American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1914-08-08
Pleasant Grove Boy
In European Waters
Lyman SwensOn Writes From u. y.
Rattlcships anchored nj Gibraltar.

iH' people Vi iIedSdnt GrOVc are
proud of Lyman Swenson, who is
Cadet in the L. s. Military Academy.
He takes cruise each summer on a
government battle ship. This year the
feet went to European waters. Be-
cause of the battles being fought
there now the two letters. which he
wrote from there last month. will be
of interest to his many friends here.
The letters follow
Gibraltar, July ., 1914.
My Dear Mother:
Here we are tied up In the mole at
Gibraltar waiting for ship to arrive,
we don't know when. to take us to
England aud from there home. The
other two ships of our squadron left
this afternoon for merry England, and
| wish very much could have been
along with them. This is the third
time we have visited this port, which
isn't very large, and I've seen all
there Is to see In II.
I'm not spending any more money
here II We stay month and when you
uOH Sp'Hu ihvh'y b''' ''"' ""N''
you can do.
We had n fine time In Naples and
Rome. The chaplin organized party
to make the trip up from Naples ana
went along. We were blessed by
the Pope and shown through the
palace where he lives, which Is the
most wonderful place In the world
except for the church Of st. Peters
which Is just next door.
we saw n marble slab that Chris
had stood on. the bones OF the Apostle
Peter. the catacombs where the carl,
christians were buried and the coles
| scum" where they were killed. W.
| walked along the path where Jullui
Caesar drove In his chariot when NJ
returned from a victory. We visited
The Roman Forum where every ston.
is interesting historically ] wisl
Jobn could have been along, and thcl
took drive along the Apian way
Near Naples we visited city whicl
WAS hurled by ashes from NeSuvlus
which Ia n volcano near by. II ha
lately been uncovered and cvcrythin
Is inst ms they left it,cven TO the pic
lures on the walls. II was destroye
~ wears after Christ was born An
iudrinC from some of the picture
you see OH the walls, II isn't surpris
INC that Il was destroyed. IL was OH
of the most interesting places i've eve
visited. Next time III tell you abol
The Amalii drive which IL absolutel
, The most beautiful drive on cart
There is another letter coming u
soon.
Your affectionate SOL,
LYMAN
Gibraltar, July 10. 1914
My Dear Mother:
/ find | have time to write you ~
! ether 'ctter so | am going TO 40
| you must excuse the sloppy letters
write. because we write all our iette
an our knees and my fountain p'
4 leoks every time put II down =,
J. was going TO tell you cbout U
p AmnlG drive which ! dare say "
never heard about before. II 10 no,
> nc hut n road 60 miles long, D
D. thore are more pretty pictures tor !
long that road than there are III |
10 fen mile galleries OF the Louvre d,
imagine some perfectly green mou
~ aims dropping straight down Tor ~
II feet into the bluest sea you ever o"
IA and then a nice automobile drive
\. m the solid rock about 1000 iect aoo
Tho waters odge, with n three l'
D. stone wall on the out-board cide,
h moro crooks and turns theh you
G, imagine. Every point Is guarucu
=, time worn stone castle, ana MOI
~ terry or convent Is perched on e''
ID nook Some of them are so hiSh
ueon that you cant see now a "
II, wcr rot there There Is one olu -
q, emf which has been turned III :.
u. hotel. and II ever ! marry rlcn >
Tbich | wont do because I'm goins
larry a Utah girl, but ] don M
d ,"hicI one. I'm coming back there
i've for a month. ,d
H. We'll must close again an1
ad ,eaoy to master my duty squau'
n Gems like I'm always OIL dutS on
al hin The Maine Is coming oNe'
go ,et us In a week or 80, Inc SNIP
an no ON has been sold to "leooo
!" az ooo oO0 and will probably never
w, he stars aud stripes ~ ~ h'n .',,a
'rs oort again. Greece IL prePall"e
les irht Turkey, and when sue uoes,
er. ~ hoar of some good work FROM
he Id r. =. s. Idaho, because snp
he hest ship in the uee' o a,,ii ,
Got retired year ago ! e'r,
We counld have gone alohs W ''"e
~ With the rest OF them,