The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-08-30
Canon Boy Tells
Experiences at
Camp Fremont
Menlo Park. Cal. Aug. "a. 1871
Mr.. Guy U. Hardy.

Mr. Guy u Hardy.
Editor Canon City Record.
Well, think. seeing as how / have
absolutely nothing TO do. I'll run off a
few lines on California. When you
think OF my being in the army il
seems strange that have some time
with nothing 10 do. but nothing in the
military service is strange. Saturday
afternoon. with the rest of the com
pany on guard and few chosen few.
including myself. laying around with
little TO do. except little work now
and then. and great deal of bunk
| fatigue. is my idea of a perfect day.
As the chosen few alluded to We're
very i'll at guard mount yesterday we
We're not forced TO 90 on duty, which
is also remarkable. We have very
wise top sergeant. who realizes that
sick men nearly always get better. at
. least. able to move around immediate
~ after retreat. especially if-there is
military ball in Palo Alto, but it
seemed that he recognized the fact
that it was up to the aforesaid few of
US TO hold the honor of the army. and.
at the same time. make the ball sue
cess. No special affair is success
panp II. being present and it is an
unheard-of-event for any of the men
10 be in camp if they can possibly get
away from il. when there is dance
within walking distance. Wei. any
way. he was very descent about it
and forgot 10 check up at taps so.
when we strolled in at two-thirty
there was no guard waiting patiently
TO start US on thirty days at hard
labor" The dance was good, consider
ing the fact that we are strangers in
a strange land and the people treated
US as il We were real humans even if
We do wear the 20. Dr.
But let's pass up these minor things
Tor a few moments in the great and
glorious state OF California Perhaps
you have read about the righteous
howl the worthy citizens of MenIo
Park. Paio Alto and othef places too
numerous to mention, put up when
the War department announced that
Camp Fremont was to be abandoned
After all the preparations the citizens
of these places had made TO royalty en-
iertain the soldier boys in true Cali
fornia fashion. To stop all work on
the camp. send no more boys down TO
be entertained would be nothing short
of high treason and totally against the
best interests of the boys and said
citizens Not only did they expect 10
show us good time, but. as soldiers
are mighty good spenders. they had
counted on the social affairs as not
only TO be entertaining but profitable
rs well. That seems TO be the Cali
fornia fashion of entertaining. As
one San Francisco paper stated that
so much money had been invested in
places of amusement for the boys
that one could readily see that the
camp must for the good of all con-
cerned be finished and the boys mo-
bilized there as had been planned
Well AT any rate, California won and
the camp will be finished for future
csc. probably as a place of training
for the new National army. let's hope
80 at least. But even at that we have
here and many of us will surely hate
10 leave the Land of Sunshine" when
we roll our rolls next week and quick
iy II not quietly fold our tents and en-
train for Camp Greene in North Caro-
lima. where We will be held for three
or four weeks for the purpose of re-
ceivinc our new equipment prepara-
tory to sailing for France. Seeing
that l am in the Forty-First division
and that is next organization to go
across. / believe I'll beat many of my
Colorado friends to No Mans Land
ana will be there to give them the
glad hand Wien they come across.
Well could write a whole lot
more. but won't bother you this time.
but will tell you some time soon OF
Camp Fremont and all the worst
ih.nas l found in California hope
this hasn't been to much trouble TO
| read. am. with best wishes for
rete, Johnson and all The rest.
Yours respectfully.
DONALD F. MONTGOMERY.
Co, H.. Third Ore. Inf. Camp Fremont.
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