The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-05-16
EDGAR Il. WARRINGTON
WRITES OF SERVICE
Tells Experience in Going to England
to Join the Forces OF the Allied
Powers.

People who knew Edgar H. War
rington, when he visited relatives
in this city couple of years
ago, will be interested in hearing Of
his experiences since he left South
Dakota recently to join the British
army He is enlisted in A company,
Second Platoon, Sixty-first battalion,
c. e. +. and is at present in London.
In a letter received by his sister, Miss
Jessie Warrington, this week, he says:
Left Winnipeg, Manitoba, on Mar.
81 Landed in Halifax, Nova Scotia,
on April LIST, and loaded onto r. NJ. S.
Olympic "a sister ship to the Titanic).
1t is one of the largest passenger
boats afloat; has four tunnels and car
ries a crew of $50 men, 300 of whom
are firemen, 1853 fires, and they use
from 500 to 1000 tons of coal in "a
hours, so you can see it is no canoe.
After we got on board they finished
loading freight and then cast loose
from pier and anchored in middle of
bay and took on coal-13,00O tons. We
sailed from Halifax April 5, at $40 A.
NJ A heavy fog was on and stayed
with us for two days and nights so
that we could travel but very little at
night, but the fog cleared and we sure
made time from there on. We sight
ed the south coast of Ireland at 1000
A. Nj. April 10, and by noon we were
only one mile from the land 1t sure
looked pretty, all green hills, and lit
tie farms. We passed Ireland at 500
p M. and turned south down the Irish
sea and landed in Liverpool the next
morning, April 18th We were taken
direct from the boat to trains standing
on the dock, and such funny little
trainsl / call them perambulators,
but here they call them carriages. Each
carriage or car is divided into eight
compartments, eight men in each com
partment-four on one side and four
on the other, facing each other There
is no communication between COM
partments; you enter each one from
the side, just like a cab or a hack.
When you are all on conductor
blows a little whistle and away YOU
go like a streak of creased lightning.
They sure do travel All the way to
Borden from Liverpool the people
turned out to welcome the Crazy
Canucks' (Canadians) with parcels of
grub and cigarettes, socks, handker-
chiefs, fruits, tea and anything YOU
wished, all free. We passed through
Birmingham, Redding and Aldershot
on our way here, and such townsi For
several miles in Birmingham you can
look down on the town and every
house was exactly like its neighbor,
and packed in just as closely as they
could be built, and all of red fire
brick. 1t is very pretty around here
the trees are just in bud now and the
gress is very green.
This is very large camp here. il
stretches for miles in all directions
We are leaving here either Sunday OF
Monday; do not know where we are
going. Some say Egypt, some France
some Flanders. Mail will reach me
no matter where l am, even in a Ger
man prison camp. Please be careful
in your letters, not to pass any re.
marks either against the Germans 81
the Allies, as it may get me in bad
All our mail is censored and we are
not allowed to give any information as
to bomb raids, air raids, or fightinf
maneuvers VIII give you all tn,
news l can though. We are beinf
looked after with the best of care
Everything possible is being done fol
our safety and we run no unnecessary
risks other than a man has to, while
on the firing lines, so don't worr,
about me.
"Am on picket duty tonight. We all