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Uncle Sam's embryo soldiers obey the call to go "over the top" with all the will in the 

 world — fit for a fight or a frolic as fate may dictate when they get "there" 



Going "Over the Top" with the 

 Soldiers at Camp Upton 



THE accompanying photograph shows 

 what the camera registered when 

 the photographer took a snapshot of 

 soldiers at Camp Upton while they were 

 going "over the top" — which is only one 

 feature of the physical training which the 

 Camp Upton men undergo in preparation 

 for the fighting "over there." Punching 

 a bag with a bayonet to accustom the 

 soldier to hand- 

 to-hand struggles, 

 foot races, boxing 

 matches and other 

 sports make up 

 their life in camp. 



A class at the naval 

 training station at 

 Newport studying the 

 various parts of a ship 



The science of "boxing the compass" is taught to 

 the naval recruits by aid of this ingenious device 



Learning to be a Blue-Water Sailor 

 on Dry Land 



THE training of a man-of-war's man 

 is not a simple matter. In days gone 

 by it used to take almost as many years 

 as it now takes months. The methods of 

 instruction and of training have under- 

 gone wonderful changes; they have be- 

 come much more intensive and to the 

 point, and the results obtained prove 

 the efficacy of modern methods. 



Stations for the 

 training of the fu- 

 ture sea-fighters 

 have been estab- 

 lished at many 

 points. At these 

 stations the young 

 men preparing 

 themselves for 

 naval service re- 

 ceive the most 

 careful instruction and training, 

 theoretical as well as practical, 

 and in accordance with the most 

 advanced ideas. Nothing could 

 emphasize more strongly the 

 difference between the present 

 method of training and that 

 which was in vogue in the olden 

 days. Then the men were drilled 

 in the most primitive manner; 

 a rope's end usually played an 

 important role as an educational 

 factor. Now, with the help of 

 models, the men are taught in 

 one hour what would have taken 

 days, weeks or even months 

 under the old system. 



Western Newspaper Unton 



