The Meeker herald., 1918-07-20

| The following interesting letters
came in this week from two Meeker
boys:
\ CON- I5lst Infantry,
| Camp Kearney. Call, July T. l9la-
Dear Father-This Is the quietest
4sh ever spent. We got out Of quar-
antine yesterday. expect you won
dered how we got in there. When the
men came from Camp Lewis there
WA one car load that this regiment
got that had . case Of measles break
oar Oh the road and Of course is WAS
"Mr Cos luck TO draw them so they
had to be held in quarantine two
weeks They sent Lieutenant Mes
tor. Tom and and some other non
CONS over to drill and look after
them. We were not allowed TO send
any letters out while we were there.
That is the reason I had the Y. ". G.
A. send that letter. ! thot il you did
not hear from me you would think
had left
| This bunch of men We got are near
ly all Swedes and Norwegians and
mostly from Minnesota They are
the best bunch Of men I ever saw.
They are 40 far ahead Of the men we
got from Camp Funston last fall there
IL no comparison. There are . good
many Of them that can't read Eng
Iish, but they take an interest in ev-
erything and sure try to do what they
are told.
The first day coming here It was
pretty warm and coming out Of
cool country they thot they would
die. The water here il pretty warm
and these boys can't get used TO IL;
they have always been used to cool
water.
They sure thot they had hit heaven
when they drilled under our officers
and non CONS. guess they are
pretty hard boiled up there. These
boys said they hollered, and cussed
them every move they made. / can't
very well blame them, for all they do
10 handle one bunch Of recruits after
another. You can't imagine how
much difference there IL In handling
recruits and men that have had = lit
tie training. but we were all recruits
once. We are sure putting then thru
fast-about three times ~ fast As we
were put thru. but We have officers
and non-com's that know 1t now
pretty we'll, and when we went In we
didn't
OF course . person can put life
time In this military game and never
know IL all. There Ii 30 much new
stuff coming up all the time. There
10 lots of stun we learned when we
went into the Infantry that il not
used 1t all any more.
We have only got one hundred and
twenty men. but ] think We will get
another hundred In = couple Of weeks.
There are about six thousand men
here In the recruit camp In civilian
clothes. They are the last draft from
this state. These men will be fit for
overseas duty In about two months
bot I don't know whether we will get
I'd go Win tDeu1 OF hot lU6 Olu ubeu
that left are on their way across now.
Harry Harp got = letter from Bill
Powers last week and he said they
were to leave next day. He said they
showed up In training ~ good ~ any
bunch sent across yet.
I thought when I Joined the army
II I could get out Of the ranks aud get
70 be . sergeant ] would do pretty
good. Now Tom and ] have both
made II. A sergeant gets the same
privileges on liberty days m an officer
now; don't need any pass To go to
town and can stay until .. IN. Mon
day morning. OF course there Ia n
little raise In pay. Some talk Of rails
ing . xergeants pay 10 sixty dollars
per month. Don't know whether
they will or not.
Well, guess ! will now close for this
time. Your afiectiOnate son.
SERGEANT FRANK A. MARSHALL