THE OREGON STATESMAN: 8UXDAY, JAXUAKY 6. 191S
CLOSING DAYS AT I
CAr.IP MILLS DESCRIBED
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Mary had met there. We bad s nice
visit wltb them and they helped us
find other-hoys we knew. r
Evening nest time found a visit
ing In' UcSUnnYWe, pr., 'which wa
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mast tell you about our trip oaes io
Ealem for it will rive von more Ideas
of the spirit of friendliness prevalent
that ' f a v I i
At the head of eacV company
street waa the company mess aitcn
en, likewise the woodpile, r Due to
the camp cleanlng-up that day,
there was a bonfire at the same
place, t On most of the woodpiles sat
soldiers eating their evening meal.
We certainly ate our way to Salem,
Once in Portland. Or.. !1 found my
self between two Irish stews. I have
my own ideas aoout good looking
men, but these ides failed to make
the decision for I me. . Finally the
boys decided It and one fed me a po
tato and the other a piece of meat.
The other girls fared the same way.
1 familiar Nanm Mentiooed-
During the afternoon I had the
pleasure of meeting Colonel May,
whom Miss Kitchener ? knew very
well. v:e also met his J soils Frank
and Verne May, the former a lieu
tenant and the latter a sergeant.
At headquarters company we talk
ed with Allen Jones. Earl Headrick
and Herbert Savage of Salem.
Among others we met. talked and
shook hands with were Captain Neer,
Lieutenants Dana Allen, Francis
Banta, Charles Randall. Galllett. I.
H. Compton, Paul Wallace, Waldo
Finn, Osca Chenoweth (last three
with Dallas company). Sergeants
Paul , Hendricks, ' Victor Bradeson,
Malcolm Gilbert, Corporals Peterson,
Jacob Fuhrer, Roy Keene, Frank
Durbln, Frank Zinn. Glen Ackerman,
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Richard Hansen, Franklin Millr and
soldier boys AVJiltner GUI. fiujene
Gill. Roy Williams, Hubert Tasto,
Kennon. Thereon Hoorer, Roy Rem
ington. Breyman Boise, Edgar Row
land. Bill - Rlnehardt. Cart Cbapler,
Paul Maurer A. O'NeUl. Claude
Johnson. William Smith, Hayvard
Fovle, Ed. Ranch. Donald Randall,
Victor Reid. Wei bora. Phillip Ringle.
Will Sherwood, Aubrey Jones, Cole
Scbatirrer, Russell Broks. George
Beck, i Franh prince, Archie Holt.
Jack Bartlett and Sim Phillips. .
I will skin the last few minutes of
our star and only say that with the
Kelp of the boys and Frank-Finn's
and Bill Rlnehardt's ready, wit. we
were able to leave with a 'eheery
goodbye the kind the recruiting of
ficers and returning soldiers. talk to
the women foUcs about. However.
Just at the edge of the company
street I ran Into Lieutenant Charles
Randall, my next door neighbor at
home, and I am afraid I "backslid"
in the next few minutes and he had
to face It for the whole bnnch.
It was quite dusk as we left camp.
For a block and a half in distance,
soldiers . were marching out. We
knew they were northwestern men.
They were heavily, laden ' with big
gage and they don't drill at night.
These men were surely going some
where. - Perhaps they were carrying
some of their baggage to waiting
trains, or perhaps they i were going
to waiting transports. Our eyes tried
to tell us many things, likewise our
Imagination, but at last one gives up
trying to understand It all and tends
to her own knitting. .
Change la Readily Seen.
We v certainly were anre of one
thing that evening. . Three girls left
Camp Mills itfore consecrated to the
service of their God and their coun
try.. They had a' keener understand
ing; of what service meant. They re
alized1 the radical change of 'plans
that had come into the life of those
men and boys they had talked" with
that. day. They saw the little lux
uries of everyday existence shut out
with one stroke. ." v .
They knew as never before that
evry woman In the land must en
list and not for spasmodic service
but to grasp every opportunity . to
serve. . ? ' t. ? .
-Doubtless among the home folks
Ihere will be those who will say "Oh.
rell, ,1- don't see why we should
cease all our social affairs, oar good
times, and go around with long faces
and) not have any fun, etc,, etc. No,
a thousand times no, but change, the
style of roar good times. Let your
every pleasure ; come - from service
and yon will find that yott have nev
er known what true pleasure is un
til yon begin to serve others. '
' Thrift at Home Urged.
