Gunnison news-champion., 1917-11-23
CAROLINA COLDER THAN
GUNNISON WRITES BAN

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site. l. is rather low and the water
stands about ankle deep after a rain.
Il rains two or three or more days out
Of q week and these tents are not
noted for being waterproof.
Since leaving Denver We have
passed thru sixteen states ! have
seen lots Of country but for mine |
will take Colorado TO any have seen
on this trip. ! had an idea it would
be- nice and warm in North Carolina
but i was Z long ways from il. The
last night We were there WAS about the
coolest night ! have spent since last
January. Il wasn't cold enough to
fr,cz- much ice on water but il went
night thru you. We were seventy
mile. from the ocean and only eight
now but il seemed dampcr there than
here.
Went to New York City lat Sun
day. and It is quite a sight for one
who has not been there before. /
wasn't there long enough to see much
Of the city but certainly enjoyed II
the time | was there Nearly all the
trains running through the city are
electric, seldom see steam engine.
The reason for that is there are so
many subways undeE the river and
bay around New York and no steam
engines are allowed to go thru these
subways. Nearly all the street cars
ar" under ground or over head. They
have stations every three or four
blocks for the subways. Instead of
on" or two cars there are six or eight
and they sun. do ramblc. One can get
q train out Of New York to the sub
uays every hour and some times every
fifteen or thirty minutes.
Saw . German submarine in Central
rurt; II was captured By the English
little over q year ago. Il was sent
over here to stir up enthusiasm dur
ing the last liberty campaign.
Next Sunday | think ! will 90 to
the sea shore and get my feet wet in
the Atlantic. may get wetter than
! want 20 BY the time | get to France.
We haven't had a great deal of
drill SIM" leaving Denver. Just got
-~ttIrd nicely al Camp Greene when
~ had 10 change our location, and
ahou. the time We settled good there
"r commenced packing up to move
here. We have drilled some here. So
far ~" have no equipment and get
nothing but foot dnIl. This kind of
drill is not essential to artillery only
10 make a good showing, when we
have 4 parade in some city or before
some general We have been doing |
quite 4 bit Of running each day. They 4
have Us play games where running is /
the chief thing. The purpose of this |
Is to harden Us up. The days are
getting rather short now so drill hours
are not so long as they were when
we were at Camp Baldwin in Denver.
We have retreat now at four thirty
and it used to be at six. First call
at five thirty and rcveille at six
O'Clock. So you see We don't have TO
get up 50 early. We have no lights
except candles for our tents and they
are hard to get so we don't keep very
late hours. Wood is scarce and We
don't need a fire if we go to bed %
that is another good reason for US
going to bed so early.
Personally | have no complaint 10 I
make about the grub they are giving I
US. Have had worse in places | have /
boarded. We get no pie or cake or
pancakes for breakfast or any desert
except dried fruit but we always have
plenty OF meat, potatoes and some /
kind of vegetables and usually for
breakfast some kind of breakfast |
food. What | miss worse than any
thing else is good drinking water.
The pay has increased somewhat /
from last year. A private gets thlrtyl
dollars, first class private thirty-thrcc,
corporal thirty-siN, sergeant thirty
eight and first sergeant fifty-one.
So you think you have a world
beater in football this year, do you
Well, | hope so, | only wish was
playing myself. Yes, remcmberl
Elmer Sargent that was in the Bat
terry and used to go to school. Tell
him the Battery is still shining Write
when you have time.
CHARLEY Balm.
Battery A lst Bn. las F. A,
jlst Division Camp Mills |