Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-12-06
FROM ONE OF THE BOYS
An Interesting Letter from one of tn.
=. r,asc Soldier Boys Who Is Now
Located at Quantico, Va.

I eipt OF the following letter from |
heir son, e. Logsdon. written on |
thanksgiving day:
Quantico, Va. Nov. 80. 1917.
Dear Folks at Home:
l will write you q line this Thanks |
giving morning. / guess this has been |
the first time l have been away from |
home on this day and l know Christ |
.mas-this year-will be the first
ever missed being at home.
don't think we will be here very
much longer. The captain said. I'VE
~ill leave next week" Don't know
where we are going. but 1t Is likely
we will go to France, because /
alade out list of clothes last night
and took it to the officer. l had a
suit of khaki on the list and the cap
tain took it and asked me why l put
that down. He said would not need
,themin France ana said would wear
green all the time. Well. l sure want
to go across now. / am long way
from home and want to tell you
my experience In France instead of
in u. s. A. We win Just do guard
duty there.
There ia trouble starting In Mexico
now Maybe they will send us down
there; | heard the other day there
were 1000 soldiers sent from Mexico
to France. They were guarding
there and they sent 1000 marines to
take their place.
l. Well. folks, it isn't very pleasant
here at Quantico, but l was very dis
Ia ppointed when first came. Some
difference from Mare Island and we
cure had 1t soft there and II WAS
warm there most of the time. Then
we came ehere It was freezing every
night and we went out on the range
and laid around and nearly took my
Heath of cold.- but feel fine now
There is snow on the ground now: 1t
showed about two hours the first
might, so 1t is sloppy. The soil is just
he same here as it is in Oklahoma.
But l saw some places in the South
where the soil was a pure red-it
looked so funny.
The Jerome boys are getting pref
~ we'll scattered. Rex is in the 10th
Co. John was transferred to the 26th
Co.. and l am in the 18th Co., 30 al
ways put the number of our company
when writing us. But ! IN a pretty
| good company anyway. We can draw
all the clothes we want I put in an
wear and leggings last night. l get
the Jerome papers you sent me and
read everything that is in them and
it is interesting to me; was sure glad
TO get them. The candy and cake
you sent is sure welcome. Yes. that
sweater would sure come in handy
for l haven't any and there's been
lots of times when / needed one, also
wooden socks.
That poetry you sent me that Max
wrote had read before and think
it's about the truth. 1t is quite pop
ular in the marine corps. Most of
the boys had read II when you SEM
1t. Be sure and put your return Ad-
dress on my Xmas package SO II win
o back If | should not happen 10 get
Fit.
Well, Mamma, IL would sure be
great If l could come home Xmas, but
as we are expecting to leave soon
| could not get a furlough. but
have made up nay mind to be salts
fed anywhere l go for 1t would do
no good to get homesick. l know.
| enjoy this travelling around. wish
Elizabeth was my brother so she
wont part brothers.
and some Chow" we did have. Best
! have had since |. have been In the
N" rine. We had turkey, gravy. spuds,
peas, corn. celery, cheese, Jam, but
err cranberry sauce, salad, pie, cake.
oranges, etc. 1t will be hard to go
hack TO beans Some of the boys
were just talking about getting the
Kaiser and one fellow said, what
| do you want to run the Kaiser down
for; If 1t hadn't been for him we
wouldn't be eating this good dinner
here today, so / guess that's one
thing we can be thankful for.
Do you ever, hear from Sid?
haven't heard from him since he left
Jerome. | got quite diary on my
trip. Maybe some day 1t will be in
terestng to you and me also.
The Red Cross treated us pretty
well at Ell Paso. Texas. They gave us
postal cards, cigars, and served sand
witches and coffee. We did not stay
there very long. They also gave us
a pretty good send-off when we left
the Island. The band marched US to
the boat and played "Goodby Broad
l.way, Hello France" They served
meals to us right In our seats and
we had Pullman all the way The
;6rst day on the train they put me
In the mess galley and rode in the
baggage car all day with the door
open. l had to help peel spuds and
wait on the bunch. but / didn't mind
that. At one town a fellow gave uH
. a 25-pound box of sugar candy; there
we're five of us in the car and we had
all we wanted and passed 1t to the
rest OF the boys. Saw lots of lem
ons and orange trees and one vine-
yard in California, called the Italian
Vineyard, the largest In the world.
We passed through 1t and all we
could see in all directions was grape
vines. Saw lots OF cactus through
Arizona and Texas 1t stands higher
than a persons head.
We stopped at Bowie. Ariz., and
double timed II sure was hot and
dusty. 1t seemed so much like Ok
lahoma down through the souther,,
states. We would slide along at
night with the windows W and the
cool breeze blowing In. We saw a
lot OF cotton. and sugar cane along
| the wav Than of Naw ~nrloopo VIC