The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-12-01
An Interesting Letter Received
by c. II Carhart.

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son 81 letter r>ce lived fnnn Sargent D.; q.
Carhsrt.i ~tfu is 10 the srd infantry:
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my dear brother::ss4 . . 2sz:lz,.. 81
Il received your letter 1asta naailaand Z
hope TO have ono Gertafi.srf ipiS ~ eye ,,,1
regu ar mail. I b-li.ve that I r1plnip,d
that regular trar sports leavp Frisco on
the, LIST and 10Th Of every month. The
mail is sure to leave each end Of the
rorte about, those dates, and oftener if
amy other transports sail. That. seems
a'iite. a satisfactory msil service, but Ut
course. it could be i'm: roved il it was
only possible to cut the time in two.
1l,he, slips are allowed thirty days before
being overdue, 'honxh some. of the hat
ter ores make the voyage id % or .
dsya: = The O.. s Transport service 10
reaIlv'a fne one: s. &.. -
e. ,:rhaship, ownsd by tn, G,v't-,hese
AIe tin ones named after generals, Shsr.
Emah, Tht'nas, etc.-are the fn.st troop
ships in the world. Of course. whtr
1900 men are placed on Que chip there il
t'ound to be- more or less kicking. The
tr,,nbie 10 thai everyone warts to BE- III
ih. saa.e place at the same time. Whrn
mess call g,#e, the mess.deck is pretty
crowded and it tie weather be fine.everx.
one naturally tries t., get the, st.:diest,
mos comfortable place on Tho spar ,irck
Their the washrN ms are crowded bt,.
fore breskfast. As g. me. drill is nec-s-
sary. tbst 10 an additional annoyance.
These things when taken NJ steady
t,isl for from thirty 10 fifiydaysares apt
to result ia Rrosla Of all kinds. bns the
thing abpve all others which inspires
( tescldirr 10 kick, is the rations. II is
quite n.JrQbtem 10 feed & 1900. msn, be-
nd es the ors.w. and -. st,nl s,rscticat,le
-tnetf.t3rl. ir,-bs sbs consolidated mesa:
'fhsscrsmped apAos aysilahln tnakea this
nece.aary. and the. rsssassat. {;f trying to
prepare rations for: suci, a.laree MI her
sm'n>in ono sinai, Kit hrn er,valiey, is; 10
make vari"ts imr'seit,l-. I have> read a
great many Aeronntf Ut poor ra.ims.
5psxr quarters, ~e., but when I think Ut
the .iif1ic,, ,si.s and TIL necessi,ies of the
case, / wonder that there ia not greater
ca,lse for complaint. Tie Transports
which carried the hrst troops over here
were not fit in some cases tor cattle, but
that is = thing ri The past. T. = /: S.
II have read qnits eunhar Of hard
luck stories lately from soldiers ov-r
here and some Of them Indicate power
ful imagina,ions in the authors. They
would b. simply Indications OF the
writer's propensity for making m ass .:
himself, hut for the fact that some ,,eo-
pie believe them. Considering The fact
that We are ip a hostile country, practic-
ally 10 state Of war, it se.,ms to me that
W. are fortunate in having the quality
ana variety Of ratinns We do have, and
IN Having IL most 6 ,ses. hons 9 inst.atl
:ot shelter tents - livt, ia. A nnnl..r III
: Keep, ions might easily t,e fonnd, but
ih's 10 the condi',on 10 gen raj. IN my
"wn case, owing. Il. the fact 'ha, ", nre
stationed near: Manila 90 the railroad. :
great many things are ptssibIs which
less favored outfits have to do without.
Quite Z variety Of articles And their way
in g orr kitchen not included in .teuv't
straight = 90 that ". live drst rats:
We have a base ball grounds IN frontto
the station and during the cool part If
the lay NEST Of the platoon can b.
fonnd III. re. Then We have b;.xing
gloves, Indiah clubs. dumb bells, and
punching bag, with showef-baih TO
eld up With. This sh* lwer: bail, We arc