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Show ..: .z v.; t- Lflcsf Quota o National Army Is Now Busy at Camp Lewis Newcomers rt'Camp Lewis Are Fast Being Shown What Is Expected. By SPECIAL COT. T.LS FOND EXT. CAMi' !.:.-:-. T..-0-,:,. N... 1 -Ct:.h t,. !:.!. n:-i v. 'a ) :r;ivf,l w : : li t'..,ir:li t-uo at j ':i.ii .'' w is v t-c'i t .T'o IIS 1-Hlliit u' ,!!. N ill .'I V t 1 i --t ('iii-t.iM J vf '.In (I.: 1 :i 1 1 v r : ; -1 . 1 1 -' :iri' ! t !! i It'i'. r i'Ui.iiiy .is fiili;us in t'l vir.ii ui'. t : : i l : j : : i ih.- ;ur i.'-. 'Lv'iti to In t' ii'-il :,i nit i-r h- tr- n I Kr l. ii.u 1u fi.i I'm' (i-rmm.. J ' ( J t . " i V tin' Tin:; ;.rt : i::' Ol.r; J I . : i I -1 V'::iii lii.' s.Miir.l ;t.i! ;iii!,l iunt;l ni 'i: :is t ii. 1 1 ::n it i l i-:: i'i' -ytii:t;i;i.'.' 1 i.n-1 tuc (..'ti'ci-j nu. iv vi-, vi-, it 1 1 !' i--i. Tin1 in . i'.'n.'v'. h:i i t'nvn'.l i"i,hu-i:itn';ii)v i"i,hu-i:itn';ii)v i::tn til-1 v.nr -am.' :in. an1 I'littins ail 1'ii-Mi.ii- rm-'-v into tln'ir I ..rU In .; Hi' tin' ' ix'i.l.i.' 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I lii tin- iiioii in ran. of tin- lilil'h .l.-pol lirvaili- "I'll I ho 1 1 1 I -1 1 urn ' Ion rt h ijiiula ' 1 on I ho eiivi-l iu" I'nnl lin-ir s a '.' into tin- ha mis of th I'liors, l.ul as souii lis I In- folks al homo .-ai u w hat oom pa n i i-s ami 1 1 a 1 1 a i i , u -. I In i a ro I li tin ,1 .-s n iiat'un- al.-o -inuil'l In' put on Iho i-u Mlopo- Tlio now suMioiH uro linln; sipiai! ,li,ll ami .-no uini'i'lilnv; luu-k ami luith iu'i'osh tho parmlo ;!,, nu, I to iho ennui,:! m I s uf S,,i,ii,. loll' ' I ' S,iia., ri;;hl! " Tho lu.i.t iint'ui-alili- i-liai,. ,. in tin- up-p,,l up-p,,l til II,' o ut tho I I'll " 1 1 1 1 r i I u i 1 ho 1 1- ,v .In that 1 h,'. I . ri vo i, I in ,.;.::lp i-l I II 1 1 1 1 . i I' ,-.i ri i:i;;i'. I'inn- a fo ha 111 inn to st a ml aii.l In ii. ar- li' III.,- -nHi'Tf, ami as ,,. mil , a, r .- Ilmir hi-mls hi-h. r ami an- tnoro oroi't than u hrn thov oauio to ramp. 'Iho rl,aii;-o thai Inn I a wmurjit in tlu-so m.-ii in a v.i'i'k or h'-s has pi u'on a ruvol.-i t inn tu riilian vis-ilurs vis-ilurs al tho ramp ami i m-il'"i t a 1 1 y has I pin, ,1' of t! n ii-ion, v uf tho moll im ni o t minim: ' hum. .Mi-th Work Alu-arl. 'I'll" tt.nrlli ill(da n:cn huo li;td n-ixirtnnitH'S n-ixirtnnitH'S to thtit inm-li i n t r-st i n work l nln'.-ol (tl' th'-Jn. The v h;ic .-. tin- liuthi'r :oliUiicd imn j;u hut Um' Ii... u tlii-nii-h hj.vonci drill, throw htunhh iu.t .hill siih real u n Thov :iIm. h:.'r Hccn tho " cl c t a 11 ' ' Im'comio m ii.t r-'cd in iho y;nirs tli.-v -l:v .l.irin-.' thiii- j.ciir.d of i-hyM.-jil hill th: thev f.u.-i a!! nlmiit Ihrir officer an I -d:iMit I Hif tun 11 v I ml ia um. Thcv v.i'it' soitM'whaf iimii"! at f"nt lo ..!' ccMi, ;ni. third ii,"ta men aV an am iv fmin of drr.;. the ha 1; i if. rndi 1 ' f , ttut alter thev hir.v 1 r 1 1 1 -) 1 j.ort then- was in it tluv h.nn to look forward for-ward to tin tiao1 when they, -tt, could jd.iv (ill tin arade -imii'.i daring drill Writ in;; Inovc :-i a :nrndi practiced and nl I l.e no tii-.e 1 ooiilit r art at l 'anj-is 'anj-is v all 1': Mid Idaho men. Siil.iiiT-i iii the ii;i',iun:l arirv n 1 c ir.tndt hej , i'' corre-iMiile t s t han the a 'erar)'e V'" civilian. Tl.o er--re-,('nt lone-oiiieiie-s fur th.- home full.s, the .in:eii'"J uf camp 1 i e. t i.e d e. ; t- to know what is jjoni (oi had. ho-in , and the i-eeinL' thrt thev ri' t 1 1 Hiiiiiiiii' ot' tne wonder-f.it new life, ;,ll help to make the soldiers write many leltrr-i. " Encouraged to Write. Thov are 1 m-oiiriiL-e i on every hand to t-.ee. in touch v. ith their loved ones and I r i c : ; 1 K l.v mail and m'jii 1 end ml ;ii."ii that "Me- i- wni;iu tor that h-t-t. r-. ' " And t he ' Mo-; " t i:m! of tho hlteit aitoiit secn uul cd ten of 1 hell!. Tin ix V. M. A. hiiiidirii: at tho cam:i r-'eie a nerial nijjlit inr letter w it i n aid la 'id h 1 ree at uilierv at I all tiinN. M.i-t ot th" lettci aie writ-tea writ-tea in t ne ' ' iei 1 Idi tts hecaue : h ? inatcriaU are at Land, hni many ieiter a ; " 1 1 1 1 c n d e her.'