Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-10-05
BELFAST MILLS BOYS.
Robert X. White and George Nash
With the Fighting 32nd."

hODert n. Whlte and George Nash
With the Fighting 32nd."
San Antonio, Texas, Oct. 1.-Robt.
K White and Georg Nash like the ar
my life at Camp Kelly, San Antonio,
Texas.
We are receiving the Daily Tele-
graph and all glad to get the news
from close home.
We are in the 32nd aero squadron
at Kelly Field, Texas, and both of us
have been together since we enlisted
at Bluefield on the 31st of July. We
are the only ones here from Belfast
Mills, but at the same time Tazewell
county and Russell are well repre-
sented here. The largest number of
the boys are still in the quarantine
district, and they can't go anywhere,
nor do anything but think of home,
and they sure do that.
was walking up by the Y. M. C.
A. the other evening and saw George
Nash doing guard duty. couldn't
talk to him, but ] had it all figured
out how much he was enjoying him
self. -
The wind YVES blowing everywhere.
started up to his post to get laugh
at him, because had it the night
before. He hollered, "Who goes
there ?" / said, Nobody" and he said
"Pass on" Some of the squadrons
were paid off last Tuesday. and went
to town and got too much frye and
corn" and failed to report back till
some time after their passes had
run out, and then were brought back
by the two fellows who have the two
letters an. p" on their arms, which
all army boys keep an eye on. But
everything has gotten quiet again.
They don't seem to have much trouble
getting the boys out to work, as our
bosses are little harder, on us, and
don't make any difference what we do
they won't fire US, They say they cent
!, get along without us. We sure were
some "rookies" along with some 9TH
ers when we came to Kelly Fild. ]
was marching along with some other
fellows, when spied big fat fellow
coming with bull dog tied to chain
and l didn't notice the black and gold
hat band, and l said "Helly, Fatty
Arbuckle." Believe me, 1 worked on
the gravel pit the rest of the evening
Both of us are fond Of work so they
gave me the cooks job and gave
George the job of picking up paper
around the barracks. We see lots of
each other and have spent many ev-
enings at the Y. M. C. A, taking
part IN the song services. The bows
never had any idea how much good
the 7. M. G. A. was doing till they
joined the Aviation corps" We are
expecting to go to Mineola, Long Is.
land, just any day, and any mail sent
to us will follow us wherever we go
as it is we'll taken care of,
1t was little hard at first to get
used to army hash, but now we car
sure mop up with it. We had chicken
soup one day for dinner. | knew il
was because l found chicken feath-
er in it. Down in the quarantine dis
trict the boys have to eat on the
ground, and are getting used to eat
ing sand. All looking healthy, tho.
There are about 10000 of us bows
here and to see us all together you
would say there wasn't any chance
Tor old Bill. Aeroplanes fly around
mere like English sparrows do back
IN Old Virginia. havn't seen but one
accident since / have been here, and
all could say was he tried to hit the
ground too hard.
The horror of camp life is doing
our own washing, and the inoccula-
ton, or "the shot in the ARM" as we
call it, ! have seen some boys get it
and walk out in the sun and fall on
their faces, but would soon get well.
We have taken four up to dat and
have two more coming. You soon get
So you like it. It's almost $3.50 and /
Will have to go to the barracks and
retire.
We can speak well for Tazewell
and Russell boys rs they are keeping
the hours and are feeling fine. We
all look forward to mail time as we
are all anxious to hear from back
home. ~''
Our addresses are Robert X. White
ana George Nash, South San Anto-
mo, Kelly Field, Texas, Sind Aero