The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-12-06
University Column
d. MOSS billiard WRITES
San Pedro de Macoris, d. r..

NY dear sisters-Eunice and Ruth:
u is hard task TO write Of late
and must admit I've been negligent
in the matter.
This climate is conducive TO lazi-
ness. and I believe it's one Of DR..
McAllstcr's laws Of psychology that
there can be no alert mind where
there is lazy body; so don't lay the
charge to me but TO the climate.
BY this date | imagine all mother
nature about you is growing brown
can see you all these cool evenings
sitting about the little wood fire
neutrality-suspicious. tatting-Marshall
suddenly bursting into laugh over
some crazy cartoon he has run upon
in the paper. wonder too il you
ara thinking of your bud-D. Moss.
Well YOU cant tell that there ever
was or is change in weather down
here-we never wear shirts about
the camp and grass grows right up
to the tents edge. Some Of the ma
tives come every day to sell fruits
of all kinds, bananas. apples, alliga-
tor pears, (say, the alligator pear is
queer fruit; didn't like it at first
hut It's great when eaten with vim
egar. salt and pepper, pineapples.
etc.
We received your first letter
yesterday, the kodak is probably at
Santo Domingo and will arrive this |
week-we are often long in securing |
our mail but it is seldom lost.
Yes, I noticed in the few maya
zines which we have access to that |
great efforts are being made to guard
the morals and spiritual life Of the |
soldiers who are going over. That
il good. too much can not be done |
to carry out that work, but why Is
our Government so negligent Of her |,
soldiers in this and other countries?
Evil temptations in a soldiers life |
are more numerous and greater here
than i'm France. In France the SOL
diers are kept busy most of the
time but here we have every night |
free and the moral life lower than
in France. Here very few soldiers
ever gain admittance into the upper
society. We never hear lecture.
a talk or good sermon inducive to
good conduct. And the average
bunch of young men when separated
from the eyes of those at home, from
the fellowship of friends and Chris
tian teachings. become victims Of
their environment.
Since I've been here one marine has
died As | looked into the face Of
that young man the words rang in
my ears with clearer meaning than
ever before, The wages of sin is
death" His was due to rum and
possibly an uncomfortable disease
contracted while here. Oh, the hOr-
ror of being sent home corpse (but
he was buried herel with your blood
on your own hands.
One night last week fight occur
ed down town between marine and s
a DOminican-in the end two ma
rines were seriously wounded by
revolver shots, but not fatal. This
was over an immoral woman and |
stimulated by rum.
With every company there should
be a Chaplain as well as doctor.
II will take lots of faith and cour- !
age to battle with and overcome all ,
these temptations, but il one will ,
hold fast to his religion and trust 1
Him to lead his life he will become ,
bigger and greater to live again back
home.
read a history last week Of this
country and / can now better
understand and appreciate all. Our
reading is limited and everything in
this line is valuable. We crave
something TO feed our minds upon.
One is all but lost in reading the
newspapers because we cannot get
them regularly and consequently
there is no connection. find good
magazines the best for they treat of
the big issues and leave the details
for the dailies. SO, whenever you
can - the Literary Digest, Worlds
Work, Review Of Reviews will meet
a welcome from us. =
Well il is getting dark and want
to mail this in the morning.
am waiting anxiously every Sat
urday for a letter from my sisters
and friends and I hope you will
never fail me.
With love,
ID. Moss Hilliard.