Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-11-12
SAYS TELL0UR
BOYS 70 COME
READY TO WAR.
WESLEY BAILEY OF HARLINGEN SAYS
He IS NOT READY TO COME BACK
AND THAT He AND COMRADES
Are ANXIOUS TO BE IN IT.

had better come prepared To fight saws
Wesley Bailey. q Harrington boy, in a letter
ITO his mother, Mrs. Kate Bailey of Har-
hngen. "Wes,' as he i known throughout
1.-THE Valley, j. ut the School Of Technical
Training, Royal Flying Corps, Somewhere
in England" ""l +A
In an interesting letter to his mother.
he says:
Il received two letters from YOU and one
from Mason. found the two drafts and
ccrtainly was glad You thought of sending
them. had just cabled for $3.50 the night
before. ! have not beer paid since | have
been In the army and don't have any idea
Will until ! get back to France. Fifty
men and five sergcants were attached 10
the Royal FLYING Corps for technical train
ing and we are To be here for two months
20 cabled Tor money 20 | could have some
warm underwear and other garments
need. You see, most of our things went to
the American camp in France and | am
parted from them. ! have not been issued
any winter underwear or socks. | will be
glad when the sweater and muller and
other things arrive. The reason WHY |
cablcd for that sum of money was due to
my experience 20 far with the army. cx-
p,ct Ia buy what | need and the rest shall
last me a long time.
Il am glad that every one i treating
you 80 kind; they could not do anything
else. ] certainly miss Harrington and the
Valley and all my friends. You had better
keep the shine with YOU, a. you NAV find
q nice place in San Antonio. and he would
be such good help for YOU. Tell him miss
HIM 80 much and all his kindness, a. he
N the best 'darky' that ever lived. and that
say he should stick to YOU. wish that
he was with me now. | have no complaints
70 make about the food that | am getting
Iat the present time, but some Of his good
I%cooking would be appreciated.
Il will now endeavor to give YOU some
idea of where | have been for such 4 long
time. ] received your letter in New York,
and this j. the first time I have received
mail since. After leaving New York We
were two days and nights coming To
canada. We remained there for over ten
days waiting for orders. | did not like the
looks of any part of Canada. Ny, that
was a dreadful stay aboard that ship all
that time. We were travelling third class
and it was a fright. Our hunks were below
the water line. and il was hot. and the ship
was crowded. This was 4 large passenger
mail ship. The food was all out of cold
storage and a ! was not used 10 that kind
! could not eat it. The only thing | had to
leat-when | was on good terms with the
water-was bread. butter and sugar. The
water was very rought part Of the time. but
did not get >easick the entire trip.
Then VIC left for England. ID took n
ten days and nights To cross the ocean.
About forty-cight hours off the Irish coast
We were met by a bunch Of submarine
chascrS. Two of these were American and
the rest were British. There were eleven
other ships. NIL n large a. ours. and they
Travelled in one bunch. All lights are out
at night and everything in total darkness.
The ships all carry only a small light on
the rear. They have to zigzac ever four
minutes. This l. to avoid the subs aim.
as it i claimed that it takes four minutes
for n sub to get n lead on n ship.
81 enjoyed seeing those little sub chascrs
darling about in the water. They arc
capable of great speed. and il they spy q
sub, they can shoot IL before il has time
70 Submergc. just a. we were nearing the
IRISH coast We saw biz air craft balloons
lscOuilng the water for subs and about six
hours before We landed the biz thing was
pulicd off (censorcd) and the next thing
took place (censorcd)-it certainly was a
grand sight. ! wasn't in the least alarmed.
AT Liverpool we were loaded on the
Great Western Railway Of England. They
ihave the funniest little ears. and the en-
gincs are very small, bat they travel at a
good rate of speed. We were unloadcd at
- and from there we were attached
to this school. Most Of the boys were sent
Ito France. hut we were fortunate to come
here. This town has a population of
' 100. 900 people and it j. some town.
England n Il whole l. II clean country.
Every home l. built of red brick and slate
roofs. and a million of ~chimneys stick IN
IN the air. The country is very small and
rolling. Everything j. green and tall trees.
apple, pear and numerous other trees. They
farm in small patches on the ridges. and
II = 4 beautiful sight to see the fat sheep
Srazlng on the green grass. The girls
drive automobiles and tramways (strect
ears and the price Of 4 ride i. two pence.
winch II four cents our money. | have a
hard time counting my change. They have
nail penny. one penny. shillings. haff
crownS. crowns, paper note, one pound,
which Is equivalent to $3.50 American
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