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Show BOYS ENJOYING LIFEJft GAMP Thousands of New Men Pouring Pour-ing Into Camp Lewis, American Lake, Wash. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 9. That the boys of tho national army arc rapidly adjusting themselves to camp life and enjoying it is indicated in practically all the letters which are written home. The following is from a "voteran" of the first contingent who is training at Camp Lewis, near Tacoma. Washington. "Camp Lewis has changed rapidly in the last ten days as a result of the thousands of new men pouring in. The first quota of 5 per cent with which I came, barely made a showing on the lower end of the big parade ground, but now it is necessary to have each company assigned to a small area so as not to run afoul of another group of recruits. With about 25,000 men drilling at the same time, the field presents a busy place. 'The vets of two weeks had an opportunity op-portunity last week to see what they looked like. Commencing on tho 19th and continuing for practically a week, special trains were pouring in from all sections of the west with thousands of men daily. Upon arrival at the cantonment can-tonment the men were directed to a long shed, divided into runways, or sections for men from diffcrcn states. At the rear of the runway, on an elevated ele-vated platform, were the officers who called off the names. The recruits vfrp tlion fnrmnrl Infn rlnnhln. filps and marched off to barracks to which they had been assigned. "It seemed as if the procession would never end, At all hours of the day and night one could see or hear marching columns. "Recently tho regiment recruited some buglers and thus far wo have learned everything except the Pay-day march. Guess that will come shortly, as the first arrivals were mustered in this morning and signed the payroll. Later, when Uncle Sam has 46,000 men i to pay and about $1,500,000 is handed I out each payday, things shall be lively. 1 "Buildings continue to spring up ' here and there like mushrooms, but,' the camp is practically complete now. I A couple of days ago the carpenters' finished our regimental hospital and , regimental Y. M. C. A. building. The, letter is not occupied as yet, however. The Y. M. is doing a wopderful work for the men in tho camps and the country in general. The big tent being used temporarily fs jammed nightly by the men of tho 3G3rd. On certain nights each week there are movies. At the tent the men find writing ma- terials and tables, magazines and candies. A few nights ago one of tho latest comic reels was being thrown on a screen stretched in the open. Tho audience stood up and comment was j not lacking. A good pianist and sev- eral trained voices contributed to the , amateur entertainment. , nn |