Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-09-14
DALE MCNALLY, LADYSMITH BOY
WRITES OF WEEKS
JOURNEY
ENGINEERS In WASHINGTON
REGIMENT Goes From FL Paso And
Dale Tells Of Many Interesting
Experiences

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is from Dale McNally, giving story
of the long ride from Ell PasO to the
new headquarters in Washington, d.
c..
Somewhere in Texas" Aug. I'll
Left FL PasO at O'Clock last night.
It's $3.50 a. IN. now and not half
way across Texas. We are going by
way Of New orleans. so it will be
a sightseeing trip for us as I don't
expect to be back this way again
very soon.
We are on the Texas and Southern
Pacific now and a rough riding con-
veyance as you may notice. We
packed yesterday with no more ex-
element than getting ready to go
to a circus
Our Co. F is the only one with us
now. We are, with all the stock OF
the regiment. thirty carloads: our
four Pullmans, cook car, caboose, ant
two engines makes quite a train.
Going Through Texas
The last mail was called just 20
minutes before We started to leave
in trucks for Ell Paso where we en-
trained, and | got the comfort bag.
And say don't see how l could have
done without it. The other fellows
are having hard time to keep their
toilet articles together.
I received a letter yesterday from
Irving Thompson also one from Lee
Cass. l don't know where the Jacobs
boys are now We are two hundred
miles from Ell Paso now and the
scenery looks just the same yet.
Wednesday morning early:-Well
put in a fine night; also the night
before. We are so used to sleeping
any place, that it does not bother us
any. Our Pullmans are not the best
but plenty good.
We stopped yesterday at Big
Springs to unload the horses, water
and feed them. 1t took until 6
o'clock to get them all fed Then we
came back to the coachse and had
our elbow"
A few of us got permission to go
up town but before we got out of
sight they called us back and we
had to go and help load up again.
That took until about O'Clock.
When | awoke this morning l be-
held a complete change of scenery.
The country we are passing through
now is very rough and lots of trees.
We are nearing Fort Worth and
the sergeant says there will be no
stop.
Looked Like Wisconsin
Thursday. Aug. 23:-In Louisiana.
At last out Of Texas although the
last hundred miles was pretty good
country. We are going through
country now just as near like Wis
consin as l can see, timber, brush,
fine roads, good homes, fields of cot
ton in blossom.
And say talk about watermelons
We have more given to us by the
people than we can eat.
The train laid over in Long view
Junction and after the stock was
unloaded we all went up town to a
show and of course had a good time.
The rest of the regiment will be
showed right through 1 suppose. l
am not at all tired and it's because
We get these stops.
At Fort Worth We only stopped 20
minutes and they let us off the
train out in the street. I'm sure
stuck on this country We are going
through now, guess it's because the
trees look so good.
Gay Times in New Orleans
Friday, Aug. "a, New Orleans,-I
woke up this morning to find myself
on the Mississippi river We had
just been loaded on a big barge, it
held three rows Of cars We were
the first over so I got TO see the
bunch ferried across. The sergeant
selected a crew of men to take care
of the stock and the captain let the
rest of us go, to be back at noon. One
of the fellows and l sure took in the
city. We went out to the principal
parks Saw the old Spanish Fort.
Looked everything over pretty good
for so short a time It's pretty
warm but we are used to that.
In Georgia, Saturday, Aug. 25.-
We just entered Georgia at west
Point half of this city is in Ala
bama. We left New orleans at. / 80
p. m. yesterday and at times for so
miles we were in sight of the Gulf
of Mexico. 1t did not take long to
cross the state of Mississippi. Had
a few minutes stop at Mobile and
I think we hit corner of Florida as
it looks on the time table. Alabama
looks much the same as the other
states, negroes, etc. So now we are
NEARING tlanta This is p very cool