The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1917-12-14
CAMP SEWER BOTS
ARE m FINE 4iMls
Give cheer When Quarantine
Is Lifted Items of Es-
pecial intersst.
tsY SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE

ffEf SPECIAL c0kkESf01DkACk
/ The quarantine which h%t Aaag
oyer Camp John SEWER like eioad
si.s lifted last Friday q, noon. amid
I the cheering III men in camp. We
are again permitted b, 10 about
camp, the 7. N, {. A. and TO Paris
and 10 Gre~nviiie. Saturday. every
conveyance oi any kind xas pssss-
ed into service 10 carry the men Ia
Grseny;l!e wha wanted 10 ao The
IrissTafbsn trains we're crowded IN
theis,atmos, capacity; i. looked like
everybody ia Camp wanted to 70 10
Irrrnyille al the same time
We are having some severe cold
| weather here at the present, We
drafted men arr suffering IRON the
Lack os Siatsr clothing, The wind
sure does ~histie through our cotton
trousers. aud we nearly isesss; how
ever, we are living in hopes tha,
lh~ weather will turn warmer m
that We will .oou ~. our winter
clothes.
We have had anathsr change in
our BILL oi Fare. sxeei "taters
aud muiassas have h~en tak~n ois
and black-eyed peas and mac noni
added.
II you have any friends In the
army. doat fail 10 write 70 them.
!ot IL certainly does make n soldier.
boy isel good to receive = letter from
some oi his friends back home; ID
rshh ~s stssh fase satat tltiss Ev,fastw m
him and has no, forgotten him. II
anyone back a, Dickson has any
books or magazines that they have
read you would he doing ns hoys =
great kindness u you would seud
them to us, a. we often have spare
moments In which tq read
fhe fv'wre sauIad Of NE ltl5th
Trench Mortar Battery il a thing oi
the past. having been broken up
and its men pot into other squads
Alas Tor The pom ps-we-s but
.oms ot them vii! distinguish them
sllvrs yet before sar war il over.
We are stIll progressing in our dsill
with Springfield rifies, aud the next
thing will b~ \ trsnch drill With the
u inch trench guns. AI,ho we have
no. received the trench guns yet. |,
is thought that they will be here
snms'im~ IN January.
We now have some place to 10 oi
EVENING" 10 write our letters and
asso ~ ~, our irieuds. since the Y
NJ {. \. has been permitted TO ol ven
"a doors sgsin /. certainly v ~
gloomy her. while the quarantine
was on, a. ws could not even u t
out II our tompsnys street, va
were Just like n bunch III chirissns
coopsd UP The y" is the ouiy
place 1ixs fl',ms' 70 HE soldier. and
we bo,- sure do make good use o.
Il. too,
There have BEEN good moves iaai,.
IN Camp one was the putting IN
ut bot water in the bath hualses, I,
We have been having To either take
cold shower bath ~ none at all.
A-~-~----. t,Sr yout fgUy1
showas bath and there is no, any
danger III taking cold. The number
Of men to the tent have been di
minished. also Before The qusran
tine there were nine men 10 one
tent, hat nov there are only 6ve.
which mskss IL ifiore hraithy.. FIJI
our tents We us- candles Tor ligt,
~ our electric lights have never,
been connected The boys have to-
cut every stick oi Wood tina, they
burn in their tent.
Wednesdays and Saturdays ~
wash dsys Tor us soldier hoys--..hs
tn fof sff hftha Boys wha don't ver j
their clothes 10 the laundry. Bat
the most II Va can wash as yood a.
any laundry, IL sure ia a stsht 10
ses us with nar sl@es-- relsvu urt
above our elbows and armed with NJ
scrub hru-h. sSrahbins the dirt out
o! a psir ot trousers. shirt, psi, m
lesgins. towels, ~ whatever We !,
have 10 wash We .urs have IN
keep cur clothes clean, ~ well 40
ourselves 0s.ralls were given Us
~ ~esr ~h-n We Gu, wpad. groom
horses. etc. an a. ~ protect esir
good clnthes. and Ne look like Al
bunch OF rahea farmers xish them
on.
PRIVATE :, A. FarratS. ]
lash Trench Mortar Battery.