The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-12-14
LETTERS FROM LOCAL BOYS
IN FRISCO AND NEW YORK
Chas. Hathaway Now In California
Naval Training SCHOOLGIRL
Anderson at Camp Mills
San Francisco, Dec. 6, 1917
(Yerba Buena)


Do not get frightened when you
read the name of tn place, that is
simply the right name for Goat
Island. How it gets this name, L
have not learned as yet. How is the
weather up there now? We are hav-
ing beautiful sunshiny days here
lots of flowers are in bloom. The
island is really very pretty place.
We began drilling today. There
are 100 men in each company. Mine
is Az. That means the second div
ision of the 1st Battalion. I want
to give you one warning that when
I come home you want to start in
cooking about one week ahead of
time as l certainly have developed
a marvellous appetite. Today at
noon for instance I devoured, con-
sumed or ate a big baked potatoe,
three plates of boiled cabbage, three
big chunks of boiled ham, three sill
ces of bread, one biscuit, two cups
of coffee, good sized chunk of
butter and piece of cocoanut cake.
honestly believe 1 could have eaten
twice as much, but it wouldn't have
looked well-and furthermore l felt
absolutely no i'll effects from it.
Some of the others have me beat for
an appetite, but I think l am doing
we'll, and never felt better. Mein-
ecke was a little under the weather
yesterday, but is feeling fine now.
Whenever you are sick, you report
at the hospital and stay there until
you are well. And you get excell-
ent care. One thing Uncle Sam
sure looks after ones health. We
commence drilling with the rifles to-
morrow. On next Monday we get
our first vaccination. We get two
more a week apart. For forty
eight hours after the vaccination we
don't have anything to do but eat
and sleep.
Life here isn't one bit as bad as
outsiders try to tell you it is. AS
long as one does not disobey or
ders and tries to do right, every
thing goes fine. Well I can't think
of anything else so will say goodbye,
for this time.
Your Loving Son
c. L. Hathaway
Com. Az D. Barracks, U. S. N.
Training Station, San Francisco.
Camp Mills, New York
Dear Mother:-
Even though I missed the good
dinners / used to get at home,
certainly had a fine time Thanks
giving day. The people around the
neighboring towns gave out invita-
tions to dinner and my friend Al
and myself accepted one. We sure
got in with some nice people. Had
a dandy good dinner and supper.
Spent the whole afternoon and even
ing with them, from 1870 to 10
o'clock. Had turkey, mashed pota-
toes, peas turnips, boiled onions,
bread, cake, cookies, candy, ice
cream and coffee, also cigars and
cigarettes. Heard some good music
on the Victrola, played pool and had
a ride around New York in Mitch
ell Six. Crossed over the Queens
borough bridge to 57th street, up
Park Ave, to 72nd street, back thru
Central Park to Fifth Avenue,
(where all the millionaires live)
down Fifth Avenue to Broadway
and the Woolworth Building. Saw
Madison Square, Winter Gardens
and a few of the noted churches of
New York. Went to the top of the
Woolworth Building, 81 stories high
Some sight from the top, you can
see for a good many miles and the
people on the streets look like flies
crawling along on the sidewalk.
From Broadway we went to the
water front and saw the statue of
Liberty-then up thru the Bowery
to the foot of Brooklyn bridge.
Next along Wall Street and finally
thru Hector street where all the
Jews live. Some difference between
Hector street and Fifth Avenue.
1t is not quite so lonesome since
I met some of the Leavenworth
bows. Have met Henry Johnson
Edwin Hoxsey, Harry Maston, Tom
Featherstone, three boys from Cash
mere and three from Wenatchee'
Get a chance to talk over old times
once in awhile now. Henry john
son recognized me in my L. h. s.
sweater when l was playing basket
hall. That's how met all the boys
Carl Anderson