Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-12-13

helped eat the family turkey. Aunt
Alice has asked me to take dinner
with her tomorrow and l am pretty
sure l can get away. I'm liable to
ruin the family reputation If / get
al a real dinner at real sable
again. A few days ago she sent me
a box containing whole roasted
chicken. cake. cheese. cookies and
Jelly. 1t didn't last long. l had
otis of friends. Fellows came In for
information along all sorts of lines,
and you can't turn them down
We had our first snow today, but
1t wasn't very heavy and the day
wasn't very cold. SO we made out all
right.
The sox arrived few days ago
and I've been SO busy that l don't
remember whether wrote you about
them or not. They are fine and dan
dy and soft and everything. l haven't
worn them yet as 1t hasn't been cold
enough to really need them. The
Army has issued me only QUE pair of
heavy sox and they aren't like moth
er's
My transfer to the Ordnance De-
partment came today. and l was made
a corporal. / really did not expect
It, but I've behaved myself and tried
keep up the pace.
I don't know just what my duties
will be; all that l do know is that
there are IL of us in the squad-two
sergeants. two corporals and eight
privates. Today we leveled ground
for two tents and set up one tent
The ground is frozen for about 6
inches and was hard stuff to level
off. We worked just half day and
didn't get much done.
One of the sergeants told me that
we draw pay for one rank above the
one we held in the Headquarters De-
partment. That will bring me in
$3S. The little raise will come in
handy.
The story of how 1 got my boost
was kind of funny. One morning
had a sore heel, and drilling on the
: frozen ground was crippling me.
' asked the lieutenant to be excused
, from drill He excused me and told
me to report to the hospital They
9 were too busy to give me any &C. c.
lw%fl I % aClr nl
o the @. M. Sergeant if he had any
work I could do that did not re-
Z quire walking. He put me to work
. and finally turned all his books ovel
v to me. I've been at 1t steadily unit
a yesterday-and today my transfer
g came. Moral: Its sore heel tha
o won't bring recognition"
q Work is the only sort of recreation
|. real handy. Sounds funny, doesn'
r it, with real cities next door? An or
II binary soldier can't reach first bas,
# in N. Y. on a little over s13, whicl
n is what have left aiter taking car,
o of bonds and insurance.
You ask me to tell of my CAM
II life. If you want to know soldier
/, side of the story get the American
l. magazine for December and rea'
# straight from Headquarters"
n tells exactly the state soldiers min
T. gets into. He doesn't intend to, bu
n he just sort of slips off. 1t seems t
al me I've been soldering all my life
D. Seems common place and Of no spec
10 ial interest. Writing of what W
at do is just like a civilian writin
"a something interesting, like 81 wen
to to the store and bought half poun
70 Of beans and came back"
N We have been especially warne
n against giving any information cor
In cerning our movements. So when tn
ID letters stop coming I've left thl
10 place and am on my way love
20 there. The French 75's are bein
III pulled toward Italy and artillery
badly needed. Our gun is PRACTICAL
ID the same as the French 75-mill gu
" and will probably be much in deman
an and they are very effective and can
n easily and quickly moved.
4 The troop movements are all vel
quiet, most of 1t is done at nigh
me- We go to bed one night and in ii
morning the next regiment to us hi
gone some where" About mont
- ago was on quarantine guard an
- all during my shift from midnigl
until 4 o'clock, l could hear son
regiment working, singing and vel
=. ing, and see the camp fires of refu
and broken up material, and finally
y noise like Hell out on a vacation
sort of roar. Then "Goodby Broa
- way. Hello France" and then s.
- ence. Next morning the tents emp
- - and nobody knew where these 12'
-. men had gone. Pretty quick worl
- Well, mother. it's getting late +
a soldier. so will say good nigf