. The history and achievements of the Fort Scheridan officers' training camps . RAPID CONSTRUCTION OF BARRACKS THE FIRST OFFICERS TRAINING CAMP 185. THE TRENCH DIGGER IN ACTION and leads past the guardhouse to themain brick barracks. Some wore over-coats; some had none. A few were in uniform reUcs of the Border or old National Guard days. In the handsor on the shoulders of many there wasbaggage of every description from tel-escope suit cases to blanket rolls, andeven some bundles done up in genuineold shelter halves. The yellow of brandnew army shoes occasionally caughtthe eye. There w^as litt
. The history and achievements of the Fort Scheridan officers' training camps . RAPID CONSTRUCTION OF BARRACKS THE FIRST OFFICERS TRAINING CAMP 185. THE TRENCH DIGGER IN ACTION and leads past the guardhouse to themain brick barracks. Some wore over-coats; some had none. A few were in uniform reUcs of the Border or old National Guard days. In the handsor on the shoulders of many there wasbaggage of every description from tel-escope suit cases to blanket rolls, andeven some bundles done up in genuineold shelter halves. The yellow of brandnew army shoes occasionally caughtthe eye. There w^as little levity as thisstream crunched over the path. Noneknew definitely what was ahead, but themajority realized there would be work,and plenty of it. Then, too, all were notpositively sure they w^ere in. Therew^ere those wretched physical exams! From cinders they echoed alongthe hard concrete in front of the tallbarracks just past the drive w^hich leads under the tower. Beside the door—the first on the left of the tower—w^as a board sign which read, WallaceB. Scales, Adjutant. This was the goal of the postal card. The trainloadformed in sing
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