THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: AUGUST 12, lUx .
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TRAINING OF ARMY
SOONWILL BEGIN
Work of Transforming Men of
Factories, Forests and
Farms Into Soldiers
Starts This Month.
Chicago, Aug. 11. Some time after
the first of September, at great camps
"lomewhere between the Rockies and
the Alleghanies," more than 250,000
Americans will begin the training
which will change the boys of the
factories, forests and farms of the
territory covered by the central de
partment of the army into soldiers of
the new national army of the United
States.
jyiore specincany, 4J,UH men
chosen in the selective draft from
fifteen states in the central depart
ment, assembled in six immense can
tonments, will devote all of their
energies to becoming soldiers of
America, ready to share the fortunes
of war with their comrades from
other sections of the country.
Sites for the cantonments where
the future soldiers will be trained
have been selected with regard to
water supply, sanitation and transpor
tation necessities. Camp Sherman,
near Chillicothe, O., will train 37,589
men from Ohio and West Virginia;
Camp Taylor at Louisville, Ky., 41,560
men from Indiana and Kentucky;
Camp Custer, near Battle Creek.
Mich., 35,992 men from Michigan and
Wisconsin; Camp Grant, near Rock
ford, 111., 37,364 men from, Illinois;
Camp Dodge, near Des Moines, la.,
44,529 men from Iowa, North Da
kota, South Dakota, Minnesota and
Nebraska, and Camp Funston at Fort
Riley, Kan., 45,980 men from Kansas,
Colorado and Missouri.
Camps Are Similar.
There will be a general similarity
in all the cantonments when com
pleted, though local conditions will
necessitate a different grouping of
barracks, parade and training ground.
Each camp covers approximately 3,
000 acres, sufficient to permit of ma
neuvers of all the military units as
sembled there. The barracks, which
at most of the camps are nearinc
completion, are two-story structures,
the second floor being arranged as
sleeping quarters for the men and
the first for assembly and mess halls.
Particular attention to the comfort
of the soldiers was paid in design
ing the barracks. All of the canton
ments, with the exception of Camp
Taylor at Louisville, wilt be steam
heated and all will be equipped with
comfortable iron beds, ample shower
baths, and, in addition, each soldier
will have his own locker.
When completed each cantonment
will bve the appearance of a moder
ate sized city, with this important
difference: At the camps there will
be no tenement district, no section
squalid and unattractive, not to say
insanitary. All will be spick and span
and army discipline can be depended
on to keep them so, for one of the
rst lessons which the embryo sol
dier will be taught will be to "police
the camp," which in civilian tongue
means to clean up barracks and
grounds, attend to sanitary details
and fit the camp for rigid inspection.
Buildings on each camp ground will
include: General headquarters, bri
gade headquarters, officers' headquar
ters, barracks for private soldiers,
hospital and animal and artillery
Sheds. Near general headquarters
will be the parade ground, sufficient
Four Sergeants of "Dandy Sixth"
Called to Officers' Training Camp
The announcement of the selection
of men for the second officers' train
ing camp at Fort Snelling caused
both joy and consternation in the
ranks of the Dandy Sixth.
Consternation because four of their
best men, all sergeants, received the
call; joy at the success of their com
rades. William Ritchie, jr., of Bridgeport,
Neb., was the lucky one from Com
pany C. Joy V. Reeder was the ma
chine gun's contribution to the new
camp, while Company B furnished
two men, John E. Harding and Her
man C. Forgy.
Ritchie is a University of Nebraska
man, member of the Beta Theta Pi
fraternity and prominent in all stu
dent activities while there. Since his
graduation three years ago he has
built up a large law practice, which
he is sacrificing to enter the army.
So anxious was Ritchie to serve that
he took three methods of getting in,
to make sure. He first enlisted with
Company . C, at the suggestion of
Lieutenant Ted Metcalfe, his room
mate of college days. Then he ap
plied tor tort Snelling and, finally.
he was drafted. Ritchie has a fam
ily, but no thought of claiming ex
emption enters his head.
