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Vhat A Woman S In An Amerit (This is ike second and concluding Kearny written especially for Trei munue writer. The furst instalment wa Editor of the Daily Trojan, Un I wanted to borrow an ambulance which to ont to the remount det and the hospital, but we couldn't ^4ho Ford. I really should have It much safer In the ambulance, as e editor bad newer before driven a ird. But the ambulance was held reserve. Finally we got the Thing nea ly running through a tenen instead of reversing. / I My most vivid Impression of tbe reluct depot is of being stalled in die on a steep 'dobe hill, with hunBde of mules redely looking on mi surrounding corrals. Being ick on the hillside might have been >Ige, but everywhere I went there sre mules' eyes staring at me. I've Men horses ever since I was a kid, ' t mules- . We left. Then we breezed out to the base ttft&l, the sight of which revolunUed my dea of hospitals. About i bungalows and hundreds of tents d been set up some distance from inp. Some of the buildings were on p. k' The Puzzling Fence Tiro of the hospital buildings were end in with barbed wire like New jwod pastures. Was it to keep ^rmans out or serms in? . ISventy rookies at the recruit camp j re lined up get their shots in r arm. Aside from these twenty J. place seemed like a deserted ning camp. The bunch waved inhrte as we dismounted. Poor UBgs! They hadn't seen a girl for. long that 1?even I?was worth Iking at. Every one looked homeFive were Isolated in a tent out 4 JnooosftT* ate *'"'to'gat'tha f?would be Ignorant of drill when jlttlon was oyer. #bat evening as we ate dinner at p Hostess House I watched the boys t -II was wortn living just to [rbturdy, straight figures and IT of good comradeship. The told me the crowd wasn't so usual, because it was just bef-day and every one was broke, low pulled out his purse and MPOd me proudly that he was still hty cents to the good. I was glad rift have to pay for my dinner, went to &a entertainment In a tot. The hall was overflowing with diors, yelling and whooping like a jCh of cowboys or a crowd at a thai I rally. They told me thiB par-, tor crowd had a reputation for fngthe toughs of the camp. It may [so, but I never saw a more responds audience at any grand opera than f crowd of Mexicans, Slavs, Ruspfjh--Ainericans. Two enlisted men fjr the program?both with wflid Voices. Old songs were mo3t filter. As they sang there wasn't laa in the room without that farU look in his eyes. Yes, they retnbered?too well, it."another building the movies ' feV/on." The girl and the hero tb cast upon a desert isle. The plot Kquite original. The girl wore ij of those fllmy, flimsy back-to re coBtumeb iuat art: iu S, while the hero wore a coat? fckept It on while the night bneetes ffcjt o'er the isle. Why don't you give her your tr called a deep voice. He*B a German," came from the Ik Bide of the room, followed by hi; of laughter. Through It all ^fellows talked to the screen charispcction Fascinating?Perhaps jnkiseed reveille the next morning, rjf. P. "loot" wasn't in when we about a pass to visit the iehes. Two hours later he had | flplved. Why not go without I 1" We did. Otit on the parade ands two companies of infantry e feeing inspected for a long bike, ry thing they possessed was set k that the hawk-eyed captain ht criticise and swear at the meek suDmissive private, we waicnen leetlon until I knew what kind of < >rs the boys used, and until I could itc the captain's favorite handslipe attitude and what-the-'ell-are-doing-here stare so well that I , lei to inspect the company my- L /? trudged along some way furwithout meeting any guards. . r in a field we saw some soldiers tug up stones and throwing them tr as they could. Suddenly they . TRENCH A aw And Heard s :an Training Camp instalment of a descriptive story about m 4CH and Camp by a clever and observant n< s printed last week.) ai BUKKEE ^ ^ ircwity of Sosthen California a] an ran naca ana pat on ineir gas masks, and then threw some bombs *c that exploded and gave forth a white 01 smoke. I was getting real excited and was going to root for them when fll a tall officer in British uniform, who was standing on a little knoll, called 7} out: k "Will you people please move back ^ ten yards from this fortress?" 1 didn't see any fortress, and m thought that an undisciplined way to n speak to the men. Bat it was all just ol as real to him as a snow fight when ei you're ten. It wasn't long before one <* soldier detached himself from the tl mass and marched toward us. No ai passes? Sorry, but no civilians al- s< lowed. Good morning. w On the way from the "fortress" we u; saw some bayonet practice which made me shudder. If those dummies ol had not been painted with such ridic- e: ulous faces it would have seemed like g, practice in the art of murder. But in when I thought of the Germans 1 qi wanted to yell, "Go to It?** ca Compensations of Youth C< Then we went over to call on the general in command and his chief-of- &1 stafT. The chief-of-staff was not in tr to issue me a pass, so I sat down and bc gave the general, another general ol friend of his and all the colonels and tt majors the "once over." They certainly were a fine-looking crowd. I think 1 like lieutenants and captains j3 better than colonels and majors, rp though. For one thing, they are a, younger. at We rode into the back country, _ where some of the infantry and artil- * lerv had eone to live under field con ditions. I believe they say they are going on a hike. We turned off the main road and bumped along a maddy trail. driver?