i HOME-READING COURSE FOR i
1 CITIZEN-SOLDIERS
(Issued by the War Department and all rights to reprint reserved.)
This course of thirty lessons is offered to the men selected for
{ service in the National Army as a practical help in getting started |
in the right way. It is informal in tone and dot's not attempt to give j
• binding rules and directions. These are contained in the various
l manuals and regulations of the I nited States Army, to which this t
| Course is merely introductory. i
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LESSON No. 5
FIRST DAYS IN CAMP
(Preceding Lessons: 1. Your Post of
Honor; 2. Making Good in the
Army; 3. Nine Soldierly Quali
ties; 4. Getting Ready for Camp.)
When the time comes for you to
enter the army, you will be instructed
to report at some convenient place in
your own neighborhood. The exact in
structions will be given later. As
quickly thereafter as proper arrange
ments can be made, you and the other
men who are assigned to report to the
same officer will be transported to the
training camp (or cantonment, as it is
sometimes called).
There will be nearly forty thousand
men in each cantonment. The task
of preparing for your arrival is enor
mous. Each cantonment will require
25,000,000 feet of lumber, 7,500 doors,
37,000 window sashes. 4,065 casks of
Portland cement, and 5,000 yards of
broken stone. The water supply of a
cantonment will be 2,500.000 gallons
a day. It will have its own sewerage
system, fire department, bakeries, ice
plants, and hospitals. It will even re
quire a gigantic steam-heating plant.
Sixteen cities, each with a population
of 40,000, well cared for—that is the
task.
In spite of the best efforts, it is pos- j
sible that some of the details may re
main unfinished at the beginning of
your camp life. There will be a cer
tain amount of bustle and apparent
confusion on the surface. Bear in mind
that underneath it all lies a well
thought-out plan. In working out this
plan everything possible has been
done for the comfort and convenience
of individual soldiers. Don’t grumble
if you run into some temporary de
lays or inconveniences at the begin
ning. One of the t« of a good sol
dier is his cheerful willingness to take
things as they are and make the best
of them.
You are naturally interested in
forming some idea of the camp life
of a soldier. The description which
follows will help you in forming this
idea. However, there will be many
changes as you go along in your train
ing.
As the men in the National Army
must get ready in record-breaking
time, their training will be more
strenuous than that of soldiers in
peace. You will find there is plenty
of hard work ahead of you. The aver
age energetic young American will be
glad of it.
The soldier arises for the day usual
ly at about six o’clock, a little earlier
in the summer and a little later in the
winter. The buglers sound the call
known as reveille. The men dress and
! fall in.
Your first experience of military
drill will probably consist of “setting
up exercises,” which ordinarily occupy
the first few minutes of the day. They
consist of certain movements of the
head, arms, trunk and legs which are
carefully designed not merely to de
velop your muscles but also to in
crease your skill, grace, self-control
and self-reliance. At the same time
they will also put you into the right
frame of mind for a vigorous day s
work.
In the mornings when the bug'e
' rings out the reveille, and you crawl
out of your bunk reluctantly, possibly
tired and sore from the previous day’s
work, you will find yourself wonder
fully freshened and cheered up by a
few minutes’ vigorous setting-up ex
ercises. Watch their effect on your
self and you will see why they are so
highly regarded by the most experi
enced soldiers of the army. It will
be only a short time until you look
upon the early morning setting-up
drill as one of the pleasantest features
| of your day.
Then comes “washing up and
breakfast. Usually breakfast is fol
lowed by a half-hour for cleaning the
barracks and bunks and putting cloth
ing and bedding in order. Frequently
the company commander will inspect
the barracks immediately afterwards
to make sure that every man has at
tended to his part of the work. There
is then often some time which the
trained soldier uses for attending to
his personal needs, tidying up his
clothing and the like.
The remaining two or three hours
of the morning are likely to be spent
in drill—at first in “close order" and
later in “extended order" also. These
terms will be explained in another
part of this course. As you advance,
the drills will become more and more
interesting. During the drill there
are numerous short periods of rest.
In most camps guard mounting
comes about noon. This consists of
relieving the men who have been
guarding the camp and turning over
this duty to new men. Each soldier
mounts guard not oftener than once
a week. After guard mounting the
men go to dinner, which comes at
twelve o’clock. At least one hour is
always allowed for dinner and rest.
During the afternoons the work is
likely to be varied and to include ad
ditional setting-up exercises and other
drills, target practice, bayonet exer
cises, and later more advanced drill
ing. About five o’clock comes the
evening parade and “retreat,” when
the flag is lowered or furled for the
night. The band plays “The Star
Spangled Banner ” while all officers
and soldiers stand at attention. The
ceremony is designed to deepen each
man’s respect and love for the flag
which he serves; it is always impres
sive. After the flag is lowered, it is
carefully folded and escorted by the
guard to headquarters, where it is
kept until the next morning, when it
is again raised.
