Arizona republican., 1917-12-16
SCOTTSDALE BUY
 |S GOOD SOLDIER

SCOTTSDALE, Dec. 15.-The follow ing letter received by $. A. Allen from his son Henry, who is a corporal in Company c, 340th Field Artillery at | Camp Funston, indicates the excellent | spirit of American youth responding to the call to the colors.
 Camp Funston, Nov. 29 Dear Folks: I received your letter several days l ago, but owing to a quarantine which was placed around our barracks, there by "enveloping and holding us within, about the time my paper ran out, 1 have been unable to write. We finally made arrangement with Mr. Y. M. C. 1 A., a very creditable fellow indeed, to furnish us with writing material until said quarantine is lifted.
 1 Even with an eighteen day sentence | for having the measles amongst us, the ! boys are cheerful and smiling. Such things simply make more material for | jokes and staying in quarters when not 1 at drill, will never wipe the smile from ! the face of a Sammie.
 We'll this is Thanksgiving day and suppose a great many places are va cant at family tables in the U. S. A. today, but if those old mothers, and home folks who miss their loved ones, could have seen the smiles on the boys faces as they left the mess hall at noon, it would have rilled them with cheer. It was a big day in camp, we had all day off, besides the big feed.
 That old mess board groaned with the good things, from turkey down and up-and plenty of it. We surely have cook who knows now to do it. We topped off with oranges, apples, 1 o1a I~I barrel of cider, which had been all lowed to season properly. It put kick in the boys that would stop a three inch shell
 Many and many a man in this di- vision got more and better food today than he would have gotten at home, but still when all is said and done, there's no place like home, especially on Thanksgiving day.
 Still, everything is lovely in the army, we are used to taking things as they come, which is why our quarantine doesn't worry us. We pass the time playing ''Sor' and piecn, ana occasino- ally creating a little rough house. We < are still drilling on our imagination, but every little helps, and we are learning something every day.
 Not a man here likes war, and every man would like to be home, if there were no war, but with a duty ahead ot him, every man will stick to the last trench and lover the top.' The big fellows here who, when theil turn comes, go cheerfully about theil fatigue duty in camp, will smile in the face of hell fire when they get over | there, and do their duty just as cheer | fully.
 I look at it this way, if Bill" don't | get me, have a long time ahead of me | when the war is won, if he gets me q should worry"
 About hundred head of horses were | brought in yesterday, making a bunct of extra fatigue for the boys. They | are building detention camp betweer here and Fort Riley. which takes III some of our time. The entire battery went out Friday ana most of the pri
 yates today. We mon coms" stayed home and played "Scl'
 Up to date there have been onl, about five deaths among Arizona lads Reports circulated that there have beel
 so many deaths from pneumonia, ar
 absolutely without foundation. Give my regards to all HENRY. Julius Beuroth, who entered the Sis
 ters' hospital in Phoenix Monday fo
  | minor operation, %:lIcn took plac
 Tuesday at noon, is making a splendi
 recovery and will be able to come hom
 in another week.
 Miss Edith Marshall of Tempe, was
 Scottsdale visitor, Wednesday. Miss Nydia Acker or Prescott. spep
 the week end with Miss Heln Camp
 bell and Miss Rose Trumbull of "Casit | Mia"
 | J. L. Norton is suffering from badl
 strained muscle in his hip, incurre
 when he was throw, rom his hors
 by the animal stepping in a gophe
 hole and being thrown.
 On Saturday, December s. occurre
 the marriage of Miss Elsie Macdonald
 to Ross Lyall, of Phoenix The cere
 mony was performed by Dean Scarle'
 in the presence of only few of th
 closest relatives. The newly furnishe
 home which was in readiness for th
 young couple, was the scene of tt
 nuptials. Miss Mcdonald was grad
 uate of Phoenix high school last yes
 and the marriage is the culmination
 a high school romance.
 Monday witnessed the departure
 three more of our boys, when Edw Brown, Frank Baker and Robyn JohI ston went to El Paso to enlist in u aviation corps.
 % Messrs 5PeterLassen. R .ssW- Shepar