Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-07-19
B. SCHLAEFER WRITES
FROM HONOLULU
Former Pullman Boy, NOw Marine,
Writes interestingly TO Friend
still Winning Track Medals

Schlaefer will be of interest to his
many acquaintance here. Boyd re-
sided in Pullman in his early youth
and later went to Rosalia, returning
to Pullman 10 attend the State Col
lege after graduating from the
Rosalia high school. He was a star
distance man, grabbing many first
place medals in the mile as a high
school performer and later as a mem
Der of the State College track team.
That he is still a good cinder path
man is indicated by that part of his
letter relating to the track meets in
which he has participated in the land
written from Pearl Harbor, the ma
rine barracks just out of Honolulu,
to Jack Roberts, a friend and class
mate who is also in the service. and
forwarded by him to Editor Lynch
OF the Rosalia Citi2en-Journal
Pearl Harbor Y. II.
June "a. 1918.
Dear Friend Jack;
Don't remember now if | answered
your last letter or not However
will say | didn't and will write now
Wen, how is The old boy? Also Carl
II. Wegner Roy Peterson, Joe Fer
rill and Heinie Engfer? | wonder
quite a bit how you 'ellows are all
getting along and what you are do
ing, | don't suppose you are any
M ore stuck on that post than fellow
in Guam would be. We all live in
hopes that we won't have to stay 30
months here. | would like to get to
the front and at least get chance
to see how | would like it. We have
a fairly good home here, much better
than the majority Of the places We
have IA picture show three times a
week; bah games two or more times
week and liberty at $3.50 week days
and loo p. m. on Saturday and all
day Sunday The Chow" is good.
At present am acting captain
VIII be next one made in my COM
pany l refused clerk Job in the
Q. NJ. office with $40 raise and a ser
geant's rating in three months, on ad-
vice of the captain. He has recon-
mended me for the next officers
school and | will go the latter part
OF July, think. There are three of
us going
Was out on the range last month
and company clerk the ] ) days pre-
Vious, while the regular one was out.
shot 262 and am now drawing
down So extra. Was chosen for the
rifle team and as No. ! man on a
machine gun, My best score was
272. Things have gone pretty good
for me.
We had big track meet here be-
tween the sailors from Pearl Harbor
and Honolulu. | was the marine
coach and captain. We won the
meet, the tug-of-war, and the ball
throwing contest; tied the sailors in
swimming and lost the boat race and
water polo game. | entered the mile
and half-mile and won both. Silver
medals were given for first, bronze
for second and merchandise for third.
June Is there was a big fair in
Honolulu. They staged one of the
biggest track meets ever held on the
island. l entered the mile and got
second. Made the winner break his
own record. He held the island rec.
ord. could have won it if l didn t
have to eat this grub they feed us
here. 1t is good to eat ordinarily,
but bad foE training on. Besides /
had only / ) days to train in Am
through with track and am going in
for swimming. l have almost mas
tered the crawl stroke.
Have not been out on liberty very
much. Am usually pretty busy at
the barracks / drew some poster
cartoons for three days before the
fair for the marine exhibit. The
Honolulu paper gave me a mention
and took a picture of our exhibit and
published it in the paper. Also re-
ceiTed a $40 prize for the cartoon in
the Marine Magazine You saw the
one in the April number. / draw by
spells. Sometimes l get the fever
and draw for days, then | get over it
for weeks.
How long did you stay at Mare
Island when you went down with the
prisoners? Did you like the looks Of
the old place? Am going to write to
Clarence Graham again Wrote to
him once, and he never answered.
What's the news, Jack? We have
been going TO leave here every month
for the last three We really did have