Gunnison news-champion., 1917-09-28
LETTERS FROM THE
TRAINING CAMP
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rest for the twcnty-f0ur that we ar
on duty II / were 4 story-writer. !
could make a good write-up of ny
four hours Of duty. Ny post extend
cd from the regimental headquarters
IN q straight line TO the railroad track,
covering 4 distance Of four blocks, and
during the night. eight thousand men
passed my post. Some in groups Of
ten and twenty, and on up to entir.
trains Of several hundred men' IL wa
estimated that q train of men arrived
every twenty minutes. There xerr
tall men. short men. fat men. and lean
men. all hapcs ard sizes, good
many Of them marked cripples. eN
pect it Is safe 10 say that there l.
nearly every nationality in the world
IN the camp now. Upon arrival Of a
train they are marched TO a big CORR
and run thru . chute almost exactls
tn" same a. . bunch Of cattle, divide
INTO sections and sent TO their bar
~acks. Each man is given clean Ut
irrclothes. +. y. shirt, army ha,
yvera.Is and jumper is ordered 20 pu.
all his cI@IIan clothes tcScept shos
and HOLl IN his suit case to be sent
home. and then comes the show
bath. 4 heavy cloud laid over tn
ALLEY al night making an army over
coat frn. welcome, 80 you can imaginr
how welcome an lc" cold shower would
be-. l. wa amusing in way and ~,
one could not help being sorry To-
SOM Of the poor devils. | heard som
Of them actually cry when it wa
Mr,-faa, 1..
out Of hum you could hear for mill
run outside OF the bath house, and
&hcn they started 10 take him back
he said, Ne no savvy this, | go homc
tomorrow" But guess he will stick
around for q while at least. / asked q
big Swcdc how he liked it and he said
Not 80 very fancy"
saw Joe Roman pass last nigh,
but didn't see any more of the Gunni-
son county boys. don't know
II any Of them are stationed in our
barracks or not as | cannot leave the
guard house until my shift is Owe
which lasts until six tonight.
My special order last night was to
De on the watch for fire and allow no
on" to smoke out side of the barracks
so Of course, had lots Of fun making
the rockies" throw away their cigar
ettrs. | would call out as loud as |
cOuld-drop that cigarette! and you
ought to see some of them jump and
change colors. 1t was sure amusing.
| stopped an officer last night and
made him throw away big fat cigar.
He gave me nasty look, but couldn't
say anything.
We have adopted a strong bulldog
and named him Muffey after a big
lrishman on account of the striking
resemblance.
Two boys from our battery We're
made sergauts yesterday, both TT. Col
Inns college boys. having had some
military training there. ! was ap-
pointed acting corporal yesterday. No
advancement al all just Il temporary
appointment to help with this new
bunch for awhile, but am now listed
as a first class private at a raise of
four dollars a month.
am getting back to my feed again
and feeling fine, and begin to sort of
like it. | may be transferred to a new
camp they are going to build but won't
know for about three days.
We gave the corporal 25c apiece to
go down to the commissary and buy US
dutch lunch and as see him COM
ing guess | will close for this time,
with love to all.
| remain as ever,