Supper comes between five and six
o’clock, and is usually followed by a
period of rest. In the training camps
there will be many opportunities for
a variety of healthful amusements—
for sports, music, the theatre, and so
on, as later described. Taps arc
sounded by ten o’clock. This is the
signal to put out all lights, retire and
keep quiet. “It closes the day for the
soldier and sends him to his blanket*
a tired and sleepy man.”
This is only a sample of a day in
camp. On some days your company
will go off* on “hikes.” After a time
there may be longer marches, when
you will carry your shelter tents with
you and will make your own camo
each evening. These are days that
will be especially interesting. You will
learn the soldier’s art of adapting
yourself to new situations and making
yourself comfortable.
Your officers will ask you to do noth
ing that they have not many times
done themselves. They will ask noth
ing of you which any normal, healthy
man cannot do. After a month or two
of this training you will find that you
have begun to take on some of the
skill and the self-reliance of a real
soldier.
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APPLICATION TO PURCHASE
Land Under Act Relating to Trade
and Manufacturing Sites.
Serial 01585
Department of the Interior, United
States Land Office, Juneau, Alaska,
August 16, 1917.
Notice is hereby given that the Ka
diak Fisheries Company, by its agent
Jacob Kreilsheimer, whose postoflice
address is 412-16 Lowman Building,
Seattle, Washington, has filed in this
office its application under the provi
sions of the Act of May 4th, 1898, and
Section 10 thereof, to make Trade and
Manufacturing Site Entry, No. 01585
of the following described tract, to
wit, U. S. Survey 1086, situate at St.
Paul Harbor near Kodiak in Lat. 57
deg. 47 min. N., Long. 152 deg. 25 min.
45 sec. W., more particularly described
to-wit:
“Beginning at Cor. No. 1, M. C., on
line of ordinary high tide, St. Paul
Harbor, and whence astronomical sta
tion bears N. 66 deg. 13 min. 47 sec.
E. 55.40 chains, and Cor. No. 4, Sur.
559, bears N. 74 deg. 15 min. 7 sec.
E., 47.82 chains, and W. C. bears N.
25 deg. 29 min. W. 2.37 chains; thence
meandering (1) S. 61 deg. 41 min. W.
3.60 chains (2) S. 70 deg. 5 min. W.
4.50 chains (3) S. 78 deg. 14 min. W.
12.57 chains to Cor. No. 2, M. C.,
Alaska Agricultural
Industrial Fair
TO BE HELD AT
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
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All Alaska and her friends Invited
REDUCED RATES ON ALL STEAMERS
whence W. C. bears N. 25 deg. 29 min.
VV. 80 links, thence on said course 2.00
chains to Cor. No. 13, thence N. 04 deg.
131 min. E. 1057 chains to Cor. No. 4,
• hence S. 25 deg. 29 min. E. 3.53 chail
to Cor. No. 1, the place of beginning,
containing an area of 13.01 acres, Mag.
Var. 24 deg. 45 min. E. Said tract is
situate on the north side of St. Paul
Harbor about 40 chains Northwest of j
the village of Kadiak."
Upon said property the Kadiak
Fisheries Company now has and lor
some time since has maintained its
canneries, saw mill, cook house, bunk
houses, wharf and other buildings, ap
purtenant thereto.
NOTICE is hereby further given
that any and all persons, corporations
or associations having or asserting an
adverse interest in or claim to the
tract of land so applied for or any part
thereof, may and they are hereby re
quired to lile their protest to said ap
plication in the Land Office at Juneau,
Alaska, that being the office where
such application is pending, setting
forth under oath: The nature and ex
tent of their said claim within the
period of publication, which period has
been set by the Register and Receiver
of -sai(l Land Office for 60 days, or
within thirty (130) days after the ex
piration of said time as by law pro
vided.
KADIAK FISHERIES COMPANY,
lJy Chas. Z. Frey,
Its Vice. Pres.
Address:—
Kodiak, Alaska.
Notice of the above application will
be published in the “Seward Gate
way," printed at Seward, Alask i,
which I hereby designate as the news
paper published nearest the land ap
plied for in said application.
C. 13. WALKER,
Register, United States Land Office,
Juneau, Alaska.
First Pub. Aug. 24, 1917.
Last Pub. Oct. 24, 1917.
