Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-11-02
LETTER From CAMP greene
Ill. Il. Marsh With the Medical
Corps at Camp Greene Writes
From the Southland

1lIC' lOlOWluS lCLICl was lGNClNCu
by Mrs. Inez Marsh Ker. of Canaan,
from her brother H. E. Marsh who
joined the medical corps and is sta
toned at Camp Greene, Charlotte,
N. C.
Camp Greene, North Carolina,
Base Hospital, Barracks 5.
My dear Sister:
As | have very few moments to
spare will improve my time by writ
ing you a very few lines. | have
been awful busy since | struck here
so could only send you a card once
in while. | had q wonderful trip
think of it, came through thirteen
states and stopped at most Of the i'm
portant cities, Hartford, New Haven,
Long Island, New York, Baltimore,
and Washington, D. y. The Capital
is wonderful. We had a through
track and covered over 1000 miles in
40 hours, how is that for travelling?
We simply flew. Coming through a
station in Maryland we struck man
and killed him. | happened to be
one who was asked to pick him up,
which | gladly did. He was not cut
up very badly only his head was cut
very deep he only lived a few
minutes after we got there, that
was my first call for 1st aid.
Thisis great country only pre-
fer the dear old North where the
people are alive. The people here
are fine and are more hospitable than
they are in the North. They use
US Sammies like kings. They take
their big Packard and Callies and
bring us out to the Fort free, and
gladly do it. They ask US in to eat
and also spend the day when we have
one off. They cannot do enough for
US, and the Y. NJ. C. A. | cannot eX-
press how wonderful they are, |
mean in the line of kindness to US.
1t sure is home for any Sammy
who goes there. | never realized be-
fore how great they were. and how
they help the young fellows. This
is a wonderful Camp only a few
months old though. We have great
barracks and (spring cots) too, to
sleep on, and our mess shack is great.
We have the best of eats.
The cotton fields are wonderful. |
am sending a box home for you all
to have some.
Oh, say, the very first fellow l
met in Charlotte, N. c., was trav-
elling man who used to travel in the
New England States selling Red
Cross coffee. He has been here
seven years in a store. He has been
through Norton and Canaan many
times. He has been in our store and
knows Bill Buck we'll. He said to me
"Do you know Bill Buck BY
Jesus?'" Mr.. Bucks most common
expression. l said yes, and he and
l had a good talk. forget hisIname,
am going in again in a few days
and | will find out what it is. If
you see Bill tell him that the fellow
wanted to be remembered to him.
The coons here only exist they do
not live. | thought we had some
poverty in the North but the South
has it all over the North. The poor
there are rich to the poor here. 1t
is simply terrible to see how they
live. Our barn at home is much
cleaner than most of the homes here.
| | have not been assigned to any
special duty yet, but will be soon |
expect. lam going to try it out and
if do not like it | am going to
transfer to the aviation as soon as
possible. How is everything at
home and at Canaan?
Please have the Border News
changed to this new address and
thank Mr.. Cummings for me, and
tell him | appreciate it very much, as
news from home seems good to me
away down here.
Well will ring off and will write
you soon again. Remember me to
all, and let me hear from you soon.
4 Your lovinp brother