Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-05-30
Our Soldier Boys.

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have been at Camp Funston. The
white boys all belonged to IA s9th
division with Major General Leonard
Wood at its head. Now the whole d.
vision is being moved. BY next Mon
day they will all be gone, except the
artillery, which will go Il week later,
and the depot brigade, which is unat-
tached. For a week and more the
switch yards at Union Station, st.
Louis, have been thronged with PEG.
pie hoping to get a peep at his or her
particular soldier boy as they passed
through. Some families have stayed
in relays as long as is consecutive
hours, that he might not come through
without seeing a loved one. The edi-
tor Ut this column and her husband
received word a week ago that their
son, Dudley Riggs, would likely pass
through st. Louis Wednesday. So
Tuesday evening they went to 81.
Louis. They had arranged with him
to notify q friend in st. Louis by wire,
after he passed Kansas City, about
what time his train would arrive.
When they reached st. Louis and tel
ephoned this friend they found his
wire had come and he vas due in st.
Louis for q short time about 3 A. NJ.
They went around the various build
iDgs and sheds and at last found Tow
er No. ] in the dark, and discovered
the families of two other boys also
waiting. Soon after 3 O'Clock a~train,
all dark, came quietly into the yards.
We all rushed to it, and II young
man came out of a coach door and
called out that this was the Officers
Training Camp Train. Then we went
along the windows from which sleepy
heads were beginning to appear and
called the name of tour boy In
each case he soon appeared and for
nearly an hour he stood by the side of
the train and talked to us. You say
that kind of a visit is not much com
fort, but to us it vas, and it also was
to him. He has written back that the
/, little visit and the sight of US, as he
; pulled off, waving him "bon voyage
! in the dim light, heartened him up
wonderfully. Our boy has gone to
, Camp Lee, Virginia, where two thou
! sand OF the young men who have just
y graduated from the Officers Training
! Camps over the country will be used
! to drill the new draft men, and as
b soon az the new division il formed al
= Camp Lee they will be commissioned
a and assigned. Now you will soo be
hearing from your boys who have
I gone on. Do let us know at once
= where they are, SO we a put it il
. this column. All their friends wan
to hear from them.
!, Earl Calvert, Company j, Cd Bri
\ gade, NJ. G. En-, somewhere in France
!. writes to home folks: "We have
been pretty busy lately and coult
not possibly write. suppose you re
II ceived my letter telling you WI vert
/ in the trenches, as u officers toll
us we could tell you. The ones wher
a we we're were good ones and twas
quiet sector only at times, 80 we mad
a it without any serious casualties. Th'
% boys had rather be in the trenche
~ than in the rest camps. The mud wa
~ the worst part of it all. | am now il
the hospital with a case Of mumps."
49,. Gilbert Wallis, Battery X, 81 G. A
~ G.. writes from somewhere in France
10 eve have not received the REGIsTE
T. for a long time. When We first g
here it came regularly, but suddenl
stopped. We sure miss it. Roland
not with US any more, but Leslie ar
the rest of the boys are feeling fin
lie We are having soale very nit
weather now, but If you ever take
e notion to come to sunny France "
had better bring an umbrella and
RI pair of boots with you"
Russell Riggs, l34th Co., U.
p. Marines, writes from somwhere
France: ~ am well and getting ia
70 walked over to the next town ye
terday afternoon. The Y. is finishe
"a and they have a canteen there. III
secretary is named Leavell, and is
brother of l.. P. Leaveli, the Sunda
School man who has been with US I
often upon the Heights"
III Private Z. r. Adams, S0th CO
Y. Marine Barracks, Paris Island, s.. I
writes to the home folks: I'VE left )
cd Louis and went through lllinoi
~ Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Oki'
homa, Georgia and South Carolin
to The trip wa a treat to me. Histor
in Lookout Mountain, where my gram
father fought; Nashville, the home
of Henry Clay; Atlanta, OF war fam
NJ. pine, mulberry, scrub. oak, palms, II
cabins, negroes, cotton, thirteen lon
in horned steers hitched singly to pillow
NO potatoes in bloom. The more sa
of the south, the more like Nilsson
Tin I have not yet seen the ocean, thou
" we battle in salt water. Our cots a
comfortable. The food is good a
,er wholesome and plenty, but woe to {
ar. man who wastes a crumb. The y,
III G. A. is doing much for the boys. u
the work even though tits scrubbi
nd floors, washing dishes and sweepir
iss There are some who shirk but tn
,re have the hardest time when fon
out. What discipline I've seen !
an. been just fine. / feel sure shall ii
at the work" -.
The postal regulations no lonl
permit sending packages to the pt
in France. But you can purchase q
, o thug you want Tor them through
- firm Of Scruggs, v~andervoort u y
ney, St.. Louis, who will dispatch
from Paris.
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