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at .-American l.ake.Men Are Well Treated.“1 found Camp Lewis a busy place, and the men well treated and interested in their training for military service,” said Grove yesterday. 1 wanted to stick on. but on account of a defect in niv eyes which was discovered by the examiner there, I wasi turned down and sent back home. IfI had been permitted to stay, 1 would have made good, for it was niv intention to do nothing less than that.Colored Rooks on Job.‘■[There are about 700 colored boys in training at Camp Lewis. They are all doing well. Some of the officers gave the colored men credit for doing as well in a week’s training as some of the others do in a month’s time.Saw Reason for National Loyalty.Of course I was at the camp only a short time.” said Grove, “but what little 1 did see and do helped me to see the bigness of this war and the necessity for every loyal man and woman doing their bit to the very last that they can.”Grove will be put back on his former job of janitor at the federal building, it was learned from PostmasterC. H. Fortman yesterday.Marshall Stays at Camp.Marshall, the otherjcolored recruit from this county, will continue at the camp, having passed the physical examination there. He is working hard at camp duties and training.! (■Grove reports. ! E
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Helena Independent Record
Helena, Montana, US
Wed, Nov 07, 1917
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Kenneth R.
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