West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-12-29
BOONE IS A REGULAR.
Enlisted In the Coast Artillery Some
Weeks Ago at ClarkSburs,
HAS CONTRACTED BLOOD POISON
From Vaccination aud May Have To
Lose His Arm-Sorry that
lie Enlisted


made fool out of myself and en-
listed in the United States Army,
why | will drop you a few lines. |
enlisted at Ciarksburg in the Coast
Artillery, and was sent TO Fort
Slocum N. Y, from there TO Fort
Wright, that is fifty two miles out
in the Atlantic from land; from
there we were sent to Fort Adams,
r. L., and from there to where we
are now. And have been trans
ferred from the Artillery TO the
Hospital Corps, and il ! am ever
able to get any drill will go from
here to the Philippines, some place; ;
but | have had bad luck with my
arm fom the last vaccination | got.
/ took cold in it last Monday, week
ago, and it has turned TO blood
poison and have been in the hos
pital ever since. The doctor and
hospital steward both told me this
morning would have great
change to make by tomorrow or my
arm would have TO come off. 1t is
hanging at my side like another
body. 1t is every bit as large as
my leg. They have got me scared
to death. II was only out OF this
trouble | would do anything.
like soldering fine, what little /
have had, but my arm am afraid
has fixed me. 1t has all turned a
blush color and the only rest I
have had since have been here is
right now, and they have just injcc-
ted something to stop the pain and
put me to sleep. They have all
gone ont except another patient
who is lying here with inham matory
rheumatism. He is nearly dead.
Oh, if my arm was only better or
off, one. You have no idea how
feel lying here. ! guess they know
at hom where I am now have
never written TO them since | have
been here. | had one letter from
them when | was at Fort Slocum,
but have not answered it yet. am
not allowed to write in here if
they know it, The gown / wear
they have split the sleeve and
shoulder clear out
December I8 Wei as the doc
tor was coming in last night | had
t o hide this und er til c
cover, and wait until today. / slept
about one hour last night. Ny
arm did no. hurt much, but
couldn't sleep The snow is five
feet deep here on level ground
The ocean is on one side, the bay
on the other. You can throw stone
from the bay to the Atlantic from
where the hospital stands The
neck Of land is very narrow at this
point There is a large summer
resort here. Their are ten or twelve
thousand people here for the three
months Of summer they have here.
1t is ten and twenty degrees below
zero here all the winter. You
ought to be here then, you could
see the guns They have two 3 ia.
and two s in. The waves come up
on the front steps here when the
wind blows hard. The drill mostly
in winter consists Of shovcling
snow. There are two Morgantown
boys here with me. One Of them
you know, ! am sure. lie was Up
20 see me this morning. told him
was writing to you. He SAID he
would come up after drill and finish
il for me and for me TO let it alone.
will have to get him To- mail il for
me. Ills name is Walter Stroud.
the little fellow that clcrked for J..
W Tissue and George McGivern
is the other ones name. ! ran on
TO them at Fort Slocum and we
we're sent here together. They are
fine fellows They come up TO see
me two and three times q day and
try to coax the Doctor 10 give me
something that will save my arm.
hope he will myself
Well, Rex, I hope to get all right
and then If do before go to the
Philippines want to come home
on furlough. Stroud is tired OF
the blue uniform already lie said
he was up at Morganto~n before
he came here re had barber
shop at Dunbar Pa lie said he
would like to have Joe Menear
dosn here to help him to bring
shovels to a right sho ulder arms