La Junta tribune., 1917-10-25
LIFE AT CAMP KEARNEY
LA Junta BOY Writes Interesting
Story OF Observations and Eek.
periences In California

Corporal Harvey Glen Brown. in
a recent letter to his mother. Mrs.
S. w. Brown. writes OF the life thae
many La Junta boys are leading At
Camp Kearney, near San Diego. ~
follows:
Just few lines about camp life
and surroundings.
They have taken five out OF Com
pany No. and Company No. 8 for
teamsters or NJ. D.'s-mule drivers.
They drive four mules to . sprinkler
wagon. There are millions Of gallons
OF water used every day to wet
down the dust, but there 10 always
new ground being plowed up and
leveled. making more dust. There
must have been thirty or more taken
from the whole regiment for mule
drivers to drive sprinklers. The dust
and dampness gives one disagree
able cough. Take II all around We
have one OF the best and largest
camps in the United States.
You asked what my first impres-
sion was after seeing the ocean. It
was rather fogSy the day I went to
see II. II looked iIke an ovsrgrown
pond until . bunch Of u got too
close and were wet by . wave that
Jumped all over US. Then the ocean
looked mighty big.
Sergeant Wellhauseu has been
promoted to resimental sergeant. He
Ia out Of our company now. and with
what is called Headquarters Comp
pany. Sergeant Rhea is Top Ser
geant OF my company-Company
No. 6.
Everybody is keeping in pretty
good health. We all went down TO
the baseball scoreboard where there
is little open country that 10 not
all dust. to listen to . speech By
Secretary McAdoo. There we're 20
many jammed around the place. and
we-were 70 far away. I ~ ~ uoaP
. w0sd Of the speech. g. 50 z.
sent you paper the other day
and ] hope you received II. II 10
strictly an army and navy paper.
I thought you might be Interested In
II for It has lots OF news from Camp
kearney. Am sending you q Los
Angeles paper with some cartoons
from Camp Kearney. They are surely
all
soldiers and workmen waiting in
line for their turn In the stage.
There are two lines OF auto stages.
One is the Pickwick and II takes you
stage and has . station at San Diego
ego. The other In the United Gtates
stage and has q station In Sen Diego
not far from the Pickwick Theater.
We waited half an hour In line one
day. No smoking is allowed In this
line for some reason.
When we come back 10 camp In
the stage. or on the train. we are
searched by the military police to
see II we have any booze, or infer.
nal machines concealed on our psr.
son.
vent TO San Diego last Saturday
and took In the exposition grounds.
They are beautiful. even II they are
partly torn down. and arc full Of
soldiers. sailors and marinss. Com.
radss Conway. Berry and I started
out. after we had eaten q good meal
In Ban Diego. to find the exposition
grounds. We asked Q man where
they were and he told W they were
about half . mile up the avenue. We
travelled what we thought was half
mile and came to q beautiful place
with n large lawn and shrubbsry
growing around three or four large
buildings. After we had gone around
three or four Of these castles. We
arrived at the gate Of the large
Stadium. There was . large audi.
enee making quito q racket. rhe
man at the gate Informed us that an.
listed men were admitted free. We
did not know what for. but We kent
on travelling until We came 10 a larse
field about thirty feet below IN with
scmi-circlc OF seats leading down
an easy slope. II was the largest
and bes, Stadium I had ever seen.
The San Diego and Los Angeles foot
ball teams we're about 10 engage IN
n bull fight. We watched them for
while and decided ws wcrc glad
W" were In tho army instead Of on
loot ball team. The game IL too
much OF knock down and drag out
affair for mo this year. We left b.
fore Il was half over.
A We vero loaheesrss..l