' The bors have anereclated the In
terest you nave taken in their, wel
fare at Camp Mills.- That's all well
and fine, but from talks I-have had
with them there are-other things of
far greater' concern 4o them. Tfle
nearer to France they get, the more
they will wonder Jf in oar land of
plenty, food is being properly trans
ported; If every man ' capable of
working in a ship yard ia hammer
lag 'there. - They will wonder If you
are drinking your, tea and coffee
without sugar once or three times
a dayi y Atc there any smoke less : (I
mean - tobaccoles) days in Salem?
(Plenty of them In camp over there).
Are Oregon folks' living on the. par
Ishable foods and transporting the
kind our great armies need? Are
they working from early morning till
late at night withou a whimper?
Are they in plain clothes, eating
plain substantial foods, cutting down
on laces and frills and slJk stock
ings? Are they depriving themselves
of one thing (stop here . toi think of
what the soldiers have cut off their
list of heretofore considered necessi
ties) (they considered essential to
(heir happiness before the, TwarT Are
they buying thrift stamps or liberty
bonds out of, their daily Tlirtaff expense?'-
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I add our New York address with
telephone numbers. - j would : be
glad to have Salem folks who have
old iefs or sailors coralag into New
York, tup it ana tend 1 it , to, thei r
boys. It means as much o . us to
see home boys as It does' to them to
see home folks.;., t t
Office , - address , 201 Franklin
street, phone 5685 and residence 416
West 11 8th street, Mortilngslde 511.
The New York thermometers reg
istered below dast night and t we
Oregonians rather. rejoiced that the
Oregon soldier boys jwere not here
to have a taste pf such weather. I
have been where the thermometer
dropped much, lower but.it was not
so cold, and cold weather In this
great city is an immense problem I
won't attempt to touch on the coal
or traffic tiuesuon. Tha coast pa
pers will tell; you t about that, but I
might say that every individual; is
called ' noon: . to conserve his share
of lights and hot water. In the of
fice buildings . where I spend my
d ays. lights , go' ott at 7:80 and the
elevator service. at C:-39, . whieh
means candles and, a ten story walk
If yon go' back at night "We "keep
reasonably 1 comfortable c during' the
day but all the girls wear, sweaters.
I notice the western . papers have
had a great deal to say about Camp
Mills ' and i the hardships the boys
suffered there, One-: letter 1 read
la the Oregon tan said 'W have, nm
tables or even : covering. to eat un
der" and "the boys will always re
member the hardships of Camp
Mills.' Since everyone seems to be
rendering an opinion on the subject
(and we must never forget that
every boy aerving takes a 'different
viewpoint on most 1 every topic of
the da'y) I thought perhaps the Sa
lem mothers might like. to have my
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: ' Telia Her Own Observations r
First. of all, I want you to keep
this In mind. " Mine are the observa
tions of a woman, not a sentimental
young thing, nor a soured on the
wofld typa. . I visited eampi several
times In-various, kinds tof- weather
and I don't go anywhero with my
eyes or ears shut-nor armed with
prying questions.. Neither do I
wear pale pink or Indigo glasses.
' Everybody who goes Into the ser
vice expects some hardship and since
the government can't manage the
weather man, there may be seme un-i
expected-hardships. During the early
days of December ite had 4 . Yery
cold spell of 3om five days or more
but it was nothing compared to what
we are now having. Living in tents
was not a Sunday school; picnic by
any means. Camp Mills was never
Intended for a permanent camp ana
troops going there were "bound for
I'ranesj shortly. . Irvas surprised lhat
our boys staid as long as they did.
Eyery tent had Its atoye. and wood
in sufficient quantity to keep the tent
warm. They did not hare mess halls
bat the boys lined up and passed the
food kettles and then they ould'go
where they pleased to eat. .If they
ate outside It waa their, choice.
- There was one' severe sleet storm.
Some of the tents had floors of run
ning water, which made., the,; boys
either cuss or mova out but we have
all seen the time we have had water
a bit high in our basements. Most
of the hoys . did Just as all of - us
do when there is a storm on, close
the door and keep as warm and com
fortable as . we ran. However Ore
gon rainy weather or- tf - Cold- jrQ
are having now, . would - aave been
much . worse. ;. -.,; j : , . .
