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Show DRESDEN CRAGUN WRITEUETJIR I Tells of Interesting Experiences as t'ssa Military Student at Pacific . Grove isLH ' Tho following .ntercstlug letter hns ''issl been received from Dresden Cragun, ' ssfl a student of tho Agriculture! College , 'H and a resident of Smlthllcld. Ho Is ; one of tho threo Utah students at tho ' H military camp at Pacific Grovo Call- "iiH Pacific Grovo, Cal., July 18 1913 , H Dear Young Readers of Tho Repub- ' ssh llcnji So many classmates and 'fssl friends requested mo to write and In- , H form them ot our buccoss as military ' M students In tho western division ot M tho war department so for lack ot ! tlmo I have concluded to write you U a!' at onco. After tho Fourth ot July tho work started oft with a vjm. All ' tho work Is outlined so wo know just 'H what Is coming for every day. The I ssh Instructions are reviewed In tho M morning In the form of a lecturo then . tho application of said Instruction Is ' the ordor. For instance wo wero In- B structed In signals and uso ot ground M then for two hours wo wero taken HHl on tho newly mado rifle range on tho HBf rocky shoros ot Monterey Bay, halt HH n mllo from camp whoro wo had an BBl opportunity to show our efficiency at HBl real target prryctlco. For each stud- HBl cut thero was a regular soldier to act HBj as personal Instructor, to explain the BVJ mechnnlsm of the army ride, tho 'BJ proper firing position and the trick M of manipulating tho sight l. Kach ono M ot us was given rm opportunity to BVJ flro fifteen shots, flvo shots each In BVJ (Continued on pago eight) ftVI H DRESDEN CRAGUN m. WRITES LETTER BBVB' (Continued from page one) H tho standing, kneeling and recumbent BBBB positions. Captain Smltn of tho twelfth infantry had charge of this BBBB work, and expressed himself ug well BBBB pleased with most of the work. If BBBB somo of homo gun clubs could seu tho H regulars shoot they would open their BBBB eyes. Sergeant Dare went out to BBBB (est tho guns, ho selcctod eight rifles B fired five shotR from each or forty H shots In all and mado thirty-eight BBBB bull's eyes, only two shots did not BBS1 And tho center of tho tttrgot. Ho H represented 11 company of Twelrth BBVH Infantry n( tho western aopurtment BBB 'cm! annual target shooting nt Mon- BBBB toroy,,lastfvcek, but I did not get tho BBBBjL BBBBB BBpH; It s not all work here as von will bbAYAYAYAYJBBhbhbk''' see Irom tne following i.oiice Issued by tho camp athletic oillccr and gives some Idea of the plan to give the students clean, healthful hmusement. 'Tor those who desire to play ten-n ten-n s a court Just beyond tho first house on the right hand sldo of the road west of camp Is available, oiso tho tenuis courts near tho hotel In Pacific Paci-fic Grove and those In the hotel Del Monto grounds. These courts may all be used freo of charge Baseball grounds between the camp and Pacific Pa-cific Grovo railroad depot may bo I used at any time. Tickets fcr roller skating In tho rink In Pacific Grovo mny be obtained from the adjutant or t sergeant major ht camp headquarters. headquart-ers. Thcso tickets will bo provided with skates w.thout charge and tli3 holder bo allowed to skate as long ns ho chooses. On Tuosdmy, Wednesday nnd Friday nights tho students company com-pany as a wholo may use the Del Monte both houses, Swlmrcng may bo learned without any danger whatever. what-ever. Water Is warm nnd supplied dally. Howling alleys nro available- In tho Del Monto grounds. It Is sugges ted that you who play tennis arrange a tournament among yourselves that you nrrango for say a couple of b;.l. games a week nnd other forms of nth-'.otic nth-'.otic amusement you desire. Every Saturday night nt both Del Monte and Pacific Grovo hote.s Informal dances will ho held. These dunces ae for tho guests of the hotels ment oned, but all students Iinve b:en favored with an lnvltntlon to be present whenever they desire, Thero Is no charge for admission. I will bo glad to be of any nsslstanco possible In arranging tournaments, contests etc., and will nlsso thank you to submit to mo nny suggestion you enro to offer. Our camp is f.v removed from any harmful Influence. There are no si-Rons si-Rons In Pacific Grove, no student could he under better moral Influence than ho is here, or freer from temptations tempta-tions nnd aside from tho dlsclpllno received re-ceived tinder military rule ho has tho beuellt of out door llfo In u perfect climate, and In a camp moro sanitary nnd healthful than prUato camps could be Inasmuch as thero is sow-ago sow-ago bathing facilities within tho camp, running water at the end of every company street nnd a good hos-p hos-p tnl tent splendidly equipped with apparatus nnd the pick of the army .vedlco! men In charge. Wo farmers are n sample of th? average boy or man here all strong, hoplthy looking robust people ready for "mess calls" and anything on docket. Speaking of "mesa calls' 1 must tell you wo nre well fed on threo meals dally. Our food Is clean and p.'ilatnblo and of first class quality nnd of n great variety. We each have a cot tp sleep on. six cots to n tent. A Chinese student n senior In the Cnllfornln -t-inlverslty occupies 11 cot In the snmo tent as wo threo A. C. boys and anothei California student making only llvo cots In our tent. This Cninese student stud-ent Is ono of tho cleanest and brightest bright-est boys I ever met. Not ono In our tent uses tobacco. A rnther singular coincidence. Perhaps I luivo written enough for this time. Will write ou nga'n If our homo papers see fit to publish this. DRESDEN CRAGUN. |