Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-05
NEWS FROM SOLDIERS
Another Letter From Montgomery AL
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Find Time Well Filled.

Few there are in the county who are
not glad for every item of news from
our boys who are at the front or in the
training camps. This week we are
glad to publish news from boys widely
separated as to location but all serv-
ing The Stars and Stripes.
First we have the following inter-
esting letter from Ralph Rosebrook:
Camp Sheridan, Sept. oath, 1917
Montgomery, Alabama.
Dear Editor
| received the Tribune and your
card the other day, was sure glad
to see the Tribune again. The four
Wauseon boys in this outfit myself
included sure appreciate the home pa
per and wish to thank you for the
courtesy in sending it. shall now
try to give you some idea of our
location.
Camp Sheridan is rather a large
Camp, irregular in shape covering
about 220q acres. All companies
here are equipped with wooden kitch-
ems and screened mess halls also
good shower baths and electric lights.
We have this latter convenience in
our tenes. Our company has all
its tents floored so you see we are
rather comfortably situated with all
our modern camp equipment.
The weather has been fine since we
have been here. The natives tell
us it is their Indian Summer. A
rather warm Indian Summer l would
say judging from the Ohio Indian
Summer. In fact / haven't found
use for a coat or sweater since l have
been here except today. Saturday
it rained for the fsrt time in two
months; we had another rain Sunday
and a still harder one today. l
don't know whether this is the be-
ginning of the wet season or not.
pleased with the weather, also the
camp location at least you seldom
hear any complaint.
The days routine here is the same
for all organizations in camp. 1t
does not afford much Ioafing time
during the day. 1t is as follows:
1st call 900 a, m.
Revelle 6:15 a. m.
Mess 6:30 a. m.
Drill 7:15 a. m.
Recall 11:30 a. m.
Mess 1900 m.
Drill. loo p. m.
Recall 4:30
Mess 500 p. m.
Taps 1890 p. m.
Part of our drill time is taken up
with medical school so we do not
have it quite as hard as the infantry
but still they keep us busy during
tho dow tbo xvoaE xxyo hoxyo
Wednesday and Saturday afternoon
up town or loaf around the Camp
Montgomery is a citv of about 40,-
900 population, go per cent of which
are negroes. You can imagine what
we thought of it when we first got
here after spending two months ir
Toledo. They say it is one of the
incest southern towns and since
have been over the city l can begir
to believe it. They have some fine
buildings and there are quite a few
, historic places to visit. In all nov
like the town.
The capitol is a very interesting
place to visit you find all kinds o.
relics here from the confederacy
from firearms down to uniforms II
one room they have Jefferson Davis
furniture and personal property ant
the spot where he was inauguratec
is marked by a star and pillar
{ There are other historic places arount
here which the Commerc Club pro
noses to take us soldiers to by ma
= chine Yours.
The people of Montgomery ar
: surely treating US fine They ar
D very sociable and are doing man,
things to entertain US. In fact al
kinds of entertainment are provide
f for the soldiers, by the people o
Montgomery.
] Well l shall look forward to re
9 ceiving your paper and l know l shal
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