* at > I looked, but saw nothing different from the fields that we had passed all along the way. A fairly level stretch, with here and there a rise of ground ?all rough country, much sagebrush. No, nothing unusual, I decided. We passed one succession of knolls and stopped. "Now look," he said. I The backs of the knolls were sim- ! ilar to the backs of movie sets. The stage had been set to bring up the | guns. "Camouflage,'' said I, Columbus- j like, elated at my discovery. He nod- I ded asaeA. They certainly used a lot of chicken wire, I thought, and then to cover it all with weeds! Well, it would fool the Germans, all right, until they got within range, and then?God have mercy on them, the guns would not. . On the opposite hillside the dough- j UUJO I.U1UC I UOIUUg UfVi cue IVJI VI vuv I trenches. "Over the top!" That was j what it raaant. Then, after investfgating the temporary camp until we i met a guard, we went back to camp; and visited the stockade. The sign, "Not Wanted," was hung out here also, and the sentry in the little tower sent us away before we had time to peep through the fence. What It's All Alarat Here is what the casual visitor sees in your camp. Practical out-ofdoor work. Best of training in physical and mental alertness. The sanest life in the world. Advancement according to ability. Men learning to stand straight, to obey authority, to work hard and to play harder. To earn little (that's unfortunate), and to spend little (that isn't). To take things as they come - nobody knows what fate or the Government will hand out, so why worry? Adventure, strange lands, strange faces?excitement, glory, honor?all these he looks j forward to. So what more could the soldier j want? Just this: Home. ?11 1* trx a mon ! freedom to come and go at will; moth-1 er, sweetheart, wife, child. A man may be wanderlust incarnate, may love nothing better than a good fight ?occasionally. But what is the good fight for? To come back home and tell about. When the soldier has-gone through the sort of fighting the German makes us go through?the twisted, unnatural distorted fight, where anything goes and victory is to the crafty; where one uses unnatural weapons, gas, fire, poison, against an unnatural enemy?the thing that will make it worth while is just the thing that camp and army life lacks?home. To keep the home is what this war Is for. It's the biggest job, the best iob. men ever had to do. ND CAMP NAPPY OVERSEAS CAP WINS PERMANENT PLACE The jaunty little overseas cap has on a permanent place in the equipent of the American troops. It la )w a part of the uniform of officers id men. Models of the approved degn are now deposited with the Chief uartermaster, American Expeditionry Forces, in France. For enlisted men the design calls >r a cap of 20-oance olive drab cloth, r heavier. There is no show of color a the cap and the stiffening of the &p is of the same color as the cap it)lf. When soldiers have been proIded with the cap their field service ats will be taken up by the nearest uartermaster depots. Thft officers' ran ia of the name lodel as the enlisted men's, but the taterial is the same as that of the Beers' uniform. Officers up to genral officers will wear stiffening at the Ige of the flap that corresponds to re color of the service to which they re assigned. This stiffening will be > arranged as to resemble piping hen the cap is worn with the flap PGeneral officers will wear stiffening f the same color as the cap itself, ccept that they will have a strip of old braid one-eighth to one-quarter tch from the outside of the flap, oneuarter inch from the edge. Officers' ,ps will be sold by the Quartermaster orps. The overseas caps will be worn at [1 times by officers commanding oops except when the orders pre:ribe helmets. At all other times Beers may wear the overseas cap or te service cap. TODAY? i the best day on which to send rench and Camp home to mother id your other relatives. .A one-cent amp will do the trick. Why not? Any Way Vou you will find WRiGi hand. Every man. and child in the coum of WRIGLEVS when sum is mentioned. T result of years of (j effort to give man! benefits and enjoy this low-cost sweetr WRIGLEVS is the univerc ? largest selling gum in The Flavor AMERICAN NON-COMS TO ?5^735 HAVE NEW CHEVRONS Regulations regarding the wearing * . of chevrons are to be changed. The y \ j9 '^ Quartermaster Corps and the Adju- ?jgj tant General's Department are now si > engaged in codifying the changes. Jr/ The revision was found to be nec- M ^ 4 essary because of the confusion as to jfffk /jr what was required. In the code of changes it is understood that all sergeants will wear the same type of chevron and that no f* * corps insignia will be worn. This I will eliminate the cadeucenw of the * j~"J Medical Corps and the flaming shell \ of the Ordnance Department, except L^eissJ lu I.UC V ??KJ ui DCI 5?U1U) uvivn iuw ,t grade of those attached to the non- j commissioned staff. Also It is proposed that post noncommissioned officers and the senior non-commissioned officers will wear vmzpmmmegp a wreath in place of the three chevrons and within the wreath will be the insignia of the corps. 0 Senior non-commissioned officers /(!?" ^ will wear a star embroidered above the corps insignia. - / A new design is being prepared for PjTjf first-class privates. Chevrons indi- UKr eating their special duties will be &?> worn by chauffeurs and specially qnal- &T ified men in the mechanical units. ~ &gj] Stable sprgeants, too, are to have a new type of chevron. / ' The marksmanship medal is / doomed to go from the service uniform. Chevrons will be substituted. /9k These chevrons will be worn also by officers who had won special distinc- /C [M* ; tion in marksmanship. ji\ / .ij The designs will indicate the tJms branch of marksmanship in which rec- wv ognition has "been won. Efficiency in jSLJTtSffyj. pistol shooting will be indicated by chevrons with crossed pistols; in rifle shooting by crossed rifles; in machine gun fire by a special design showing a section of the cartridge belt used I in machine ?un service. lA^na// LEY'S at I I , woman / try thinks / *~ JL chewing / his is the ' 7 |rTyS^j mceasing ,1 ?, jj&fc fund the f ment of / neat. I ia( favorite fin uinri^ *= lilt, wwi jl Lasts! meal" G^j^i WRAPPED ^
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