Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-12-20
JIM BERRY.

Mrs. Fannie LOOMS, of this city,
who has one son, Raymond Loomis, in
the Navy, has another, Chas. Loomis,
in training for the Navy at the Great
Lakes Station. The following letter
is from Chas. LOOMS:
Dear Mother;
GREAT LAKES, Ill. - | think !
am located long enough to get a reply
from you. They have been sending
me around so much | don't know
where to have you address me. |
came over to this camp Thanksgiving
day. The last meal we had in deten-
ton was Thanksgiving dinner and it
was sure some feed. They took the
apprentice sea men out jHst before
dinner and VIC had food enough for So
men and there were only 25 to eat it.
We had turkey, celery, mashed pota-
toes, clanberries, two kinds of cake
and apples and oranges.
| had liberty Saturday night and
Sunday and went down to Chicago and
really | was surprised at the hearty
welcome we got there. The people
are so courteous and a sailor can get
a girl without any trouble while the
soldier has no show at all.
My friend and | were going to see
his cousin and he knew the name of
the hotel, but he did not know where it
was located, and he asked the news
boy and he didn't know, and a cop saw
us and asked what we wanted. He
looked up in a telephone directory and
called up the people to see if: his
cousin was at home and then stopped
a taxi and asked the man to take us
there. 1t was some swell taxi. There
is a very nice set sf boys, much bet
ter than could be found in civil life
among a large bunch of men.
Detention wasn't as bad as | had
expected; they were strict there after
we got out, but it wasn't SO bad. |
got four shots in the arm, three for
typhoid and one for ~diphtheria; they
say that each of them cost from S25
to $45, if we were to go TO a doctor.
think there is something astir for
this spring or maybe before the win
ter is over, for they are sending an
awful lot to sea. The firemen in my
company were sent right to sea from
detention. | don't see what they are
ging to do with me.
Well, | think It's will be about all
for this time. Charlie LOOMS.
The following letter from Ray
Gregory, of this city, who is with the
National Army at Camp Funston, was
written to his friend, Alvin Tread
way, Of this city:
Pal Treadway:'
CAMP FUNSTnN, Kansas, Decem-
Der 8, 1917. - Just a line to say hello
and this leaves me feeling good 50 far.
We are having some extreme cold
weather here the past 2 days being
very cold. We should worry as long
as we stay inside of the barracks and
have plenty Of coal to burn. We also
had a big nov and plenty of Kansas
wind to whirl it around. Don't know
how long we will be here, but only
hope Uncle Sam will move us before
long to the Sunny South. This place
is entirely too cold now to get much
drilling out Of the men. | have been
out 2 days this week and, say, | al
most froze. Ny, but they are awful
good not to keep you out very long.
This camp is ok, for summer training,
but am afraid it gets too cold out
here to do much good in the winter.
Don't you know ! haven't got over
my visit home yet? Sure Is hard on
a soldier to ret a few days off, then
have to come back and go to work.
Today is my birthday and say, If |
was at home, | know I'd get a good
feed, but at that we are going TO have
chicken today for dinner; guess Un-