The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-11-29
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Here 5 a good letter from n
III. klause, a member Of the sec
ond Lewis county contingent 10
Camp Lewis. lie went from Yoll-
lner, where his wife, formerly
Miss Matte Ash Of Nezperce, still
resides:
Camp Lewis, Wn., ll-22-l9l7-
Herald,
Nezperee, Idaho.
have been getting your paper
regularly, but my new address
is, y. ii. Klause. NJ. q Co, 36lst
Inf, Camp Lewis, Wn.
am with a machine gun COM
pany here and like it above all
other branches OF service in camp.
II furnishes many new and inter-
esting details OF warfare which
the infantry drillers do not get.
We get about from 8 10 5 hours
Of real drilling day and are all
learning rapidly Have few
machine guns here now and by
next Monday we (speaking Of We,
mean those Of the same barracks
and company as I, and in this CON-
pany there are 40 10 $50 men,
an OF which are of the best phys
iduc) will be out on the target
range and in real practice with
these machine guns The guns
we have are OF the Colt type
and shoot from 470 10 740 shots
per minute II is surely inter
esting To practice and drill with
these guns
notice by your paper that the
funds for Army ~" are raising
quite rapidly. / like TO see il.
| 'm sure you people who have
never actually been connected
with tins line Of work can hard
III realize just % what good use
this fund is being put. Camp
Lewis is almost modernly equip
ped now Ia nearly all lines The
Y. N. g. A. buildings. five or six
ia number, are the principal fac
tors here Cor all after supper oe-
cnsions. We also have very
large Y. N. G. A. auditorium
This is an amusement center
nearly every evening. All the
~ -" are equipped with writing
desks and paper. envelopes, pen
and ink an Of which are free 10
the scores 0f young soldiers Be
sides this they furnish us all
sorts Of free entertainments, such
as picture shows, boxing stunts
and amy and all kinds Of stage
performances. There is not
much chance for one 10 get lone
some here.
wish 10 impress upon the
minds OF readers Of The Herald
aud all others who will give to-
ward furfhering the Army y n
q A.. that they are surely help
ing o worthy cause. I'm sure
that II each one could see just
how the soldier boys enjoy the I
VS." they would not hesitate in
giving freely. The ~" is giving
us a nine-reel show tonight.
Camp life here is sure great,
FOR our Uncle sam has fixed up
for AS 10 be as comfortable as
possible. We have all we want
10 eat and Of n very good variety,
even butter IS quite common here
and eggs about once or twice each
week. Our sleeping quarters are
excellent; kept nice aud clean at
all times. By two men appointed
each day for that purpose. Lots
of ventilation and fresh air az al
times.
Perhaps the most interesting
feature of camp since I'm here
took place Tuesday when the di-
visional parade ACQUIRED, in which
perhaps more than $4,000 men
Il was a beautiful
day and each man took his part
well.
Most Of the Lewis county boys
are still here. but some have been
transferred to distant camps.
Don Z know how soon / will have
10 90. but believe I am ready at
any time. for we do have fine Of
ficers IN our company and have
been learning rapidly. Got the
drill down very well
since here and am now ready to
20 on to machine gun practice
Well, Il viii soon be time for
he show to begin SO win close for ,
now.
With kindcst regards to all.
Nicholas II. Klause
II. L. Anstinc, Of Nczpercc and