The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-10-19
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September 80, 1917

September 80, 1917
On Board u. S. S. St. Louis
ear Friend Ralph:
I promised you that I.would write,
and take this opportunity of doing
so, altho l am somewhat belated in
keeping my promise.
As you perhaps noticed above, l
am on board the u. s. S. St. Louis,
which is about all / can, tell you as
all mail is severely censored. Harold
had letter returned to him for no
reason that we could find, but one
was there nevertheless. can tell
you of our "trip up to the last stay
before coming where we now are.
We left Spokane on or about the
18th Of August for Portland, having
PLAYED before the Chamber of Com
merce Of Spokane, whose guests we
were for luncheon. At Portland
we were also entertained by the
Chamber of Commerce at lunch,
after which we in turn entertained
them with music.
From Portland we were sent to
Goat Island, San Francisco, for
training and the taking of typhus
preventatives. (which by thel way
has to be. in order to be effective,
renewed every seven years,) to-
gether with vaccinations. The ty-
phus innoculation is very painful,
giving one high fever and maxi
ing the muscles very sore, especially
the one in which the hypodermic
needle is inserted.
The length of detention at the Is
land Isolation is what it is, as you
are put in one small area and are
allowed no visitors,) is twentyone
days, but we were more fortunate
than most, some of whom had been
there nearly year. We only stayed
nine days, when all Of a sudden and
Unexpectedly we were shipped to
Boston, Mass, with instructions to
report to the Commanding Officer
of the St. Louis on which we re-
ported September 8, very tired,
nearly worn out, but having had a
very fine trip. The itinerary was
thru Sacramento. Reno. Salt Lake.
Chicago, Niagria Falls, which we
passed in daytime. and to me were
a very wonderful sight. Then thru
Albany to Boston. Having practi.
cally crossed the states from north
to south and entirely so from west
to east.
Life on shipboard is not just as
life at home, but we are getting
accustomed to the routine which at
first was hard to do, as one does as
he is told not as he wants to do
What you want is secondary mat
ter if it infringes on rules in the
least, and must necessarily be 80
amongst such a large body of men
! am more, fortunate than the mos
tho. as have a room in the petty
officers quarters in which Harott
and l sleep and do our writing, alst
are our own janitors. Ships musica
instruments, music, orchestra traps
etc., appertaining to music are ais.
stored in the room under m,
charge.
As for the band, we have what
think is a magnificent organization
of twenty-eight members, practl
cally everyone of whom are yer.
proficient musicians. and are from
the Inland Empire, mostly graduate
and students of the University o
Idaho and w. s. c.. the most o
whom enlisted to beat the draft, a
they preferred the Navy to tn
Army.
l notice by papers from home
that numbers of the boys have ar
swered the call and have alread
been transferred to their trainin
camps. Harold just received lei
ter from Dan Guy today in whic
ne said that Orphie Hupp, Par
Petrick. George Carlson and Al