The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-03
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COMING in RAPIDLY
WALTER E. KRUGER
WRITES FROM WACO
TO PARENTS HERE

Letters have been received here
from Walter E. Krueger, with the
medical department 1O7th regiment.
Engineers, at Camp Mac Arthur,
Waco, Texas. He is son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles F. Krueger Extracts
are printed herewith:
Well, now to try and tell you some
thing about our camp. First, it doesn't
look much like a camp, because there
are very few tents here We are liv-
ing in large cantonments. We have a
large dispensary, and an immense
hospital. | will send some pictures of
it later, as | can't describe it very
well in words
The weather is quite hot during the
day and the nights are fine. We can
undress and cover with one blanket.
At night we hear the screech owl
hOoting right along.
Yesterday we paraded thru Waco.
1t is a very fine town. Very clean and
has pretty homes and wide streets.
There are about thousand car
penters working all around us and
and many more at the other parts of
the camp. 1t is an ideal camp, only it
is still under construction and things
are turned upside down little So
far our eats here are very good, and
we eat in large dining rooms at tables
1t is quite hot here now, but the
nights are-not bad Quite comfortable
sleeping. We arise at $50 a. M. and
we fall in line without any clothes on
Only we throw a blanket over our
shoulders and with our soap, towel
and tooth paste and brush we parade
to the shower bath. At this time it is
still quite dark, and the mornings are
cool. The bath house is an open struc-
ture and the water is never artificial
ly heated, so you see we are awaken
ed every morning. And it is fine
Quite a relief on these hot days.
We haven't our horses yet, but we
have one motorcycle, which comes in
quite handy for running errands and
going to town. The real business CEN
ter of the city of Waco is about three
and. half miles from camp, so you
see that would be quite walk Of
course they have street cars running,
but one has to walk about half the
way before one reaches the beginning
Of the car line. The city itself can't be
beat for pretty, large homes, cleanli-
ness, and fine streets and boulevards.
We now have a regiment to take
care of instead of battalion, which
means that we have about twice as
ma ny as we previously had Our
bunch is going to be increased to
thirty-three men in the near future.
AT present we are overcrowded with
work, but we have three. doctors with
us at present. Every afternoon from
$40 to $40 we have classes in first
aid work and bandaging, etc., which
is quite interesting
Please don't worry about me, as
there is nothing to worry about. I am
well and happy and we are living a
whole lot better here than at Camp
Douglas. Our eats here are certainly
fine. Really they are great. We are
getting eggs, bacon, fruit, salads,
sweet potatoes, corn, sauce, and ev-
erything imaginable. They really are
great, and / am getting all want, and
then some. This noon we had sauer-
kraut and wieners, and we very fre-
quently have cocoa for breakfast.
We are moving into our new hospit-
al today. 1t sure is nice. l have a
room all my own. 1t is a dandy office
and | sleep right in the same room
Today we caught a horned toad.
They sure are pretty. All colors and
just covered with horns. They are alb
solutely harmless.