprecih-
ton ~ the daily household tasks that
confront a majority OF the feminine
population. .,
be widely sown ia assured by the War
Department order which provides that
kitchen and mess nall duties VIII fall
alike upon tho just and the unjust, and
will be apporlioDcd by roster from
which none may escape. These, says
the order, arc military duties and
constitute features of practical lnstruc-
ton that properly belong 70 camp train
ing. Camp commanders may, % Their
discretion, provide for the use Of m
dividual messkits so as 10 reduce the
kitchen polico and dining room duties
n n minimum.
It WINS different last year The youth
ful soldiers froIicked TO the mess
table. were waited upon by paid attend
ants and departed to their aftsr-dinner
relavations without thought rs To how
their meal was prepared and with a
certainty that supper would be steam
ing when the bugle blew.
This year they will do everything
except The cooking and everything
is a large order, az any graduate Of
the Army kitchen police school can
tell them But, as the War Depart
ment SAYS, it is a necessary part oi
military trimming and lack Of knowledge
of this essential renders soldier almost
useless 70 his command either in the
field or barracks
e Major General James S. Hartford
now assistant to General Pershing II
Washington, was, as an enlisted man
one Of the most expert kitchen pobc'
in his company, so that there Is dis
tingiished precedent 10 be followed
by this summers strdent-soldiers.
my boy" writes a mother to MaIo
H. n. Fletcher, Recruiting Adjutsn
at Governors Island, lis very punctua
ut the table but he loses interest IN q
Q domestic affairs as soon ga the desscr
is finished | do not expect him 70 Jon
dish-drying period with any degre
Of enthusiasm, but do wish he wo,ildn'
regard my household duties with such
y casual air Of detachment as II som
Il genii set his food before him and whiske
n SWAY the remnants when the meal
g over. hope he viii have good sessio
n with soapsuds while he IS IN your carnI
d am confident he will learn a lot beside
Il. how to fire a gun and hold hImse
s. straight"