Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-09-27
LETTER FROM e. I.
ATWOOD TO EARL COX

Hello There, Earl:
Well, | don't know whether you
have been looking for line from
me or not, but l promised to
write to you, and so here goes.
Well, we are now i'm our camp on
Long Island. We arrived here
Friday, Sept. A, about l::30 p. m.
We had a pretty nice trip out
here, but it got pretty tiresomc.
But believe me, the old coal
burners out here on the N. Y. c..
and Penn. r. r.. sure go some.
Now if the transports only go the
same way III be satisfied. be
cause there is no torpedo made
q don't think that would he able
to catch us. Well, don't know
exactly when we are going to
leave here, but they seem to think
we won't be here much over three
weeks. We are receiving our
equipment almost every day Be
lieve me, when they gel through
throwing it at us, we will be able
to clean up any branch of the
German army that is put i'm front
of us. and from the way they are
training us | know perfectly well
we can. We are up at $3.50 now
and drill, have school and then
some more drill until 1880. but
our day is not through until $50
p. IN. 1t is pretty stiff. but tho
more we learn the better advan-
tage we will have against the
man in front of MS, so let il
come. I'll take it all.
Well, about this country. they
can all live here for all of me
but good old Iowa is the only
place on the map. I, with another
OF the sergeants in our company
went up to New York last Satur-
day p. m. and took i'm some of tho
sights, and believe me, there arc
some sights in this place. but She
is too big place for me. While
i'm the city | went out to Coney
Island, you know, the place you
read about. Yes, was there, anG
until about 4:3O i'm the morning
1t was the last night. and say
they sure raise the devil. believe
me. Why, they are all owls here
they never go to bed. Well Their
Sunday morning took a steamer
and went out to the Statue OF
Liberty and while there climbed
to the top up the winding stair
way on the inside. and it is sure
some climb They have an Gle
vator that takes you up half way
but we were there too soon. We
were up and looking out Of the
top about $3.50 a. m. Then we
took a steamer and went to Elise,
Staten and Governors Islands and
then out to Sandy Hook and also
out into the Atlantic for a ways.
Then we came back and went to
the Brooklyn, He'll Gate and Man
haitian bridges. Oh, yes, | almost
forgot to tell you how we high
toned the fellows out here i'm
camp. Saturday afternoon after
we came to New York we got lost
just like anyone would. you know
in city that's like a world all by
itself. But we found ourselves
down on Fifth Avenue where they
wear the high silk hats and the
women look like some artists
studio Gall paint just imagine
two common soldiers parading
Fifth avenue with all the swclls
There is class to us guys. But
how would like to get back in tho
c. g. N. w. shops and get covered
with grease again. have half q
notion sometimes to try and get
into the aviation corps here, as
they have one, and it is sure a
good branch of the service. The
air is full of machines all the
time. When we wake up in tho
morning at $3.50 the air is full OF
them. l don't know whether they
fly all night or not, or whether
they just tie them up to cloud