The Ordway new era., 1917-10-26
BlIiLlE WALKER TELLS
OF ARMY CAMP LIFE

Billie walker, one of the soldier
boys now stationed at Camp Green
sends an interesting letter. giving
some good news on camp life and
their trip from Denver to North Caro-
lima. His letter follows:
1--WE got out Of Denver on time
Friday afternoon and were put In
sleeping cars. three men to a sectioh'
Eddie and j. w. Lacey were with me
in one section. We were furnished
with a porter, lots Of clean linen ana
plenty to eat.
"Our first stop was at Ellis, kans..
a town of about 1000. we were
there about four hours and as the
town was looking for us the time
there passed very pleasantly. Autos
were furnished us and we were SHOWN
town and country. women treateo
us TO ice cream and as whole the
town treated us mighty hne ana we
will always remember Ellis.
Sunday morning we were in nan
sas City, but were not allowed to
leave the wards. We hit Fort Scott
in the afternoon and spent an uh-
eventful three hours there.
Monday morning we passed thru
Arkansas, and it is just like what
have always heard it was-all low
timber land with once in while little
clearing put in cotton by some col
ored family living in a log cabin IN
the center of field. Pickaninnies,
mules and unpainted cabins were very
much in evidence.
In the morning we hit Memphis,
and had four hours there. Eddie
Barker and l run onto an old south
erner who took us down to the wharf
and showed us where the gunboats
were anchored in the mississippi river
when they bombarded the town in
the civil war 1t is great old river
and a very picturesque wharf, ana
our friend old us lots of interesting
tales about it. Later we went out
to Overton park. where the largest
ZOO in the United States is located.
The park is cut out of the natural
forest and is the finest place OF the
kind I've ever seen. The zoo is filled
with all kinds of interesting animals
and saw more aligators and a
bigger hippopotamus than l ever
Il OF were in captivity. The park Is
included in the section that Grant
used when he captured the city. 1t
is a mighty interesting city and n
person could spend a month there to
very great advantage.
The next day we had one stopover
in Atlanta. the town of fine homes.
Lonce de Leon drive is cut out OF the
forest and is lined on both sides by
homes which are regular palaces the
maker of Tanlac lives here and as l
passed his mansion | wished l had my
dollar back The famous coca colo
I,N 70 drive and II iS
reported to be one of the most ex-
pensive homes in the country. We
also passed thru the path OF the big
fire of August Seventy blocks OF
the heart of the city were completely
wiped out and not even a tree left.
"One of the things most noticeable
in our trip was the number of women
employed on railroads through the
south Another was the typical slow
and easy-going methods used thru
out the south.
I'VE arrived at Camp Green about
p. m on Wednesday and we were
very pleasantly surprised with out
quarters. 1t is about two miles from
Charlotte and is right out in the tim
bered hills. Clearances have been
made for buildings and drill grounds
and shade and good water is plenti-
full. Persimmons and 'possums are
close at hand and we are preparing
for a North Carolina feed.
THE camp accommodates about
1000 men and all are being trained
for artillery. The area covered by the
whole camp is eight miles long and
three miles wide. Just think-we
have a soldier here for nearly every
man, woman and child in Pueblo. and
it is great sight to see that many
men all at some kind Of work and
most of them with horses. Every
way you care to look it is soldiers
and it makes one think that Uncle
Sam was a mighty big man when he
gets started.
Every comfort is given the mer
here and we have mess hall to ea