Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-12-17 | Page 31 | Woman Army Camp in Egypt an Early Model for America

Woman Army Camp in Egypt An Early Model for America rrTi.-MXIXG camps tor woiue.n siH'h as JL ha vo boon est a hi i shed in in a ny or oiir AmrrJnn utiles during tJm last ye-ir or Iwo are a revival frnni a system in vogue ion figo. Taree thousand yo.'ir.i auoh tit Kf-t had put. into opera I ion a plan fr a ro-ediK-a. hmal iniHt-ary camp f'r imTi anil u 1 imen shliorn. T camp wiim pltchrd 11 Mt f fi r f rem 1 he met roiolis of lint .-as' , whi'"h was a city sacred to tin "sard nt," If u;ts tiven "vrr mainly to arh'Ty and iiiL'iii, as it w.'is (I'in'f! chh-Ily fcr th" ! r;i : :i ; 1. "f d '!! ;-h e for '-'vs. 'J' In- ivmu'ii cro c ! --trd to (izlit wlin it cam to r--:t ;i n invader, tii"'iuh not to underta kj 'oii'iiii's' s n hr- iad. 'J'h'-rp Is 1 il in ox l)fTiT' nn a nri. nf, nifdicii fr-alisn written in Tiicrntdyph'u's ki ;"V. ! 1 'ia f - ra f 't i'? i n r. rchory c;t nfs viMif,n l''-t""ine hcMr in'i lir. To liff eo-ofl urTi ! Iniifd camp tlie " were ridiniMf'd at. et-rialn f.ca'in of t.lir-ynr, t.lir-ynr, and th" were trained In archery and .-li,;i';r::;. end n v.-ore given preliminary instruction in th: great nrt of war. Illd inllllary discipline was maintained In Dim' camp, infra'M i'n of the j'hIpm was punish-alih' punish-alih' wiih dcatli, and the wnnifii rre, com-pf-lled to nit'lcr-i) prcciM-Jy the .saiuu train-ii' train-ii' a iii' i). I mi i u a the 1 1 j j j ' of I!a rnesc.s f. one-tiilrd one-tiilrd cf th'- fi-nilo JandH wjir put. aside, fir tin1 s' j ! d i t cian. Jfh'rdy wn? eompdiefl to order tlie H'ldi'T c);"9. tmt fctruUK Indu'" irient s v. ei f made encournp men nnrt v.i.;: en l,:h ((, (;ii;e the training. The v -'!! 11 v. .-! .- n ',pe( t. i juid oftn made het-1-r r.arvi:!-.-. il,nn prs who r mm? f rnn v. .-;, 1 . v h'-mci. The y,twx men vh-t t-d; ttic two venrV tralniiiL' v. hen in-t a I. war were required to 1!U tlie cr'.inid, and they were yiven a ph-rf of land lar-.-e eiiM-i:;li to snpr"rt t lii-mse ci a: d their f.imilie-;. It wrm the husinei.-; of the -'H-eniment t- see :hnt the land u a -s lilinl propf-riy. hen oiii tldril of the p'-ofpjro went to Dip wife ami chl.'drfjj and I he remainder to the peerniJient.