Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1917 — Lecture Rookies on “Feet.” [ARTICLE]

Lecture Rookies on “Feet.”

Fort Harrison. Indianapolis. May 18. —The most imjiortant work of the officers’ training camp Thursday was a lecture on feet. The lecture scheduled by Major Ely, senior instructor, was not a chiropudi st s’ .lecture. It was an army officers’ lecture and Major Ely did not join in smiles at the announcement of this “important lecture.” The son* feet of men accustomed to sit in offices after a few days of short hikes was evidence of the need of such instruction. Officers told the would-be officers that knowledge of the proper care of feet made ,»ossible the recordbreaking marches of General Pershing's troops in Mexico. Appetites grow at an enormous rate. The men who 4fave lunched for >< ars mi light i«astry» attacked the Irishi»>tato. bread and black coffee with vigor at lunch. Just now the subsistence ration is 50 cents a, day, and wholesome but plain, very plain food is the rule. For a few days the training will be chiefly in the elementary Instructions of a soldier—t lie mechanism of a rifle, the care of equipment and calisthenics. Governor Goodrich addr. ssed the men Thursday night, welcoming the men from Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky. A National Guard band a concert.