La Junta tribune., 1917-09-20
SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND
Walter Burrows Writes of His ARR.
val In England-Glad to he ON
Solid Ground Once More

Mrs. Carrie Burrows received q
letter last Wednesday evening from
her son, Walter Burrows. who 10
now somewhere In France" with
the Thirteenth Engineers, the Santa
Fe railroad regiment. The letter was
written on the day cfter his arrival
In England, aud was Just an even
month IN reaching La Junta. He
says:
On Train, Sunday. August 12th.
well. once more. I have my feet
on solid ground. and you cannot i'm
agine how good 1t feels. Outside Of
the three days was seasick had
very good trip across the pond.
All Of the boys from home are well.
We got our first sight of land yes
terday at IL a. m. and we came
very near raising the boat off the.
water. I will write again Just ~
soon as I get into camp"
The above was written on q card
and the letter below the day fol-
lowing:
Somewhere In England. August
18th.
I will just drop you a few lines
to let you know that I am well and
all o. X. They have very fine
Y. NJ. c. A. here, but they are en-
ttraIv nut af ~rtttnD poUar
can't write you much until I buy my
self tablet. We are in camp here
for few days before going on to
France. There are about $4,000 SOL
diers In camp at the place We are
located. We expect to go to London
before long to be reviewed and pa
raded before the king. was at fa-
Tiers birthplace for few hours and
II Is a very fine looking place. This
is the most beautiful and clean look
ing country have ever visited. Tho
flowers are in full bloom and every
thing Is green and nice. but II does
seem very cold to me. Il hes
rained al the time sincs. vs arrive3.
Right now We are taking Reasons
in protecting ourselves from the
poisonous gases.
had a very nice trip across tho
pond. We had a very bad storm
at sea. the waves sweeping clear
over the ship. and my. how tho
uulnl hlAU IA 4
the sickest human you ever saw.
did not eat thing for forty-eight
hours. but outside Of that I enjoyed
myself. Stanley Udell and Chester
Sparling were not sick at all. AMI
Of course they had ne laugh on me.
There were eleven ships In all that
came across the pond. all In bunch.
am certainly amused at the rail-
way trains they have over here In
this country. They have such funny
looking engines and equipment
such small ones compared with tho
ones we have. The cars are div!d-
ed up into classes-first. second and
third class. They are like great
long box. with long Seats In them
on either side. I sure laughed when
! first saw them. We have seen sew
eral OF the fighting aeroplanes, and
they are sure fine ones.
had one glad surprise when I
was lying In Halifax harbor. ! heard
u.tt.e ha.eI hA
Il. NJ. 8. Cormania. with the Twelfth
Engineers from st. Louis. but did
not meet him until we got here IN
camp. and then ] found him. and
say. We were sure glad to see each
other. lie certainy looks fine and
wants TO be remembered to all his
La Junia friends.
Did you get all my cards and tho
cablegram7 You may get some let
ters without stamps. In the event
that am some place where cannot
buy them. What is the home news.
and how are all OF you7 ! certainly
wish ! could see you all. will
some day. but ! don't know when.
The boys from home are NIL we'll
and send their best regards.
will be glad when we arrive In
France. so that can 20 10 work.
am sure lazy as result OF not
having worked for 80 long. We were
Just twenty-five days on board ship.
and twelve days coming from Hall
fax. Novs Scotia. TO Liverpool. W.
laid In the harbor at Halifax for
Just one week. We saw several
whales. sharks and sword fishes On
our trip. and Of course II vas very
Interesting 10 ail Of ~. wish
you could zee W fellows laid eue
IN our tent. There are eight Of 20
In each tent. and ell Of ~ slsep WITH
our ssst cooked " against The een-