H. C. Forgy, first sergeant of Com
pany B, has been in the division su
perintendent's office at the Omaha
postofhee for five years and has been
in the postal service ever since he
was 19. lie is a graduate of Knox
college, Galesburg, 111., and was for
three years a member of Battery B,
in the artillery of the Illinois Na
tional Guard. He has a wife and
two children, but has no intention of
claiming exemption.
John E. Harding, mess sergeant of
Company B, graduated from the Uni
versity of Nebraska in 1913, in the
department of agriculture. He might
claim exemption as a farmer, but he
won't. He was major of the cadet
battalion at the university and has
always been interested in things military.
in area to accommodate the entire
command. More extensive maneuver
ing fields will be laid out for actual
drilling, and, most important from
the soldier s view point, the rifle range
and artillery fields will give oppor
tunity not only tor direct tire in view
of the targets, but for indirect fire
and barrage or curtain fire. The
great range of the modern rifle per
mits indirect small arm fire, a thing
impossible with the old musket, and
the sofdiers will be instructed in ele
vating the rifle so that an intervening
hill would not prevent the destruc
tive effect of the volley.
Two Divisions in Camp.
There will be sufficient men under
arms at each cantonment to form at
least two divisions of 19,000 men, as
employed in France and Belgium, and
intensive maneuvers with the Euro
pean division as a unit will familiar
ize officers and men with conditions
such as they probably will meet on
the battlefield and in trench warfare.
That no detail of training for ac
tual warfare may be lacking each can
tonment will contain the various
arms of the service with the excep
tion of cavalry. At least one di
vision of infantry will train in con
junction with fiell artillery, engi
neers, signal battalion and aero
squadron and the support of heavy
artillery. To assist in the maneu
vers there will be approximately 10,
000 animals, artillery horses and
mules and wagon train animals, as
well as thousands of motor trucks
and vehicles.
The soldiers will be commanded at
each cantonment by nearly a thou
sand officers, and many more non
commissioned officers sergeants and
corporals selected from the ranks.
Announcement has been made by the
War department that promotions will
be made for each army division, open
ing the way for ambitious private
soldiers to rise to positions of com
mand. The details of the routine for the
soldier during his stay at the can
tonments are largely at the discretion
of the commandant of each camp,
and no hard and fast regulations have
been issued covering the course of
instruction. In a broad way the
drills are expected to follow the in
tensive training given to the students
at the officers' training camps where
the men who will hold minor com
mands at the cantonments received
their education in military affairs.
Revielle will rouse the men at 5
o'clock, and their subsequent activi
ties will include morning and after
noon drill, first in "the school of the
soldier," which calls for mastering
the manual of arms, learning to
stand, walk and run properly; the
efficient care of weapons and the use
of the rifle. Then comes the "school
of the squad," in which the soldier
learns to act in conjunction with his
seven squadmates; then the "school
of the company, with platoon forma
tions; then the "school of the battal
ion," and lastly, duties as a part of
tne regiment Dngaae, ana oivision
Acquainted With Rifle.
While all this is being accomplished
he is becoming acquainted with his
rifle and expert in its use. Mindful
of the lessons of the great war in
which he soon may be a participant.
special attention will be paid to the
soldier s bayonet exercises and prac
tice in bombing and grenade throw
ing will be given. Before the in
struction is complete gas masks will
become familiar to the soldier, and
all the details of trench warfare, from
digging the trench to defending it
against evry conceivable attack, will
receive careful attention.
At first the work will be light, but
as the soldiers of the new army be
come hardened Ion;: marches and ex
hausting drills will supplant the light
er exercises and fit the soldiers for
their task.
"Drill, drill, drill," will by no means
be . the only activity at the canton
ments and recreation has been care
fully planned. In the intervals of
maneuvers, base ball, foot ball, and
other sports, particularly those of an
athletic nature, will be encouraged,
Experts in wrestling, fencing, swim
ming and boxing will impart their
skill to the men. Moving pictures
and entertainments will help to while
away evening hours.
Every effort will be made by the of
ficers in charge to protect the men
from evil influences and the camp
morals will be under constant super
vision. The entertainment of the
men will be largely under the direc
tion of company chaplains.
