The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1917-11-22

ph;s at 1890 q. N. left Memphis
at $50 p. IA. over the Rock Island
r. K. and arrived in Little Rock at
1880 p. M, about two hours late.
Ispent the night in Little Rock.
The next morning / began to in
quire how / was to get over to Camp
Pike, a distance of about z miles.
! learned that there was train
running out to Camp Pike every
hour that left you about the center
of the camp ground, but as the
camp ground is about nine miles
long You might be three or four
miles from the barracks that you
wished to visit. l also learned that
there were taxicabs that would car
~ us to the guard line of the camp
for 80 cents, and for little extra
would carry US to Headquarters,
where you can locate the parties
that you wish.
| took the taxicab and happened
t fall in with Lieut.. Long, from Tu-
pelo, Mis-, so l had no trouble in
getting by the guards and to Head
quarters. At Headquarters found
that / wanted to go to Barracks IA,
near the center of the camp ground
and not far from the r. r. depot.
At Headquarters they detailed
81 'dier to carry US to Barracks A.
We found Barracks A under quar-
antine on account OF measles, but
we had no difficulty in seeing our
parties.
Stationed at this place we found
Lessie Blakney, John Holland, John
ANDERSON. Jim Cummings, Ed Faust,
John Bennett, Frank Woodruff, Loo
ney Woodruff, and several others
from our county and felt very much
al home. You may be sure the boys
were glad to see me. They showed
me every courtesy and considera-
ton that they possibly could.
] met Captain Humfress, who has
charge Of our boys, and / found him
{, be kind and considerable gem
tleman. You may be sure our boys
will be we'll looked after as long as
they are under the care of Captain
Humfress. SargeantJ. w. Croker,
who b Is charge af the kitchen and
moss room department, is a big
hearted and whole-souled gentle
man. He feeds the boys we'll. He
treated me so well that | almost
W lnted to stay with him.
| took lunch with the boys and
| had better meal than | got at
the hotel for rs cents. The boys
all look neat, nice and healthy.
Nearly all OF them have gained from
~ to 70 pounds in weight since they
went to Camp Pike. The boys are
"A Jolly, cheerful lot and are training
with vim. You may be sure that
w'hen they reach the firing line they
VII give a good account of them
selves.
] saw the postman giving out the
mail to the boys, and if you knew
how anxiously they looked for let
tiers from home you would write to
the boys oftener.
! also visited Barracks "a, where
/ found Bal Foot, Tag Whitfield,
Tom Pitts, Geo. Gilchrist, Ellitt
Barns, Jim Roy Howard Jesse Cali
cult, and others. They seemed to
be as well treated and as Jolly as
the boys at Barracks "A.
The camp ground is about five
miles wide and nine miles long.
There are about So 900 soldiers there
now. They all have uniforms and
about half of them have rifles.
Looking over this fine lot of boys |
am thoroughly convinced that when
these boys meet the German troops
there will be Something doing"
As our boys are preparing to offer
their lives for our country, let US not
shirk our duty at home. Quit growl-
ing, criticizing and throwing stumb-
ling blocks in the way of our Gov
eminent, and pay the war taxes
gladly, and buy Liberty Bonds free
ly, and don't fail to sign the food
cards; in fact do everything will
lingly that our government calls OF
ur to do. Sincerely.
J. M. WOODRUFF.