The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1916-07-21
LETTER FROM EAGLE
PASS, TEXAS
CAMP LIFE IS AGREEING Nth THE
BOYS On The BOUDER-H HERE ON
GUARD DUH-HEAT INTENSE
HEALTH AND APPETITIEs GOOD
PLENTY Of GOOD AND WHOLESOME
fOOD-BELlEVES The ~ 0UES-
TON IS SETTLED CORPORAL HT-
CHElL COHPOSES NEW S0ic-SAM
MYERS HUHORS HIS SQUAD.

The following lstior was received
hy one Of our subscribers from
Westminster boy which shows that
camp life n Texas In not 20 black as
II is painted.
Eagle Pass, Tex. July :. 1916.
Dear Friend.
Today being Sunday which i gener-
ally a holiday In camp ! thought
would write you a long istIer. letting
you knos ho. we are al making out.
The first place IL Is very not down
here. They only drili n ; lev hours
each daY IN lhe mOraing and TIE even
ina when Il IB cool, We are camping on
sandy tfaet of land almost : desert
with feH sefubby bushes q II and
they are moi big enough = sife any
shade NJ al. You oan 49, out on
the hills anytime and see lizards from
TO Il Inehes long erauIlaE about I
have geen : few rattle#naEea and
horned tozaa. too. which are I'll pois-
onons If tK.y bite you. Every evening
about o1elaek we have = and storm.
when IL oomea up we - n our tents
and eloaz z1em TO keep The and away.
After tn storm IL oyslr Il geIa cooler.
When - first arrived here the people
told Us they hid not had ; rood rain
since TpD7. but aboua honrH aIlerSard
We got raIn. and hsslieYe ne. i rained
sotIlS. II came down In torrents and
trunsd the camp into = mud huis. We
hAx< had E4xesal rains HIncs. There
mnat be ; rain crow IN the bunch. bui
lsf II rain. - aDs.s scst1e i 1HTy much.
a. IL eu0IH the AIR eou6IazT4ne. We
sEre about rnils from the lzzzsier aud
Norman. nuaaxl1 John. DALI and inc1-
ssdif walked essr to the lazdka tskat
efoSaeH II. - Orande. ~ tlnH II
- far - = zTe allowed - 20. We
bhaye our Hozaiers statIoas1 Of this
aide an HszHsanR soldiers IN the
p,ther d tn zzlridge. Ns - waiting
lpatlenIls le1zzhem 20 stzTI something
land th0a ass=sill fintGh = There has
been NJ - OF any tfoaHle around
here rel Ina don't ihinz ffIuns viii bc
any. bn1 IN. can never III. aa ths
Me1ieanx zne treacksK1Iz bunch
Hard 10 IS xhsn We xlIl rome home
f. but II L Tzlzsored the married men car
come huule when tbey xunI Was in
Eagle "a II day and euzzI n church
IN thu uarnlnF and n ne movies fs
tho Afternoon II seems funny that ths
movies ~ onen and xskTY thing elSus
The salazaa are krfH zozs1. Nearly
half q - have had ulaT hair eilppcd
close II aaT hears. / xaH uu guard
duty III sIher dtE tgr = HonIa. oAly
had Ia. I0r our thrHa meals There
were 3 aT n ON. r7fdf mn one aEazr-
ter Of mile alaT1 dbhu sHs On ths
next posI u M We are supposed ~
stop everyone lAAi uHyaHeH ouT Inn Z
STOPPED several fsilOsz 10 fI1s 81 Via
they wTns. Iufa imagine ne hoidifH
up = IzFsaHef = midnight ! zAkak j
II sau I'm IIrHi he Tuid never - mn
Ha' Ia Guard auty IL Eood NIB. bet
there N. lot nj hitter IolA nTnnyss!
old Westminster have - Ahnsi
SIX AuaIIean gfr;iS since - IHudssi
here and nj uf blaek one ! s1xrttd
TO ozzna Turn TN an adding maeiiisF
bui J III Of ID numbers THz AeSa-
cans frHu IL Bthyr side - zbe hhc
never szum zzzasnm. but n. snes ,wn
this aide come right into Ga.p and
sell uzdzrmtaInE We were - Vacci-
natsd canning dDvu on The train tee
smallpox IN III tiiss writing esr arms,
are VII mn bui we tote eaz Enra
/ Just IL EHIIlz
We m Izaytng psetty gooz 1im,s
down herr Int have had nue. 1Httsr
I in Westminster 'uhe Fourth Regl-
/ ment - naIIxnnne came n Iodzs. You
viii have II excuse my writing NJ yuE
know ! IefI ny desk at huIne nd am
using HzzHzzln Biscuit box IN a
cactus nIaHl Tor n substitute. Now
for our eating The way ] uHdzTstann
the papers prlut tina we are nol treat
ed goud md half 7ed DunI hzzlieNs
word 81 !. We ane treated I'D ana
fed FINE and IN getting better alI this
time. Hu4 supper tonight xe haa beef.
potatoes. TREAD. lemonade md tea.
This Is Ene KI1d of food .e aRed
roughinE i n camp II they led us
Zee cream and cake and such daiBfies
the whole crowd would be n the kos-
pital. We are having another sand
storm while ] am writing Ihis 20 ypn
can tel aIolI1 ahat time i i. We
are getting nEed TO 1Hemz We had
several SONGS made up. one 70 the air
Of Mandala.. The otner TIpperary.
They we're gotten Up b. the eeleDrat-
red composer. The Honorable James
Mitchell. of Westminster. otherwise
known 81 Sunny Jim. They were
fhoo long 10 write 80 iat them 20 by.
The company next TO us have graph
sorhone. They are from Cumberland,
aiai We have D concert e.H1Y night.
Sam Myers i IN my squad nd believe
me Uncle Sammy" is greaI= he keeps
us laughing al the time ana his droli
and witty remarks 10 q auHe cnre for
home sickness and the bin. They
are l0t d donkeys OUT here Dut don't
misunderHIand my meaning. I mean
the 4-laEge1 lind. that has Iong ears"
and SOME Of u are thinking Of bring
ing one home as they can be bought
very cheap. Well as | have written
you Ion letter giving you ali the
news. VII expect one Of the same
kind from YOU. goodbye Write real
soon. remain, your friend.
oHyILLE,
p, s,;--Address my mai. Private
Orville Earhart. Company !. First
Maryland Infantry. Camp Ord. Eagle
Pass. Texas.
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