Reading rooms, facilities for writ
ing and opportunities for indoor
amusements nave been arranged, all
witn a view to making the soldier
comfortable, contented and cheerful
that he may more quickly learn his
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duties and responsibilities and the
sooner become a first-class fighting
man.
Arrange for Food.
While line officers have been busy
preparing to train the citizen soldiers
the quartermaster's department has
been no less busy arranging for feed
ing the thousands who will occupy
the cantonments.
As in the regular army each com
pany will have its cook and helpers
who prepare and serve the food.
Cleanliness is an absolute necessity.
The rations which will be served
each man include: Beef, mutton, ba
con, (corned, canned and fresh).
corned beef hash, fish, (fried, nickeled,
canned and fresh), turkey, soft bread,
hard bread, corn cakes, corn bread,
baked beans, bean soup, rice, hominy,
potatoes, (fresh and canned), onions,
tomatoes, (fresh and canned), turnips
and other vegetables, prunes, apples,
peaches, jam, coffee, tea; sugar, milk,
(evaporated), vinegar and pickles.
Care is taken to avoid too frequent
repetition of any food in the daily
meals and the varieties make possible
a balanced ration at all times.
In preparing the cantonments the
War department has sought to make
sure that the soldiers in training for
the new national army shall have
comfortable quarters, good food.
moral surroundings, needful recrea
tion and above all expert military
instruction so that the new army may
be able and equipped at every point
tor the task before it.
Men Examined by Bribe
Board to Be Recalled
New York, Aug II. All of the men
exempted from military service by the
local exemption board in District
No. 99, will be re-examined by
a new board, the members of which
Governor Whitman is expected to
name today.
District No. 99, which is in one
of the most congested sections of the
east side, was expected to fill a quota
of 213. Out of i total of 72 men ex
amined, 317 were listed as physically
qualified, 303 were rejected and 108
were held for re-examination. About
600 aliens remained -to be examined
when the membets of the board were
removed last night by order of Presi
dent Wilson "because of irregularities."
ANOTHER BEE MAN CALLED
BY UNCLE SAM.
R. D. R. Weigel, another member
of The Bee family, has been called to
the colors of Uncle Sam and will en
ter the second officers' reserve train
ing camp at Fort Snelling August 27.
Formerly Associated Press teleg
rapher, Weigel has lately been act
ing in the capacity of day telegraph
editor of The Bee. lie is 25 years
old and resides at S121 North Twenty-fourth
street.
Sinn Feiners Win Another
Seat in British Parliament
London, Aug. 11. Sinn Feiners to
day won another parliamentary bi
section when they captured the seat
for Kilkenny.
William Cosgrove, the Sinn Fein
candidate, defeated the independent
nationalist, ex-Mayor McGuinness, by
380 votes, receiving 772 votes to Mc
Guinness' 392.
Democracy Must Prevail
In Arizona, Says Official
Bisbee, Aril., Aug. 11. "Bisbee in
particular and the Warren district in
general is a hot bed of anarchy."
This was the statement of Attorney
General Wiley E. Jones at a meet
ing of all local unions in the Warren
district here last night.
"This district is in a state of an
archy," he told the assembled work
men, "and I am going to endeavor
to restore a republican form of 'gov
ernment here. Orders and requests
of the governor and the state au
thorities have been ignored," he add
ed, "and they will continue to be
treated in that manner until federal
troops and martial law have been in
stalled here."
Governor Thomas E. Campbell at
tendi'1 the nicetinr.
Hanscom Park Muny Guards
To Drill This Afternoon
The Hanscom Park Muny Guards,
Company D, will give an exhibition
drill this afternoon. They will drill
on the playgrounds at the park. The
boys have been practicing for the
event for about a month and are
anxious to show the people of Omaha
what boys of 12 to 14 can accom
plish in a military way.
This company is now fully uni
formed. The money for the outfits
was collected from neighbors. The
young soldiers worked hard for two
days and now have uniforms of mili
tary air to show.
Company D took a military hike
Saturday afternoon. They marched
to Riverview park, where they en
joyed a camp meal of wienies, buns
and fruit.
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