“C” LISTS 6—2027, —2036, —2037,
—2038
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RESTORATION TO ENTRY OF
LANDS IN NATIONAL FOREST
Notice is hereby given that the lands j
described below, embracing 429.05
acres, within the Chugach National
Forest, Alaska, will be subject to set
tlement and entry under the provisions
of the homestead laws of the United
States and the act of June 11, 1906,
(34 Stat., 233), at the United States
land ollice at Juneau, Alaska, on Sep
tember 29, 1917. Any settler who was
actually and in good faith claiming
any of said lands for agricultural pur
poses prior to January 1, 1906, and has
not abandoned same, has a preferenc
right to make a homestead entry for
the lands actually occupied. Said lands
were listed upon the applications ol
the persons mentioned below, wh<
have a preference right subject to the
prior right of any such settler, pro
vided such settler or applicant is
Qualified to make homestead entry and
the preference right is exercised prior
to September 29, 1917, on which date
the lands will be subject to settlement
and entry by any qualified person. A
tract of land described as follows: Be
ginning at Cor. No. 1, identical with
Cor. No. 2 of Frank Lyon homestead
No. 304, whence Forest Service Monu
ment, consisting of a post 5 inches
square and 5 feet long, set in mound
of stones 10 feet from mean hign
water mark on north shore of Kenai
Lake approximately one-half mile
north of the mouth of Quartz Creek,
near point of conspicuous bluff of grey
slate at extreme north side of Quartz
Creek Valley, bears S. 63 deg. W.,
99.90 chs.; extending thence N. 60 deg.
E., 40 chs. t<> Cor. No. 2; thence 2.
25 deg. 30 min. E., 39.60 chs. to Cor.
No. 2.; thence S. 60 deg. W., 41.05
chs. to Cor. No. 4, identical with Cor.
No. 3 of Frank Lyon homestead No.
304; thence N. 24 deg. W., 39.70 chs.
to Cor. No. 1, the place of beginning,
containing 159.97 acres; application of
Nelson Steele, P. O. Box 1536, Seward,
Alaska; List 6—2027. The S‘_« Lot 1
(11.36 acres), S% NYa Lot 1 (3.42
acres), Lot 2 (37.74 acres), Sec. 20;
SWK SWK, SK N% NWK SWK,
SWy4 NEK SWK, SK NVVK SWK,
WKSEK SWK, SVt NWK NEK
SW%, Sec. 21, T. 14 N., it. o W.,
S. M. (unapproved survey), except 153
acres of the tract restored under List |
6—1462, the net area hereby restored
being 4.52 acres; application of Frank
Bakkalin, Anchorage, Alaska; List 6—
2036. A tract of land described as
follows: Beginning at Cor. No. 1, a
spruce post 4 in. x 4 in. x 5 ft. set
2 ft. in the ground at H. W. M. on
south shore of Kenai Lake, marked
H—1, whence Cor. No. 1 of Wm. A.
Simpson homestead No. 169 on north
shore of Kenai Lake bears N. 47 deg.
45 min. E., 65 chs.; extending thence
by meanders along south shore of Ke
nai Lake S. 57 deg. 45 min. E., 10
chs.; S. 63 deg. E., 5 chs.; thence S.
56 deg. 30 min. E., 3 chs.; thence S.
59 deg. 15 min. E., 8 chs.; S. 66 deg.;
30 min. E., 4 chs.; S. 31 deg. E., 10
chs. to Cor. No. 2; thence S. 37 deg.
W., 39.35 chs. to Cor. No. 3; thence N.
53 deg. W., 39 chs. to Cor. No. 4;
thence N. 37 deg. E., 39.40 chs. to Cor. j
No. 1. the place of beginning, contain- i
ing 160 acres; application of Jay R.
Melvin, Roosevelt, Alaska; List 6—
2037. A tract of land described as
follows: Beginning at Cor. No. 1, a
spruce post 6 in. x 6 in. x 5 ft. set
2 ft. in the ground on left bank of
Kenai River, approximately one mile
from Kenai Lake, marked H—1, i
whence highest peak on mountain
south of claim bears S. 11 deg. E., ap
proximately 2% miles distant; whence
the mouth of Bean Creek entering Ke
nai River from the Northwest bears
N. 50 deg. W., 5 chs. distant; extend
ing thence by meanders along left
bank of Kenai River, N. 57 deg. 30
min. E., 3.44 chs.; N. 67 deg. E., 2.88
chs.; S. 88 deg. E., 4.03 chs.; S. 64
deg. E., 5 chs.; N. 76 deg. 30 min. E.,
10 chs.; N. 82 deg. 30 min. E., 6 chs.;
N. 54 deg. 30 min. E., 8.65 chs. to Cor.
No. 2; thence S. 19 deg. E., 27.30 chs.
to Cor No. 3; thence S. 71 deg. W.,
37.65 chs. to Cor. No. 4; thence N. 19
deg. W., 30.95 chs. to Cor. No. 1, the
i place of beginning, containing 104.56
acres; application of Harry E. Carle
ton, Roosevelt, Alaska; List 6—2038.
July 7, 1917. C. M. Bruce, Assistant
Commissioner of the General Land
Office.
Aug. 10, 17, 24, 31, 1917.
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