The Gas Attack - O'Ryan's Roughnecks

GAS
ATTACK
MAKE 'EM FEEL AT HOME.
That is the Gist of a New Order Relating
to Drafted Men in Camp.
OUR DAILY BREAD.
These men are all officers on the Staff of Life. They man the highly efficient
Camp Wadsworth Field Bakery, which is constantly in operation turning
out thousands of good loaves a day. (Make your own jokes about "They
loaf while we sleep," etc.) Probably no outfit in camp works harder—or
does more important work than these original doughboys.
DRAWING BREAD.
Here we see the artists drawing bread, a morning pastime at camp,.very
popular with mess sergeants. The bread is taken away by the wagon load.
It is first-class bread, too. It is estimated that all the loaves baked and carried
away and eaten at this camp to date, if placed end to end, would reach
from Spartanburg to Nome, Alaska.
BOTH THE SAME.
SORROWS OF SALUTING.
An argument between two artillerymen First Lieutenant—Why, what's the trouble,
old fellow? Did you sprain your arm?
was quickly ended when one said to the
other:
Second Lieutenant—Worse than that. I
"You came down to this camp two months
ago with that shirt and a $2 bill, and you walked down Main Street last night.—Camp
haven't changed either one of them since." Dix Times.
Drafted men now coming in to fill up the
various skeletonized regiments and battalions
in the provisional depot for corps and
army troops are being given a cordial reception
not only by the officers and men of
the organizations to which they are assigned,
but by the officers and men of the 27th division
as well.
Maj. Gen. O'Ryan, commanding the division,
expressed the sentiments of his entire
command last week, when he addressed
the following letter to the enlisted men of
the division:
"The division commander takes this means
of informing the officers and enlisted men of
the division that detachments of drafted
men will arrive in this camp from time to
time to increase the strength of certain organizations
stationed at this camp. It is
the desire of the division commander that
every enlisted man of the 27th division cooperate
with the officers to the fullest extent
in making these drafted men feel at
home with us and that they have the respect
and regard of the soldiers of the 27th
division.
"An effective army must be a homogeneous
army and not a factional army. In doing
our part in this requirement, we must
measure up to the high standards of a division
composed of men like ours. Our men
are noted for their intelligence, loyalty and
zeal. Accordingly, they will see the desirability
of carrying out in effective manner
the course of action prescribed for them to
help make our army a united army. Furthermore,
every ordinary, commonplace sense of
hospitality would prompt veteran soldiers to
make happy the lot of newcomers.
"It is hoped our men will provide opportunities
to make this attitude clear and unmistakable
in the minds of the drafted men
as their detachments arrive. Whether this
be done by cheering their entry into camp,
by inviting them to entertainments, or in
other ways, is unimportant, so long as outward,
visible evidences of the attitude of the
division toward the newcomers is made
clear.
"It is directed that this bulletin be read
at two formations to every company and
unit in this division."
SOME
NEWCOMERS.
The First Pioneer Infantry has been
augmented
by more than fifteen hundred men
of the National Army from Camp Zachary
Taylor, Louisville, Ky. Other men from
Western camps are expected. They were
given a cordial reception on their arrival.
Sixty men from Camp Hancock, Augusta,
Ga., have been added to the 1st anti-aircraft
machine gun battalion.