I must apologize for the formatting of yesterday's blog. I didn't catch the problem until much later in the day and I am so sorry for the mess that it was in.
Today Ed begins supervising the preparations for the incoming soldiers, and for the long march into Selve.
THE GOD GAMES: Legend of Kor...Chapter Fourteen
All of the officers looked like they could hardly wait to start off, so I dismissed them with each officer having his own list of 25 soldiers to work with, and I put Lieutenant James Lunt in charge of the detail.
The officers broke up the jobs with four units policing the mess hall, dispensary, and school barracks; four units policing all of the latrines and office buildings; six units took charge of cleaning the entire outside of the base; and six units tackled the 25 barracks, and two officers quarters.
By 6 p.m., you could eat off the ground or the latrines with no fear.
"You are all dismissed with a great deal of thanks. Have a good dinner and relax tonight, tomorrow we will be tending to salt bags and tents."
After breakfast and roll call on Tuesday morning we began to go through the warehouses and dig out the thousands of salt bags, the hundreds of six-men and two-men tents, and 5,000 blankets and groundcovers. We found 5,000 salt bags-all empty-and a huge quantity of salt, so we set 100 men to filling the salt bags. Each bag held about two cups of salt.
The rest of the men dug out all of the tents; they found 510 of them. Then every two men would set up a tent, patch any holes or loose seams it might have, and clean it thoroughly. The tents were checked for stakes and poles, and every tent had their requisite number of stakes and poles attached to them before being folded up once again until they were needed. One officer sent a contingent of men rounding up sledgehammers so that the stakes could be driven into the ground, and another two units of men washed, dried, and folded all of the blankets and ground covers.
We were done by 5 p.m., and the exhausted men called it another good day and they were excused to go to dinner and to enjoy some R&R before hitting the sack.
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday we tackled the hardest job of all; digging the 200 latrines, and building the stalls around them. We let the men loose at 2 p.m.. on Saturday afternoon, and they were totally exhausted, but 200 latrines were spread around the base; 10 latrines each, at 20 different locations. I ordered letters of commendation for the men's service jackets and went to report back to General Coleman.
Adam greeted me with joy and he was very pleased by my report. He pushed a large glass of rye across the desk to me and began to tell me what he had been accomplishing.
"Ted has been hard at work. I've had him set up a stock pile of food and condiments for the mess hall and then start regular shipments of food from our outlying farms to our storage and frozen-food lockers. It will take constant deliveries to keep up with 4,000 hungry men; I intend to keep the mess hall open 20 hours a day. I want the men to eat well because they each have a lot of work to do; a lot of studying to do, also.
"Ted has also called in the fishing fleets and they are going to provide us with three tons of fish a day; of all varieties.
"Ted also had the dispensary enlarged and brought in the army nurses from their homes to man it and get it stocked up and ready to go. We gave then the barracks closest to the mess hall and assigned them their own latrine.
"I have been getting the administration organized and prepared for the influx of 4,000 men and women. I had to totally revamp the Human Resources Department and send for-you would not believe how many-office supplies and typewriters; and then we recruited for women to take charge of the department. I was very surprised by the number of women who were willing to leave their homes for at least two months to serve in this army. They all know what the bottom line is, us or Gog, and they are happy to finally be able to actually do something to fight back.
"I have also written a training course for the newly enlisted men and have chosen 100 offices to take over the training of what will be 100 units of 50 men each, including new officers who will meet in three separate classes.
"Finally, I chose the best 50 carts and am having them refurbished to carry food and supplies to the front lines when we make our move on the camps."
On Saturday evening General Coleman, Lieutenant Ted Stars, Wills, General Oates, Tom and I settled down in Adam's office and had a round of rye.
General Coleman said that they had had a challenging week, trying to house and feed all of the soldiers that had already made it to the armory.
Tomorrow we finish Ed's adventures with General Coleman and begin a look at how Glenna is doing with Miriam.
Today Ed begins supervising the preparations for the incoming soldiers, and for the long march into Selve.
THE GOD GAMES: Legend of Kor...Chapter Fourteen
All of the officers looked like they could hardly wait to start off, so I dismissed them with each officer having his own list of 25 soldiers to work with, and I put Lieutenant James Lunt in charge of the detail.
The officers broke up the jobs with four units policing the mess hall, dispensary, and school barracks; four units policing all of the latrines and office buildings; six units took charge of cleaning the entire outside of the base; and six units tackled the 25 barracks, and two officers quarters.
By 6 p.m., you could eat off the ground or the latrines with no fear.
"You are all dismissed with a great deal of thanks. Have a good dinner and relax tonight, tomorrow we will be tending to salt bags and tents."
After breakfast and roll call on Tuesday morning we began to go through the warehouses and dig out the thousands of salt bags, the hundreds of six-men and two-men tents, and 5,000 blankets and groundcovers. We found 5,000 salt bags-all empty-and a huge quantity of salt, so we set 100 men to filling the salt bags. Each bag held about two cups of salt.
The rest of the men dug out all of the tents; they found 510 of them. Then every two men would set up a tent, patch any holes or loose seams it might have, and clean it thoroughly. The tents were checked for stakes and poles, and every tent had their requisite number of stakes and poles attached to them before being folded up once again until they were needed. One officer sent a contingent of men rounding up sledgehammers so that the stakes could be driven into the ground, and another two units of men washed, dried, and folded all of the blankets and ground covers.
We were done by 5 p.m., and the exhausted men called it another good day and they were excused to go to dinner and to enjoy some R&R before hitting the sack.
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday we tackled the hardest job of all; digging the 200 latrines, and building the stalls around them. We let the men loose at 2 p.m.. on Saturday afternoon, and they were totally exhausted, but 200 latrines were spread around the base; 10 latrines each, at 20 different locations. I ordered letters of commendation for the men's service jackets and went to report back to General Coleman.
Adam greeted me with joy and he was very pleased by my report. He pushed a large glass of rye across the desk to me and began to tell me what he had been accomplishing.
"Ted has been hard at work. I've had him set up a stock pile of food and condiments for the mess hall and then start regular shipments of food from our outlying farms to our storage and frozen-food lockers. It will take constant deliveries to keep up with 4,000 hungry men; I intend to keep the mess hall open 20 hours a day. I want the men to eat well because they each have a lot of work to do; a lot of studying to do, also.
"Ted has also called in the fishing fleets and they are going to provide us with three tons of fish a day; of all varieties.
"Ted also had the dispensary enlarged and brought in the army nurses from their homes to man it and get it stocked up and ready to go. We gave then the barracks closest to the mess hall and assigned them their own latrine.
"I have been getting the administration organized and prepared for the influx of 4,000 men and women. I had to totally revamp the Human Resources Department and send for-you would not believe how many-office supplies and typewriters; and then we recruited for women to take charge of the department. I was very surprised by the number of women who were willing to leave their homes for at least two months to serve in this army. They all know what the bottom line is, us or Gog, and they are happy to finally be able to actually do something to fight back.
"I have also written a training course for the newly enlisted men and have chosen 100 offices to take over the training of what will be 100 units of 50 men each, including new officers who will meet in three separate classes.
"Finally, I chose the best 50 carts and am having them refurbished to carry food and supplies to the front lines when we make our move on the camps."
On Saturday evening General Coleman, Lieutenant Ted Stars, Wills, General Oates, Tom and I settled down in Adam's office and had a round of rye.
General Coleman said that they had had a challenging week, trying to house and feed all of the soldiers that had already made it to the armory.
Tomorrow we finish Ed's adventures with General Coleman and begin a look at how Glenna is doing with Miriam.
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