The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-11-17

grounds yet. None of the soldiers do
are too busily occupied in learning /
the game Of destruction to have any /
time to construct
While 1 am engaged in that just /
the same as the rest still L cannot /
but think that all is wrong when men /
coolly and deliberately go TO putting /
their utmost efforts IN trying to train /
themselves so they can kill the great /
est number of their fellowmen before /
he himself is destroyed
To me 1t makes the idea that the |
human race is getting better and the |
idea of christianity sort of ridiculous |
When the ten commandments are |
carried in the right hand and their /
broken fragments in the left it is a |
puzzle to know which really count for |
the most.
I suppose by this time that you
nave about taught your students all
there is to know, have you not?
Do you ever get up to school or are
you too busy at your work to get
away?
When I write a letter any more to
any of you kids about all that l can
get in the thing is just a big bunch
of question marks. 1 feel rather
ashamed of myself.
heard from Sandy the other day.
He is still down in that for
saken Texas.
1t is persistent rumor that we are
going to be sent down to the south
somewhere for the winter, of course
we all would like to see as much OF this
American scenery before they take us
across in the spring for the Germans
to make European scenery of. Seei
There is one thing that the regular
soldiers get tired of and that is the
continual lauding of the "seleCtd sol
diers-" While plenty of time and drill
will no doubt make them into soldiers
we do not think they are any better
than we are yet. Well while | nave
been writing this, time has been going
on just the same and it is after ten
o. lock-rather a late hour for me.
Now Dora do not be as slow to an
swer as either you or / was this last
time or 1 may be dead or gone from
here.
Tell me all you know and then
make up a whole lot. You should be
able to tell some very ipte resting lies
Remember me to any of the Normal
kids, give them my address and tell
them that 1 can still see to read.
Elmer DoughertT.
Co. ''B" (Wire) Sth Fld Bn Sig Cps,
Preside of Monterey, Calf.
November 6, 1917.
Mr.. Harvey's English Class,
Fort Hays Normal School
Hays, Kansas.
Dear friends:
l was quite surprised to receive the
letters from the English classes yet I
rather expected to hear from the
class and school some day because 1
saw the plan in the Leader can't
| tell you how much l appreciate them
| for letters from home and school and
! about school are very welcome an6
| here let me give you some advice Gree
| gratls) just because you don't hear
from your soldier friend every day
dom think he has forgotten you he
is probably very busy, guard, fatigue,
kitchen police, stable police and
charge of quarters come around at
very short intervals q get guard
every eight days. Chunk fatigue is
a thing of the past in the army of to-
day.
l really don't know what to write
| that will be of interest to you for we
| don't have such exciting times as you
might suppose, maybe though the
post and the regular rountine might
be of interest, as I understand it Pre-
!. sidio is the Spanish word for Fort or
Headquarters it was first held by the
Spanish before the United States
came into possession of California, the
post is located on a small peninsula
formed by the Pacific Ocean
and the Bay of Monterey, it
is surrounded by towns and
sumner resorts four in num-
Der, Monterey, Pacific Grove Del
Monte, and Carmel-by-the-Sea. The
last two named are probably the bet
ter known The principal industry Of
the townpeople is fishing and Gamer
les (sardines and salmon.) Doing the
tourists is also a very important in
dustry.
We are located in a very beautiful
country, the mountains and bay
flank US on all sides and the scenery
is very beautiful, l think it much
prettier than colorado for here the
flowers are everywhere, roses, ger
aniums, dahlias are the most common
and we don't have the cold weather
every day is just like spring, never
hot but just about right, the rainy
season is here now don't know how
I am going to like it-of course III
stay even if don't like it.
How would you like to spend the
day with me? All right, come along
| What? Five twenty-five? Gee 1 hate
to get up, well have ten minutes tc
: dress in so I'll just lay here a minute
say did l go back to sleep? And there
5 goes the reveille gun. Well I still have
/ two minutes-just made it, of course
my clothes don't look quite right but
, still they are all on and the shoes
have a peculiar look, guess 1 hadn't
= time to lace them-well l "got by
anyhow-better hurry and wash fol
t it is almost chow time wonder what
( we will have for breakfast ''slum"
t suppose. No, we have hot cakes anC
2 syrup, rice, bread, butter and cream
that isn't so bad. Everybodys out
2 side and police up around quarter!
e hurry for we haven't all day. "Sicl
i call"-now if you feel sick, lame Of
j lazy just run up to the hospital anC
e get a couple of pills, then mabe you
can get out of the morning drill or i
e you can put up good enough stall yoJ
f can lay around in the hospital
e If you don't feel sick we will wait fo-
e old nag of yours be sure and get thu
e stable call, there it goes, say yoJ
d know I wouldn't know how to act /
q I didn't get to wear these fatigue