The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-09-27

with the splendid climate usually
makes healthy looking person out Of
anyone.
l was shipped here from Jefferson
Barracks on June q with 119 other
quartermasters. Three days after my
arrival l was placed in the canteen
(army store, mostly like the west END
of the bookstore with drinks and 9
few articles of clothing in addition) as
second clerk; there were only two Of
! us so you can see about what my
work was, scrubbing floors, tending
stock, waiting on customers, and al
other work that goes with running q
store like that. After had geen there
two weeks a big shipment to France
was made that took the sergeant In
charge of the business end of the can
teen and clothing issues. was taken
out of the canteen and given his desk
| in the detachment Office At the time
the captain must have had more con
fidence in me than l had myself for
had known the responsibility of the
! job, don't believe that l would have
dared even thing of handling it. Not
knowing, did take the work and was
fairly started in it before l realized
just what it was; when l did find out
I wouldn't have gone back on it for
love or money. l couldn't have struck
a better place to gain experience in
this business end of the war, nor a
better place to gain experience that
will help me after l am out of the
army. I have charge of the business
end Of the canteen and of the cloth
ing issues Of the detachment, which
with the constantly changing stream
of men makes it quite task So far
have had complete charge of the out
fitting for field service in France two
large expeditionary forces and a num-
Der of smaller ones besides the regu-
lar clothing issues. The Quitting
consists of ordnance, bags, slickers,
haversacks, guns, blankets, ETC., be.
side regular clothes, &c. o. 80" Is
second nature to me already. My
work must have been satisfactory for
q short while ago PVT. Lloyd D. Wit.
ter was made Sergeant Lloyd D. Wit
ter, Quartermaster Corps, in the regu.
lar army of the United States. The
best thing about it is that it is per-
manent promotion and not a temporary
one as the majority of them have been
that have been given since my arrival
here. I'll never stay in the army
longer than l have to, but it is nice to
know that such is your privilege. es-
pecially when the captain who did the
recommending is such sticker, he
doesn't seem to believe in giving pro-
motions unless they are pretty well
deserved. Cy Clark is located at Fort
Mcintosh, Texts, at Laredo. In the
last letter received from him, he had
been recommended for a corporalcy
but haven't heard how he came out
with it. ...
l have met some splendid people in
San Antonio and through them my
stay here has been as. pleasant as Il
could wish. l went to church one Sun
day and was invited to dinner by some
people who were going to try it once
0nviting soldier) to see how it went,
fine old southern family who do up
hold the South's reputation for hospf-
tally. They must have liked it for l
have been at that home or at the
homes of friends of theirs every Sun
day for many weeks for Sunday din
ners, and such chicken dinners as they
do have! Through these same people
I have met some mighty fine girls,
real southern beauties, and of course
that has helped lot too, for you can
imagine the class the average army
man has the opportunity Of meeting.
AS to the termination of the war, Of
ficers around here seem to think that
it will last at least two years yet
though of course no one can give real
reasons for any statement of that sort.
Goodness knows it cannot come too
soon for me. want to get back into
the work that have planned. have
been talking with some Spanish tail
ors here every evening for the last
two months and can talk it pretty we'll
now. If l am here six months more,
! shall have pretty good control Of the
language"