Third Blanket la Pack.
Unfortunately this cold spell came
os after the baggage had begun tq
move and the third blanket which
yon have heard so much about went
along. You see,' when largo bodies of
troops move it Is necessary to divide
the baggage and what Is known as
"C" baggage which contains all' ex
tras is moved before the . boys go.
Of course our . government can't wait
on weather when Important moves
are to be made. -, - ,
'As to the desirability of a camp
at that plate, That 'is- - for ; wiser
heads than, mine- to aay. However, 1
never lose sight of .the tact . that
transportation facilities Are the great
consideration - here and the- health
record I believe from what we hear
will corn-pare well with any camp. ',
.Common sense tells me that what
the boys experienced here has better
fitted them physically, and .mentally
to endure what Is cpmlng to them
later, and they will be Just that much
father along the road than the men
who go to Franca from'ateam leated
barracks la this 4 country a t
We never heard -sy complaint from
the boys, even though ,we equld see
without being told. i, what . service
meant. If thy" body went into the
army because he thought It-would
bo a lark, he. was completely cured
before he left here, and in spite of
what the Portland lad said. I bel'evo
that when our boys gather round
some night after they hav landed In
France . they , will vsayrf ."Saii If . we
went through any hardshipa in "Camp
Mills. I wonder what: you . can - say
about the Frenchiea?' Jt will be af
ter a time over there they will be
ready tp rnb out every lck: mark
they put down against -that camp and
may even feel humble enough to in
clude the ones they, pat down against
the old weather man. , . f -
Dlsctptine j 3fasterf, "
Boys writing 'home " from ; over
there say they-' trfl- as If -gbey- had
done nothing so far for their country
when they see what the French peo
plc are doing. . i ,
Our western men have had intense
drilling la the eastern army tamos.
They have met and mastered mental,
and physical situations which a Yew
years ago . they would ave consid
ered impossible. . I mean .'by this
their . physical endurance,', which
every thinking- person of today ad
mits Is a question of mental endur
ance, has . been: tested in a manner
heretofore undreamed of.
An eastern army officer whose
business for s sonfe years has been
"whipping men.finto shape" as they
call this drilling jprocess, told me he
had never worked with a finer, lot
of men in his Ufa. . Of coarse- he
knew I was an Oregon air! and. proud
of Our boys, so in 'Order tp make sure
he wasn't serving soothing syrup or
heart balm - to, the ladles . I ' asked
questions.' "When I Raid "Why 1 do
yon say.thatt'A he came back quickly
with Because I mean it,", and then
fact , to?. - H said,: I'Your western
boys come from f small towns and
cities and are'' accustomed to glvlas
an account to themselves.- They
have initiative - find yet- they, are
quick to obey ofders and -respectful.
: Individual Views lif I er.
There Is-one Important thing to
remember : when shch rumors come
f rom . anyi camp and ? that is Just
what I have mentioned before. '.Ev
ery individual has a different con
ception of hardship, What might
be hard on one boy would not vn
be noticed - by- another. - Yoo' flnl
the pessimistic ; boys and you find
the opUmlstiQ onea. Yoq find, the
boy who Is oq the negative side of
every argument and every condition,
the boyjwho is looking through dark
glasses jail the time You find ih
boy who says he wont be wprth a'
continental . after the war and yon
f lad the boy who eagerly await the
end of the wax to go iack home and
try out some of the things he has
learned, f So it goes some, boys will
use their army experience as a, step
ping "atone forward ftt-life and somtr
will hesitate to admit fits -benefits
and thereby, hamper their own pro
gress. ! - :..;'.. ,el
Another thing. Living today is full
of radical changes In our life plans,
be we soldier or civilian. The way
we meet theae .changes is a test of
our character. Will we meet it woth
bowed heads and stooping shoulders
pr will .w pot pur heads In. the air,
our shoulders back and look every
hardship- sware In -the face aad
eventually "go .ever tha. top?"
Fruit Growers!
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the present conditions; and planting
orchard:' J We are pleased- to aa
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varieties Including- The Italian
Prunes and the Famous -Vroomts
Franquette Walnut. We also scarry
a complete line pf Ornamental
trees and hrnbbery. Capital - City
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