Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-09-13
LETTER FROM
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7 WACO, TEXAS

ing letter IRON MEMBER or GO. A:
Today is typical southern Sunday
in regards to weather, Quietness and
all. In fact, it has been very warm
since we arrived. We have had but
little rain, making it very dusty and
hard to keep clean. One new feature
of camp is electric lights in our tents
and mess halls. Friday we had gen
eral review of what troops are already
eight miles to the grounds where the
review was to take place. The day
was very hot, so to let you form your
own conclusion as to how we looked
as we stood there in company front.
We felt and looked like tallow candle
placed on stove for five minutes
some time when there is a good hot
fire. After the review General Parker
gave us quite a long talk. He men
toned that if anyone was homesick he
might as well get over it, for no one
was going home, but would be the next
division to go to France. don't know
where he received all his information
but he seemed to know all about it.
through this trouble, and George Ca
pener afterwards made the remark
that he would stand by him in camp,
in France, and in battle 1t is a we'll
known fact that in battle the general
is generally thirty miles in the rear of
the fighting, SO we can't blame George
for standing by him there.
Saturday the company took twelve
mile hike, most of it through an up
town park. After going around and
through the park six or seven times
one of the fellows noticed little path
leading through some trees. He called
Lieutenant Tudor's attention to it and
informed him that we hadn't been over
with the approval of the lieutenant, for
we skipped around the park again i'll
stead of starting for camp.
There are hardly any of the fellows
that haven't had touch of sickness
since we have been here. 1t seems to
come from the water, and in two days
time makes a fellow look like an
Egyptian mummy. George Pierce has
had quite a siege of it, but have my
doubts whether his is from the water
or not. | have been watching him
lately and notice that every time he
gets letter he reads it and then beats
it to the mess hall, where he runs the
old Edison to pieces playing that one
record, "You Broke My Heart to Pass
the Time Away" George can call it
water if he wishes, although it looks
funny
Supply Sergeant Otto Ritzenthaler
has, his hands full trying to keep
track of the company TOOLS In re-
pairing an axe the other day he put
the handle in upside down He had
not been away from the camp the
night before, so it remains a mystery.
The captain has appinted Corporal
Knight his instructor upon such mat,
tiers. Rick is good knocker but it
seems he hasn't the ability to put ma
terial together for the occasion. Pete
Mcdonald is very busy trying to find
out why he joined the army. He adj
mits he gets the travel just as prom
ised, but he can't figure where the
advancement comes in. Pete says he
doesn't mind going to war and being
shot. but he hates to take a chance
on spelling his clothes, for he feels
certain that if he ever meets with a
bayonet it is bound to put hole III
his underwear as well as his outer
garments He is far different in his
ideas than am, for intend to either
be SO far in the rear or advance Of
the main body Of troops that there
will be no chance Of my getting hurt
Yesterday four hundred reserve off
GERS arrived in camp to take their
places among the Wisconsin and Mich
igan units. 1t brought tears to our
eyes as we watched them march I'D
to the grounds with their wrist watch
es and their handkerchiefs in their
sleeves. The tears were not for joy.