Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-11-14 | Page 8 | Keeping Spirits up by 'Overall Relay'

KEEPING SPIRITS UP I II By OVERALL Mil RELAY I Camp 1 earn San Diego o. Cal Cat CatO Now Nov r ID The Thc Tho Influenza quarantine hero brought bro J ht forth many man novel no events designed designed de de- signed nerl for or giving the men mon physical training and keeping In good spirits Among mon them was the overall or relay In this eV event ent an ordinary shuttle relay rela re- re la lay laj course courM yards ards long was laid out and teams of ur ten each organized cd The Tho first man of or each team ran the first firs lap lap yards wearing wearing a pall pair of breeches over his hl uniform Fatigue breeches virtually ar are blue overalls o At the end and of oC hi his lap p he lie seated seated seat cat ed eel himself i removed ed the thc breeches and amI am J tossed them to the next man of or his team who put them on and ran Jan tho next lap This process was continued until each man roan had run xun one lap The Tho Fort Forty eighth field feld artillery's regimental team won tho event ent the first Cint time It was w produced The Tho parade ground Around happened to be slightly muddy mudd rain and officers officers that day a from tho the light cers said while th the thA race might not have havo dono done a tl great reat deal tow toward aid developing the soldiers physically It surely did dirt I much toward keeping their spirit up