Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-06-28
WRITES FROM
FORT LOGAN CAMP
Young Man Who Left Here Ten Days
Ago to Join the United States
Army Writes to Cousin i'm
This CITY

Chris. Svendsen. son of j. p.
Svendsen, the baker at Jensen's bak-
cry, on Broadway. has written to his
cousin, Martin christensen of this
city, very interesting letter from
Fort Logan, Colo, where he is now
located. His brother Paul, who en-
listed at the same time is also with
him. The letter contains so much
that our young men would like TO
know that we reprint the letter as
follows:
Fort Logan, Colo, Jun. 81, 1917
Dear Martin:
well, how goes it in Audubon
by this time anyhow? Are you still
in the bakery or have you Joined the
army?
Say kid, you had ought to be in the
army, it is sure great dope, nothing
like you hear people talk about, es
pecially those who have never tried
it. | have been here a week and like
it very much as far as i have gone.
We have to drill about four or five
hours a day, that is drill half hour,
rest fifteen minutes, and so on. Ger
tainly is soft for fellow who has
been working ten hours a day. Of
course they don't pay as much, but
when you work at home you never
have any more any way.
Talk about feed. Well they sure
feed us good, something different
every day for breakfast. We have
eggs, meat. bread. coffee. potatoes
some kind of desert, hot biscuits and
butter, and all you want of it too.
Some one waiting on you all the time
and all you have to do is boiler if
you don't see what you want and
the walters will get it for you.
For dinner we have potatoes, meat,
gravy, bread and butter, coffee, milk
cake, jelly. pudding or something to
take its place, and for supper it is
just about the same.
We live in a big brick house and
sleep in real beds not outside like
we did at Manawa, for if we did we
would freeze to death, as the days
are hot and the nights cold. You
know how cold il must be when you
have to keep two wooden army blank
cts over you all night and then feel
chilly.
| You can stand on our grounds and
see the mountains just as plain. for
we are only five miles from Denver
| We spent half a day in Denver the
first day we were here and | have
seen enough OF Denver to last me
| for a long time, but | would like to
see Pixies Peak. and l surely will if
we stay here long enough.
You can go from camp here and
through Denver and all through the
mountains and back again for 49,
All who have taken the trip say it
is wei worth the money
Say Martin, things are fine here
at the Fort. We have a picture show
and Y. NJ. c. A. right here on the
grounds. They have all kinds of en-
tertainments. one on Tuesday one
on Wednesday and another on Thurs
day. and they are all free and very
good
We got our uniforms Tuesday and
we sure look like war horses in
them. l must say. We got vaccinat-
ed last Saturday and l got shot in
the arm to keep from getting any
kind of disease. We have got two
more to come and l think we will
get one of them next Saturday, as
they generally give them week
apart. That is the only thing hate
about it as they make your arm
swell up and get sore.
wen, now goes III with your girls?
Fine. l hope. There isn't anything
like a girl running loose out here.
Some of the boys went to a dance in
Denver last week and when they
got back tney spoke of the Noun
tain Beauties" but l fail to see any
of them.
The program is about 20 begin SO
| will have to quit soon. We don +
know Low long we win have to stay
here. We might leave any time and
we won't know where we are going
until we get there. so you had bet
ter write as soon as possible. With
best regards to everyone
Chris Svendsen,
9th Co., Recruits Barracks