Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-11-23
Soldier Bows Letter

Soldier Boys Letter
Base Hospital
Camp Doniphan
Fort Sill, Okla,
Noy. 10, 1917
Editor and Readers:
| left Camp Dodge on the 9Th.
and landed here on the Sth. we
came $50 miles, IL coarhes IN all.
I was transferred from the infantry
to The base hospital here. and |
believe | will like it fine here alter
we get in cur new quarters which
are not quite completed. Things
are not very convenient yet; | am
wiling oh my cot, by candle
light. =
When we left Camp Dodge we
ate supper in Iowa, breakfast in
Kansas City Mo. dinner in Kansas,
aad supper in Okla. There were
hundreds of people at ever depot
to see us go through. We We're put
eff twice and marched over town
for exercise. and we sure enjoyed
| it, too. We came over the Bufllng-
ton aud the Frisco Iines>
Our dear Uncle Sam" pays our
way wherever we go, but we have
to 90 where he needs us. On our
way down here we were fed on
canned goods, brought through the
train in large pans and certainly
eni,yed every bite of it.
have been told that this hos
pital will be transferred to either
Virginia or North Carolina soon
and about Xmas on to France, but
| I don't know how true it is, as in
the army you can hear any thing
We have several hundred sick
here. This is a very changable
climate; gets very hot during the
day and cold at night. The water
don't agree with us, but they say
1--WE will like il better after we
drink it a while.'' We are only
as miles from the Texas line.
The wind and dust are terrible
at times.
There is large aviation camp
here. Most any time we look up
we can see 10 to Is aeriop.anes sail
ing over US.
We are living in tents until oul
new quarters are finished. We
have 8 in each tent. A machine
gun Co. left here for France last
week. About 800 eat in our dining
room, 200 at one time.
This is large government reser,
walton consisting of $4,000 acres
of land. y
Last Sunday | was out on one OF
the high peaks close here and saw
4 deer; quite a few around here.
Also a few diamond back rattle
snakes. This old Fort was used
during the civil war, the stone
buildings are in use by the present
army, but suppose it was more
exciting here then than it is now.
Have seen several ,larae guns
with 6 and s horses to each one,
This is 1000 cot hospital. Twill
sihter be a nurse or an ambulance
driver; have not been assigned to
any thing yet.
One cay the wind blows all the
dust away, and the next day it
blows it all back. I wish some of
my old friends would write to me
as we all love to get mail from old
friends.
We all have to be in bed by $50
and out by 5:45. We have to pay
about 4 prices for every thing we
buy here. Some of the boys were
called out last Sunday to fight fire
in the woods,
We are all as happy as can be.
We are trying to be men, for the
eyes of the world are upon us we
are here to serve our Government,
We will follow our colors, always
keeping our eyes on God and He
will guide us. l believe in the last
analysis justice and right will
triumph. We have nothing to
fear and every thing to hope. We
could do no greater service than to
give our lives for our country. A
country which we are now called
upon to fight for, andIa flag to de-
fend as we'll as fathers, mothers,