Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-07-28
Letters Received Here
Show That Old Home
Feeling Is Alive.
COMPANY is o. X.
Tobacco and Newspapers
Hard for Boys of Com
pany c to Get.

The patriotism and generosity
which prompted the people of Tulsa
To respond SO willingly To the call of
the men of Company {, Tulsa, Okla
homa national guard. and supply
them with those things which 20 to
make soldiers life worth the living.
especially when there is no fighting
To liNen the routine of the weeks in
camp, have not been forgotten by the
/ boys now encampcd at san Bcnitu.
Texas.
Letters received yesterday by
friends of officers and men of the
PRIDE company of the Oklahoma rcgi-
mcnt all have concealed behind them
the loncsomoncss and home-sickness
which Is to he expected when men
are taken from their homes and
friends and placed in a tropical town,
several thousand miles from their
people.
But the spirit which makes soldiers
courage making the men of
| Company G stronger in their deter
minauun to down these foes of light
hcartedness, and the call now comes
out from the boys Of Company C-not
for prayers of safety, not for boxes of
sweets
What the boys of Company c want
is news Of home They clamor for
haschalls and other equipment used
in the national pastime, as well as
tobacco.
In letter received yesterday after
noon by knight Douglas, n reporter
for The World. Sergeant Il. w. Mon
roe speaks on behalf of the company
TO the people OF Tulsa and asks them
10 send papers and baseball equip
ment His letter says in part:
Lonesome, Too.
we are all far from home and
state now, and get very lonesome to
know what is going on at home. A few
papers are sold here, but II would
break up the men to buy n paper
every day and it would be an imposi-
ton to ask one man to buy a paper
for every squad.
I'VE are all in good health and are
having grand time, with plenty of
rain, which makes 1T "A great deal
more pleasant than we were expect
ing.
"If you will try to arrange for some
Of the boys of Company c to get the
paper we all would thank you"
Sergeant Monroe asks that those
who care to donate n subscription OF
a Tulsa paper to the boys of Company
G, Tulsa, do so by having 1t addressed
to A. II. Mclrving First Sergeant,
Company G, First oklahoma infantry,
San Benito, Texas
Douglas also received n letter from
Captain Niles, commanding Company
c, who speaks OF the fine morale of
his pride company and the work they
are doing in maintaining the reputa-
tion they had made for themselves
even before the troops left Fort Sill.
Camp Is Ideal.
His letter bears out the statement
-
considered an ideal one by the men,
and he continues:
incidentally we have drawn
much more delightful locality than
we expected. The climate and camp
are fine.
Il find that my first lieutenant from
the army knows you quite well. He
informs me that you will be sure to
remember the Commissary sergeant OF
the Nineteenth infantry at Vera Cruz.
His name is Edward II. Lockmillcr.
He is gentleman in every respect He
is rendering very valuable service in
assisting in making Tulsa's company
one of the best on the border
The members of Company c, Tul-
sa are getting along fine. The fact
that they know the people of Tulsa
are thinking Of them is the greatest
Stimulant they receive. The company
] una ana lIt lpbd'tO Stll liltlIl ny |
Tulsans has added greatly to their |
comfort"
Sergeant Winford Writes.
A communication from Sergeant |
Bolan Winford to Secretary Douglas |
of the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce. |
evidently written shortly before he |
had been recommended for lienten- !
ancy of the regmental machine gun |
the members of which are |
to be selected from the men of Com
pany G, Tulsa, says in part:
THE Border, San Renito, Texas.
July "a 1916.-Among the buffalo |