hours in the morning and none in the
afternoon. Except for cleaning their
tents, mending their clothes and oth
necessary work the soldiers have
the afternoons off. Every other day
there is guard duty for each of the
boys, two hours on and four hours off
for 24 hours. There are 60 fellows In
er
camp, eight in each tent, seven priv
ates and one corporal. Each man has
Just now the
a cot and four blankets,
blankets are rather useless as Mr.
Staples said the thermometer regis
* ters 108 in the shade, and no shade.
The whole camp expects to leave for
of the training camps at the end
, of the week. The Red Cross "ditty
bags" and the Star-Mirror are favor
ites aft camp.
one
Pnnch With a Punch
PORTLAND—J. Thompson, amateur
brewer, turns out a beer which for
fire-eating inspirations evidently has
ordinary high-power drinks backed off
the boards. He took a few drinks
the other night, started to wreck his
house and furniture and it required a
squad of four policemen to capture
him and take him to the city jail.
This is believed to be the first arrest
the
for manufacturing liquor since
supreme court held that it was unlaw
ful to make beer and wine even for
home consumption only.
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4* LONDON — Russians started *4* f
4* an offensive today on the Pinsk 4*
' 4* front, according to a Reuter 4*
4 . dispatch. Violent fighting near 4*
4« Pinsk is reported. The Russian 4*
« 4* artillery is leveling all obstacles. 4*
% 4* Pinsk is in flames.
