El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-26
SERVICE IN NAVY
IS GIVEN PRAISE
81 Paso Lad Writes His
Sister That He is De
lighted With Work.

Another letter rom David Tutt4e, an
Fl Paso boy who Joined the navy
here. to his sister IN Fl Paso. con-
tinues praise OF the navy and Its
Young men. The e Paso boy Is de-
lighted with his new berth and has
been made a petty officer He praises
the food and the high type OF boys
enIisting in the navy snd expresses
some patriotic phrases regarding his
service and his country. The letter In
part follows:
I'VE are situated on a little island
that I honestly believe cannot be sur
passed for natural beauty. It Is COW
cred with the most beautiful flowers
and trees ever saw have never
seen such a beautiful place and now
I am living right in the MIDST OF II
And at night. with the lights OF san
Francisco sparkling across the pay
and the moon piercing the neecy
clouds ana throwing its silver rays
over the waters, Il is veritaole par
adise.
.-The navy is certainly great Prac-
tically every fellow here IS oetWeen
7G and 20 years old-mere boys, mostly
Y and IS. like I an; and more
decent. Jolly bunch OF boys I have
seldom seen. At church tat Whicn
there were over 1000 fellows present)
WnEn Lue minister d1ACA NV -AA1----
Of US had left school to Join the navy,
between zoo and 500 hands went up
Imagine that And you never saw
more respectful quiet audience than
those boys Nearly every one OF them
has his own Bible and as I sit mere
writing. the fellow next to me is
reading his pocket testament
All Boys High Type.
of course. q few toughs get IN. but
they are taught their place right from
he Each is irving
TO be the best company on the Island,
and whenever a fellow tries TO get
cough or dirty, the rest OF the COM
pany takes him in hand When We
set done with him, he's ready TO be
iecent all his life. Practically the
lunch that left FL Paso were fire
men. and have left
You folks must realize that the
navy today is not the navy OF five or
10 years ago. We are in war today
and the finest, reddest-blooded young
fellows in the land are enlisting: not
buns and tramps Nearly all Of them
are enlisting from pure PATRIOTISM
and for q chance TO fight that bar
barous race which would destroy our
homes. our country and our loved
ones-Sermany. They enlisted 10 pro-
tect the dearest old flag that the
world has ever seen. and there is
not a man among Us but VIII lay
down his very life. II necessary. to
hold that flag above dishonor or dis
E-ace. And ] don't DeleFe IneES IS
a mother or a sister or brother IN
our country today. but would smile
through her tears and proudly s@N
He died for Old Glory. May God BIZ 9
her and keep her ever waving over
our noble land
Just Had to Go In.
When I enlisted II seemed as
though there was some Irresistible
force just pulling. pulling, pulling ne
IN. I tried 10 resist, tried to tell NY
self II was a foolish fancy but in my
heart I knew I could never rest until
] went. And now I'm glad I Joined
we are doing double drill now,
and are pretty busy, In peace times
We would be here from six to 10
months Now we're here from six to
p DAYS. So we have to work pretty
hard and have not much time to write.
It's all cut door work. though. and
70 the music OF a band. On account
Of the training I got in z. P. H s.
7 am petty officer Of my company OF
101 men. with a job about the same
as sergeant Of course, that Is only
while I am on the island. I suppose,
but il sort Of gives ne q start to get
somewhere when 1 60 aboard win
probably leave here soon for Asiatic
waters.
an the Il days I have been here
I've taken on weight, my muscles
have begun to harden I'd, and am
getting more solid. have taken on
a heavy coat Of tan, and even now,
you would hardly know me The
training certainly does wonders for
one. We sure get fed well. Every
meal We get here would cost at least
75c in an FL Paso restaurant