The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-01-27

SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER I-Edward Thomas
Marion LaWton Hargrove, feature
editor of the Charlotte IN. c. News.
receives notice from his draft board
that he is to be inducted into the
army. Before he begins an account
ing of his actual experiences in
training camp he issues his quota
OF free advice to prospective In
ductees. After his induction Har-
grove, with his new buddies. leaves
for Fort Bragg, where he Is to re-
ceive his basic training.
CHAPTER Ii-Private Hargrove
tells Of the physical exam, the first
few days Of army. how he was out
fitted with his Uniform, and how on
the sixth day he received his first
ZIP duty. He is classified as a semi
skilled cook.
CHAPTER IH-Hargrove relates
his conversation with his sergeant
who is trying to find out why he
spends so much time on KIP duty.
lie also reports on the session the
trainees are put through by the ex-
ercise sergeant. He mas trouble
learning Row TO hardla his rifle and
is given plenty of special attention
by the sergeant and corporal.
CHAPTER Ev--Private Harg-ove
relates some Of the incidents sur
rounding the advancement in rank
by some of his friends. Why he
fails to so advance is a puzzle to
his sergeant, who inquiries about it.
CHAPTER V-Hargrove is given
q review of his faults by his SER
geant who tells him to snap out of
it and start working for his cor
poraPs stripes. He also gets les
son in the art of goldbricking.
CHAPTER vI-Private Hargrove
lists a series Of army slang defini-
tions for the enlightenment of the
civilian population. He also tells
how he and two of his pals spoil
perfectly good date for one Private
Zuber. Going home on furlough he
goes to visit a newspaperman friend
who dominates their conversation
recounting his experiences in the
first World War. He also under
goes another trying experience at
inspection.
CHAPTER vII-Private Hargrove
continues to relate the incidents sur
rounding his camp life and tells
about. being outfitted for an over
coat. A weekend is spent on man.
euvers on the South Carolina coast.
He gets a good case of sunburn.
CHAPTER yIIr-Hargrove gets
his first taste of army cooking
school reports on his daily activi-
ties there. He tells also about the
real meaning of army morale and
how it affects new inductees.
CHAPTER IX-How the evening
bull sessions progress and how much
the soldiers enjoy them are the SUBJ
ject of Private Hargrove's next re-
port. He learns he has been re-
classified to do public relations work
on the camp paper.
CHAPTER X-The old gang,
formed in the first days Of training,
begins to break up and Hargrove
tells about a going away" party
for some of them. He releases
supplement to his dictionary of army
slang.
CHAPTER XI-Hargrove gets his
first ten-day furlough and heads for
New York. He meets one of his
friends from camp and duly inn
presses him by buying him a lunch
at an exclusive hotel. Back at camp,
he goes on KIP duty for Thanksgiv-
ing Day.
CHAPTER XII-Hargrove and his
buddies proceed to give Mess Ser
geant Orville d. Pope a quick treat
ment in tongue lashing with the
hope that it might improve the quail
ity of his food and service. The
sergeant is unimpressed by such
pickering and expels them from his
mess hall. Private Hargrove also
encounters payroll trouble and
traces down the difficulty and is
rewarded with $1,000. Winter comes
to Fort Bragg and with it the incii-
nation of its residents to remain in
bed of a morning proves problem
for the non-commissioned officers.
On trip into town, Hargrove en-
counters a bus driver who has
served a short army career and who
stretches the truth bit in relating
his experiences.
CHAPTER XIII - Private Har-
grove subdues the expansive bus
driver and debates with a neatly
turned phrase. Back at camp he
manages to start fire in his office
wastebasket and throws the rest of
the public relations staff into an up
roar. Hargrove is put on the pan
by his first sergeant for his failure
to attend a series of lectures.
CHAPTER XIV