The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-10-02
INCIDENT AT SEA
CANTON BOY TELLS OF TRANS
PORT CREW GETTING READY
TO FIRE ON SUB.

" q 1Vt HAL odbiAa IA VIII Alit
lean troops were being transported to
England and France is related in a
letter just received by South Dakota
relatives from Harold Judd, a Can
ton boy, who has been assigned to the
engineers department and who until
the end of the war will be on duty in
France, where he will aid in repairing
the destruction wrought by the Ger
mans in falling back before the pres
sure of the allies.
Young Judd states that he was sea-
sick during the journey cross the
Atlantic and spent two wretched
days. About the only thrills that
came to u.s." he writes, were the
lookout we kept for submarines.
One morning early we sure thought
we saw one, and everything was made
ready to fire when the time came, but
when it was found that it was only a
harbor buoy everybody was disap-
pointed, as we thought we were
about to see some action. We wore
our life preservers for four days
straight, everywhere we went. The
mess on board ship has been just
something awful, and between sea-
sickness on one hand and want of
relish in the mess on the other, we
would surely have starved, or nearly,
had 1t not been for the c%anteen."
Letter from Honolulu.
A Lennox boy, who signs his letter
Evan" writes from Honolulu, where
he is a member Of a military organic.
alton which is being concentrated
there. One of the interesting parts
of their training is shooting at q
range, in which the members of the
different platoons vie with each othel
in making good records in marksman-
ship. Il saw something here" he
writes, that is hard to believe
rainbow at midnight. The govern
ment and the people are erecting a
Y. M. C. A. building here for the sol
diers at a cost of 500, 900, and when
completed we will have lots of enjoy
ment and comfort. l go to the NOV
les often, where the very best class
of pictures to be had are shown. All
the saloons in Honolulu are closed to
the soldiers"
Friends in Carthage have been ad-
vised of the arrival in France of Or
Moore, formerly of Carthage, where
he was a leading physician. DR.
Moore has become a member of the
Red Cross and will do special work
among the unfortunate children OF
France. who, as is generally known
are in very poor condition because
of a scarcity of food. DR.. Moore will
work early and late for their relief
Finds Snake i'm Bed.
Charles M. Dowell, a Carthage boy
writes from a large concentration
camp in the southwest, where he is {
member of a South Dakota cavalary
troop. His impressions of the coun
try there are not at all favorable
1T really Is some country" ht
writes, red sand, centipedes, horned
toads, lizards and snakes. One o.
the + men, OF Mitchell, found a snake
in his bed today. Our camp is JUS
like one large city block. There are
II of us sleeping in each tent and i
is quite crowded. There are $4,000
horses here and we will be issued oul
horses as Don as they think we are
good enough on foot. This is the be
ginning Of the rainy season. Some
of the troops are out with their ath
letic goods, Mitchell and Huron will
the football, and Carthage with tn,
baseball"
DR.. M. j. Fikedal, a Webster physi
clan, now a member of a medica
corps at a point in a southern state
writes an interesting letter on the du
ties of the medical men. He write,
in part as follows: I'VE move int
our regimental hospital tomorrow
and will begin to receive men assign
ed to our regiment. We first exam
inc them for contagious diseases an'
v~accinate for smallpox and triple ty
phoid-that is a combination of ty
phoid and para typhoid-and thel
put them in quarantine. Then W
give them their physical examination
and that is the most thorough thiny
you ever saw. No man is rejected
until he has been checked up by spe
c~ialists and a lot more red tape. Thi
is a new camp built in a regular will
derness. Enough trees were left be
tween the barracks to make 1t lool
like an old city. We have examine,
about 2,100 men and vaccinate'
them, that is all in the camp, excep
hundreds of officers. We will hav
something like $4,000 men, outsid
of officers, here in a short time"