. 1 ti t in ha rrac !; T h ore is not much to'.m. mi if tin' soldier wih s to w rito a it r. tT hi n.u-t t ro::t h over paper held on lii- knee-.. So nhsorhed do the hoys hei-Hiiie in pit' tine; .tht-.r ilionhts down lun paper thai tlwy a.s-n:ne all sort-' of I oi;ii'-:.l j Matures. j ' hen a riat' y dint of liar I work j an.', studv is pat in id.aruo of a squad ur 1 j Ialoon at:d icalios- that li" lias heL-un - lo elm h tl.e ladder of nn'itary success. I ho immediately wants someone t,, haro his new .joys witli him. The easiest way ! for this to ho brought about is for liini ; t o w ite to mother a lot .hoi and the 1 ''kid' M;'r or to somobodv oise s sirt-T. lractice Is Valuable. I If tho pri vat 0 ha opens to bo one of I thoe mi t'oit a rial 0 soldiers who has few , f ri n;ls ami rein 1 i vrs, he does not ;et I half the pride and pleasure from his I accoinpli-dimeiits because he cannot write to the finks and tell them about j his enod I trt one. So w rit i :i let t ers actnallv affects the fiylitiu power, .st rent h ami spir;t of an army, j line of tiie easiest w:is fur civilians , in L'tah and Idaho who know men in tin' national nnuv at ( amp Lewis to do their bit is to write the boys. If the j writers are ejrls, so much the "hotter. ; 1 1 you u ere a lont'sotne soldier you ' would like lo "ot a loiter from a ".irl. I The mall handled at the l amp Lewis 1 inMoffi.-o has increased until it exceeds 1 t ii ii r in Tacoma. .1 city of lL",0V,h "'l 1 it is still i m-n asin. livery Utah ami Idaho man at Camp Lewis possesses a sweet tooth. Some of the post exchange officers even t;o so lav as to say that all the teeth in th" camp arc of the fweet variety. Thev have some grounds for this .statement, foi tho sixteen post ixchaiiLres did a total business of moie tnnn $t7",t'pn in O.-toher. It is estimated the November i business wiU ir.n dosi1 to !f"Jn000. ! The print ipal sales aie ice cream. ! candv and to ha ceo. let ween lo.tVK) and 20. um) ice cream cones are sold overv day and -10.000 e'mnrs and 74.00t) patdiaj ot candy. Kest an rants have bt-f n establislu'il in some of the post e.icha'ie-o.- ami lare quantities of ceft'er. p.e and dmehiuits are sob!. Rnn on Sweets. The ireat est run on the post ex-ch ex-ch an uos is after the noon and evening i meals. The men crave soniethin"; sweet j and can ;'ind pii(d;est solace in nut bars, chocolate ami tee etea n cones. l:uh or he exelrini;es was started witii a sToch ot' $1l0i0 purchased on credit. The original stock litis been sold and now each is paying cash. LahoL-iausly ami miiuirely toilino;, day after dav, for mire than six weeks now, infantry, quartermaster and ambulance soldiers detailed to the mustering headquarters head-quarters at Camp Lewis, have been collecting col-lecting finder prints. Thirty-nine thousand thou-sand men have passed thiouch their office of-fice and from each they have gotten twenty imprints, making 7",LlU0 in all. Finder Prints Taken. Kve.y ii on -cum missioned officer and prhnte at Camp Lewis is led through the lou, bleak looking office where the linger jirints are taken. First the soldier is told to rub his fingers in the greasy black powder and then in one section of the prepared paper to make a separate imprint of each finger. The bottom section of the paper is reserved for two imprints made by puttin"g both hands with fingers held closely together to-gether on the paper at once. These joints are all sent to Washington, Wash-ington, lh C, whore they are filed by experts. The thousands received do not bother those officers, for they recently greeted one set as an old friend.. 80 certain were thev that they had previously pre-viously seen thoe imprints that they sent a wire reading: -'Hold John lhie, he de.-erti'd from the Luited .'-ates army eiglit years ago.'' Ca m p Lewis ant hori t ies a fond of t el I in g that st orv to the men whose finger i m print s f hey a re taking. Many of the recruits are evidently impressed for oulv four havo attempted to leave I the camp. |
