CAMP PIKE NOTES
Lieut. Col. Louis J. Van
Schaick of the 345th Infan
try, at Camp Pike, Arkansas,
one of the most popular men
in the camj^, has the following
tribute to pay to the Army Y.
M. C. A.
i our trained omcers oi tne
regular army take off their
hat to no military men in the
world. We can train your
sons, with the splended prod
ucts of the training camps,
so that they will have a 50-50
chance with the best trained
German soldier that ever
climbed out of a trench. But
your American boys deserve
more than a 50-50 chance.
They should have the edge on
the Hun. There is just one in
stitution that can give them
that edge—the army Y. M. C.
A. That institution keeps the
boys in touch with home, de
velopes that pride in home,
pride in locality, pride in state
that taken collectively makes
for what we call morale, and
it spells the difference between
the soldiers who win and the
soldiers who lose.
“The Old Sunday School
room at home cannot follow
your sons. The familiar old
church cannot be where it’s
influence can be felt. But the
Y. M. C. A. can make the in
fluence of the old church, the
old Sunday School, the old
home felt by the boys clear up
to the front line trenches. I
am proud as an officer in the
United States Army to say that
I endorse and stand for the
Army Y. M. C A.
Fewer men have been re
jected from the recent selec
tive draft arrivals than from
any previous quota. We do
not know whether the examin
ing boards are using better
judgment or whether they just
had a better lot of men to pick
from, but they sent in a splen
did bunch of fellows who are
taking hold of the work in a
most efficient way. Two weeks
in uniform makes all the dif
ference in the world in the car
riage and appearance of a
man and some of the new em
bryo soldiers would hardly be
recognized were they to walk
into their homes even now.
A recent popular army dic
tionary defines “Gimmie” as
“The most popular disease in
the army.
A letter from a former Camp
Pike officer who is now in the
trenches in France to a broth
er officer here suggests two
things he might be doing to
prepare himself for overseas
service—study French and to
sprout a mustache. One is a
necessity and the other is a
luxury, but they both help.
No matter what the pro
gram, the colored Y. M. C. A.
buildings are packed every
night, or if the program is held
in the open, as most of them
are now in good weather, all
seats will be filled and hun
dreds and hundreds will be
standing or _ seated on the
ground. If no program has
been provided or if the attrac
tion fails to appear, the color
ed men can quickly furnish ar
impromptu one of their own
One of the platforms is locat
ed on the slope of a hill and
there are no seats, the men
standing or sitting on the
ground. The negroes in Camp
Pike seem to be a happy con
tented bunch and so far there
has never been the slightest
disturbance or trouble with
any of them.
If you have had any idea
that Camp Pike is only a tem
porary sort of army canton
ment you should see the three
great warehouses going up on
the north side of the track.
They are each 500 feet long
and 60 feet wide with an 8V2
foot platform running the full
length a floor space of over
100,000 square feet. They
have cement-foundation pil
lars and heavy firewalls. They
are only a part of the building
that is going on all the time at
the camp, and it is expected
that a similar row of ware
houses will soon be lining the
south side of the track.
Some at least of our boys
will be surprised when they
reach the French areas and
find the native soldiers playing
croquet with a great deal of
vim and enthusiasm. Another
American game that is making
a hit with the French is pitch
ing horseshoes. One great les
son for the popularity of these
games is that they require lit
tle space and equipment and
do not attract the attention of
the enemy gunners as do the
games that require many men
or attract a large number of
bvstanders.
Life at Camp Pike is begin
ning to take on a rosier hue
for the new men who are'just
now emerging from their two
weeks quarantine. They have
had their small pox and ty
phoid shots and are ready for
real work. They are finding
it pretty hot drilling out in the
sun and dust and are of course
complaining just as the fellows
did who were working here in
the winter in the mud and the
snow. One of the greatest
boons of being out of quaran
tine is the privilege of visiting
the “Y” buildings. We have
a mighty clean bunch of boys
here in the ten thousand new
arrivals, and they are going
to give the “M P’s” much less
trouble than did a lot of men
from the great northern cities.
It isn’t new of course for it
has been told many times and
yet it continues to happen
every time a batch of new men
go through the hands of the
examiners here. Asked as
to his nearest living relative,
the man answered, “My Aunt”
A little later he said his par
ents were living. “But you
said your aunt was your near
est living relative” remonstrat
ed the officer. “She is, My
parents live in Ohio and my
aunt lives over in Tennessee.”
An order for one million
summer drinks has just been
given by the Y. M. C. A. in
France. That won’t last long
although it may sound prettj
big. If there is one thing on
i earth that the American sol
• dier seems to consider a real
■ necessity, it is a bottle of
. something cold. It don’t mak*
much difference what it is 01
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ECONOMICAL.
For sale by Cora Kittreil, Augusta, Ark., One
quart to one gallon sizes $4.75 to $6.50.
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what flavor, but it must be
cold. That is the chief at
traction these hot summer
nights at Belmont, the little
street fair town just outside
the camp gates, and in the
early part of the evening it is
almost impossible to crowd
one’s way to the counter there
or at the regimental and post
exchanges in the various parts
of the camp.
A smile from a pretty girl,
or even one only approximate
ly good looking, helps sales
wonderfully at the Belmont
restaurant and concessions.
Bad Kidneys Laid Him Up
A slight kidney impairment
may lead to dropsy or Brght’s
disease. Don’t neglect it.
Frank Miler, Bingham, Utah,
writes: “Was troubled with
my kidneys so bad I could not
work: Tried many kinds of
medicine which did me no
good. Then I tried Foley
Kidney Pills; now feeling as
good as I ever did before.”
ECZEHI
Hunt’s Salve, formerly called
Hunt’s Cure is guaranteed to
Btop and permanently cure that
terrible itching. It is com*
pounded for that purpose and
your money will be promptly
refunded without question
if Hunt’s Salve fails to cure
Itch, ISczema .Tetter, Bing Worm
or any other skin disease. 75o
the box.
For sale locally by
McCrory Drug Store
. \<bu will shorten: the war
.. ’S'ive life if yoltfeit onlv what
l. you need,and #a$te nothing.
HiNfTfc-0 STATFS FOOD ADMINISTRATION
EVERYONE MUST HELP.
Wars cannot be fought without money, and upon the Treasury cent.-e
every financial demand upon the Nation. . .
The rich of this country cannot alone meet the needs of the Na »
the men of the country cannot do it alone; the women of the c0^
cannot do it alone; but all of us, the people of the United States,
garding partisanship, forgetting selfish Interests, thinking only 0
supremacy of right and determining to vindicate the majesty of •T,e
ideals and secure the safety of America and civilization, can do t <c 9r
and splendid work which God has called upon us to do.
W. G. McADOO,
Secretary of the Treasury.