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WitkEagelrnei tnmarm y- ' Bdttor tff C?unj? Denu B | - v" - -W 2 v '' "*Y * -JvV' n -" ?\> Breesiest, snAppleet, healthiest? 1? that's Camp Dersna. Camp Herons, f^aarsed hy. Uncle Sam's magic, mighty $ Jack knife oaf of the wooded nplanda Car off to northern Massachusetts. Its air is keen and ttogflag?oome >. called tt piercing last winter!?and its men are beaky, healthy, steady soldiers of the great history-making, Elk* the rigorous New te U which they have lei and trained daring the. these seMlsra ot And that antenring yea comes tram playing Nstsrs throogh a wiat^MwIay aU^t data as the haahhlita attaial Army caatnaslashing wiada and nights, frooen rata ran dag bHssard* did ifaet the mettle at the ys who wintered here, e through as the safest Tom a physical aspect. s Record Time' thing Is notable a boat It waa bollt in aboat line that a hnge job ot iter done. It holds the ; the other camps (or who saw this tract ot "before and alter" can happened In the four en June 1 and Septem: year. Bat they know > lamp Isn't In it with polled off hers hi the le Sam. the Stars and victory for world de>k ot fairytales is oat ana ine Araman Mignu look Mfc" a vyxlen hone side-show beside cantonment^ was finished before ever gg 0*? by the Arid artillery regiments kJw' named Ijbj Hill to this day as s g^pj^Uanent to the contractor who pat not a training camp In the ; .'land that can boast of snch things as .these. Every way yon look at It, jT^Gaiap Devens Is a Coloseus at na tional American achievement. " Spitz. But the soldiers of Camp JDevene .are the most Colossal thing aBont it. They bulk large, very large, as part TsSim -that "American reserve" force P'ttlfih the official dispatches ' from .f.Washington talk abont so serenely. . They're full of the kind of rim that comes from a camp where even in .-Am* bright, sunny days of Jose V there's a gay little breeae and the WifiUkta are far tog keen to sleep sfith nothing thicker than mosquito net: .'.' tfag tor a corering. Jviip'.they're' fnll of something eise-^ BSHwaaralw. it's the eagerness Lajdtfli# bloodhound, aroused to the ^dhent and straining to slip the leash. jslBf the EAGERNESS of men grow log mute and more lit erery day tor ERMANY may think in Wx-'m power for forty years a Republic?"God's truth is mat | is a part of as; it is as real at I The only realjyiow thatjre^c [ opr history and those whom r ewts from or whither it wiB d jaqoire. Like the salt that J from all lands. Man's spirit e 1 shall be his. and Jnstiee means I mChoodymi>atllde^ *cy ?7'- ABoeton man claims to have totiiMMlfed a pewit prion, i MillIfimsKrsn SrvU firing J3.000 rounds ol steel missiles a minute, or 565 a second. The weapon, be says, to to be WgKjjE an electrical motor and-the Is to be fed throoch. s oldiery Bristles b?7Vt Clot On /r?A JU A v V I V w HAMMOJTO r - > lition of Aeaoh and Camp the task their country baa sailed upon them to do and now longing intensely to get "la" and to do it. , "One day Bearer Traaee," remarked a Kitchen Police with a grin, aa he polished a huge pan after evening mess. And his fellow " policemen" nodded silently, with a hit more determined look on their faces. It's the spigft 'of Camp Devens. They're not exactly, counting the days up here, bat every day passed is dismissed with some degree ot satisfaction as another step gained along the great, momentous trail that baa the red glare of battle at Its farther end. They Have a Qsad Tlaae These things are hidden from oatward observation aa a* rule. They lie deep behind the hmghter and the fan aad the long, hmsl grinds ef work that fill toe dayi of the men of Devon*. Every minute i* taken up, from reveille to tap*, end tt'n not all taken np with the work of military preparation, either. Not a Ut of it The nightly throne* fa the T. M. C. A. and K. of C. bulldings, the 8mtleage parties at the- Liberty Theatre, the soldier* of aesthetic nature who gather on'the high bluffs to enjoy these northern sunsets, above all the hooting, yetting, jumping crowds that watch a score of ball games every evening as patrons of the three Twilight League* which embrace the entire camp1?these show that the life of a soMlur In training at Caatp Devon*, is a* lusty and a* xestful as the bounding, surging lifeblood of the nation Itself. This- spring an innovation Mew into camp. I aay "blew -In" advisedly, intentionally and literally; In faot, I say it with malice aforethought. For the visitor that has ttuis arrived in unceramoniona atyle is the very genius of all the dust storms that ever stalked across this whirling planet in all the agee past Ongly^^^owth' an? the^'neTltaMe evergreens. The camp Is too new to boast lawns, except a nicely grassed terrace In front of division headquarters, and so?and bo? when the Sprlag winds began to Mow the Spring dust began to whirl. It's not aa bad as It was a few weeks ago when the camp streets were still -unoifed. There .were"days at that time when great clouds of fellow dust jnoved somewhat faster than double quick and In such dense mags formation that one barracks could not be seen from another jost across the company street. Those were days when sentries were like to hare choked to death and when drill squads had difficulty in making out the figure of their commanding officers, standing directly in front of them. Bat it's real life it's army life up here in the cool vastness of Camp Derensl And the. men of the seventy-Birth division, who some day will cheer when the order comes 10 more, will hold Old Glory np with the best j>t sit that America has among bar unflinching-defenders. Let other camps produce better soldiers If they can! tice terns of man power sad gun nd yet we cannot fear the attii ta*f The Battle Hymn of the chug on," and we believe it; it enld naffer in thin war, or any, i of tins faith. ft rrptahw to ns we eafl oar leaders. Where it i__ a a. - a _ , a a _ teaa as we nave not stpppea to ivors the an, it has washed in yery^here calls pot that Justice understanding, and understandapathy means hrti|htihsiiil, and and so we cone to the meanirt of which we are. FRANKLIN K. LANK. : V ? 8KNB IT HOMB The home folia went to kaow what's going oa in roar cants or cantonment, how yon spend your time, what you do during working and Urn homes. "Trench aad Camp" is pnblishedjor ate purpose^of teUing "Stick to it, boys! Give'em fad! They Badke ever bved who conW liefc an A "America is the great memaee they are se fa( ll? effect of the mod on the Gen the device, *Omt?a America!** "I have aeea same of the American army i m finer, cleaner, healthier, more vig shouldered a gan in any eaasie aim world." "We rejoice in yaw gallant deeds. As on failed, as, so on the land onr army will n "Their morale is excellent. Their spirits a , just what it ought to be and they are "The only thing to do is to do the best w this war." r?we can'tusethem PALfl BCACM SUIT! rAHCv^oato. I I J/ / B W can't drive you out! No J |% merican!" ^ T rtfcnt Lieut. Watson. j0/? jg eking to avoid. We, seenans, mBy cheer around ^5, The French Press. on the western front and '^SSj&A orocH body of men ever ^ ;e the beginning of the Mr. Preston Gibson. the seas yon never have lot fail yon." ^ Field Marshal Haig. ^ ire high; their courage is ! absolutely confident." /WWlMB Vj , - Hebert L. Pratt. //fljjrgWfl e can?all of os?to win tj General Leonard Wood. /I JUST NOW: Wil ^ WHITt TROUSERS. I \ OMMOflO , K STICK Plfrt. C \ fj canes. a
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