The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-11-22
VISITED CAMP LEE.
had Pleasant Trip and Found Fulton
County Boys Glad TO See Folks
from Home.

SS A'SiiC oilu lluGue DdT-
mont, of Tod township, whose
brother Earl at Camp Lee, Va.
and Mrs. Edgar Goblin of the
same township, whose husband
is at the same place, decided il
would be nice to go down and see
the boys, and accordingly, on the
9th inst, they set out for the
Journey and reached home on the
18th.
The following from Miss Mel
Barmont will be of interest to all
who have relatives at the camp,
or who may be contemplating a
visit to that place,
Owing to the fact that Sat-
urday afternoon and Sunday is
the only time the boys are not
engaged in drill work, it is most
satisfactory to leave McConnells-
burg on the fiVe-o-clock autobus
in the afternoon and go to Cham.
bersburg in time to catch a train
down the Valley for Harrisburg.
AT ll:50 you can get a through
train at Harrisburg which will
take you to Richmond and Peters
burg via York, Baltimore and
Washington. This train is due
to reach Petersburg at $40 Sat-
urday morning; but on account
of the congested traffic since the
establishment of military camps
in the South, nearly all trains
are late. Our train did not reach
Petersburg until 10:45.
Petersburg, a town of 80, 900
people is doing a thriving busi-
ness just now. Hotels are num-
erous, but on Saturday you must
register early if you want to be
sure of a good room. There are
lots of restaurants and the rates
are fair. Lodging at the hotels
cost you from a dollar to Sc 80 a
day. In a short time the Y. W.
CA. building at Camp Lee will
be completed. Then ladies will
be accommodated right at the
camp, which will be very much
appreciated by tired visitors.
while the Camp is situated
but three miles from Petersburg,
it is very tiresome going back
and forth on trolleys which are
always crowded beyond their ca
pacity.
Conductors permit passen-
gers to stand on the steps, which
Of course is attended with more
Or less danger. We saw a fine
young soldier crushed. He was
standing on the steps of the troll
ley on which we were riding, and
ne was caught between the troll
ey and a telegraph pole. He
was hnrried off to a hospital, and |
we did nor hear anything more
about him.
News of our expected arrival |
had been circulated among the |
Fulton County boys, and while
We were personally acquainted |
With only abouta a dozen of them, |
Turing the time of our stay we
net most of the whole contin-
gent. The boys who had been
strangers to us at home, seemed |
% appreciate our visit as highly as
,ur home folks. They would say,
You are from Fulton County,
ind that is home
I'VE spent Saturday afternoon,
and Monday forenoon
It the Camp. Sunday we visit
ID brother Earl's barrack, the
the wire netting, the
Z. M. c. A. auditorium, the post
building etc. And, by
he-way. an airship from New
'ort News, Va, was a very un-
though much appre-
lated visitor Sunday; for we, as
many of the boys, had never seen
ne.
Monday morning we went
ut to the grounds to see the
'oys drill, which was intensely
interesting, but the limited space
.llotted to this article, forbids
N attempt at description.
I'VE believe that our boys, in
are getting along very
icely; although many of them
re realizing that it is much hard