Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-08-10
FROM THE SUNNY SOUTH
Edward Mcdonald Writes
Letter from Fort
Moultrie, s. c.

Edward L. Mcdonald If this CITY,
better known to his friends as "Doo-
de who is now stationed at TT.
Moultrle. South Carolina, writes q
long and Interesting letter to VIM.
Batters. which will prove of interest
to many.
he says, N part
AZ have q little spare time and
all the other patients are In bed and
aeleep. Will drop you q few lines as !
promised. have been at Fl. Moultrie
tor the past six weeks and have been
IN the hospital Ill that time with q
badly poisoned arm. which hiss been
operated on twice. I will soon be
able to get to work, though, az it is
rapidly improving.
There are four of us here from
Little Falls. but none of us like the
South very well. Besides my self there
are: Rudolph Steiner, Joe: Voight,
AID Sandy Stewart. After left Lit
tie Falls was at Fl. Smelling for q
month and 1 had a good time there,
for was allowed to 70 over to the
Twin Cities at any time, Tut here /
cannot g outside Of the ward or into
JAN l 60. While I was at Smelling I
saw old John Currie at the soldier 8
nome. ae DID not look very well.
we lett st. Paul on q Wednesday
night at o clock and got here Satur-
CAV morning at 8 80. 10 you can see
that 1t was long trip and am
about 1000 miles from home. We
stopped Oh the way here at Chicago,
Cincinnati, and Atlanta, but not over
2 hours at either place.
Fort Moultrie is on an island seven
miles from Charleston, but there is a
ferry boat and trolley line connects
with tnat so that you can get to aud
from town. There is also q govern
ment steamer that carries soldiers
free. The island is nothing but q
sand bank in the ocean with very
few trees and little grass, and that is
as coarse as big weeds back in Mime
sofa.
Charleston Is an old fashioned town
an" Oil the buildings that saw mad
high stone fences about them or they
were CID tumble down shacks. The
streets are not paved and the grass
grows up in them at will, as they
are not taken care of. They have q
good street railway system in the
city and on the islands, but it is q
poor place at the most. From our
quarters you can see the boats going
in and out of tho harbor and that Is
quite treat for a fellow who was
raised inland. but for mine I would
rather hunt ducks on Rice Lake than
TO see so much ealt water. There is
an island northeast of this one that
IL Joined by trestle for the trolley
line, that is called the Isle of Palms.
l guess it is quite q summer resort.
There don t appear to be any form of
amusement here. Good shows, cir
cuses. etc.. are as scarce as hens teeth.
Fishing is good but don't care much
for salt water fish.
The war department has Just started
10 to make q good post out of this
place and consequently there is plenty
OF work. have heard that the com.
mandinR officer here said that "he
would either make Fort Moultrie q
good post or he would make every
man desert From the way thin9e
look now I don't think the work viii
be finished for quite q while.
Every morning at $50 the buglel
blows first call and at 6:46 they have
reveille or roll call. Next comes
breakfast and then q pick, shovel OF
whee!barrow and work until II 80,
which is incoming. and work agaiu
from 1 to 4:3O, supper at o clock and
roll call or retreat at 7:l6, after which
your time is your own until II
O'CLOCK, which is last call to quarters,
Or taps. II you are absent from this,
you are up against q court martial
and a fine and q few days in the
guardhouse. Repeated offences bring
larger fines and in tho end you are in
debt to the government. if you don 7
We have q dine beach here and every
morning this month the bows have
each hsd to take daily swim or bath
before breakfast and as a result they
are pretty healthy bnnch. If they
are sick they get good care from FIRST
classes doctors and nurses. I have los1
about 70 pounds sinc4 came here and
20 have all the others. Well. must
quit now. With regards. 1 remain.
Yours truly.
EDWARD L. MCDONALD,
DR.: Lefangwell has closed his dental
ono: and wil::probebly move to Min.
l pay the highest market price TO,
rags. Iron, copper, brass, rubbers, etc,
JOS Dinner, III, 9th st. s. IS tt