Bisbee daily review., 1918-07-14
WEEKLY NEWS LETTER YOUNG MEMS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
 OF WARREN MINING DISTRICT


 The following letter was turned over to Secretary Morley by MT. Richard son before his departure for Nashville, Tenn: Dear MT. Richardson: I have intended writing you for some time a little letter for your Y. M. news in the Sunday edition of the Review, but I have been waiting to make good first, so have made good start in that di- rection for the time have been here, as I will tell you later on in this writ ing. It has been rumored to me that there was report prevalent in Bisbee that I had died of pneumonia. We'll, you see, it is not necessary for me to correct the report, as I am very much alive and have been since being in this great institution, "the army of
 Uncle Sam" and it is becoming the most formidable work of man on the face of Gods green earth, and I don't
 remember the day when I was more
 physically and mentally fit than I am now, as We are taught accuracy, dis
 patch and system. Now, it may be of
 interest to you and my friends just
 what I have been doing and observed
 since l landed here on March the
 sixth. I shall never forget the night
 I stepped from the train into a mili-
 tary camp at Fort Riley, Kansas. It
 was about 10:00 p. m. and a cold gale sweeping over the plains of Kansas at
 the rate of twenty miles an hour. and
 had on the Bisbee' climate wearing apparel, which was my "B V. D's." and
 a very thin cravenet. There I was
 greeted by a number of officers that
 lined me up with about four hundred
 men that were drafted from New Mex ico. Among them were Mexicans, In- dians and half-breeds. They lined us
 up in sets of fours and marched us up to a stable that was used by the cav airy, but had been abandoned. On the
 way up to this stable, you could hear some sergeant yell out, 'get in step you look like bunch of sheep" We'll, after keeping us waiting there for sev- .eral hours, 1t seems, they marched us over to the supply department for equipment. It was easily two miles from the "horse shed" as we called it.
 So when we returned, we had to go to another place and fill our "straw tick" with wheat straw, and by the time we got back it was 3:00 in the morning So they made us get up at 6:00 and get ready for breakfast Not going further into those details from that on for at least two weeks. it was drill-drill, and then some. That was while we were in detention. Then next comes the medical end of it, which was lectures on anatomy, phy- siology, materia medica, pharmacy, first aid, nursing, sanitation, and mil itary laws. My personal experience has varied to great degree, as will relate the major part of it. First I gave a lecture course on materia med lea, and pharmacy for two months of three hours a week. Then they sent me to a school for three weeks for special instructions in X-Ray work, and next I was put in the Base Hos pital headquarters dispensary to learn all the routine pharmacy work of the army. and remained there for just about four weeks. Now I am do- ing miscellaneous work for Evacuation Hospital No. 16 at Camp Meade, Mary land. As to my promotions since be- ing here, I will mention as well. I came in as a buck private" then first-class private, then corporal. and lastly ser geant of Evacuation Hospital No. 16, at Camp Meade. Now I want to tell you some of the institutions that are doing a very good work to hold the morals of the soldier. and that is the Y. NJ. c. A., Red Cross, Y. W c A and K, c. But for me, give me the Y. M.. as believe 1t is doing as much if not more than any of them. Every man in the army is getting big benefits from 1t. and 1t is going to open the minds of many young men after the war that have always had something to say about 1t disrespectfully. and the only draw back is that there are not enough of them as they never seat and accommodate all of the men. The dollar goes farther in the Y. M. c. A. than any of the institutions. Well, Mir Richardson, I could write much more had l ample time for it. I am sorry to learn that you are leaving the good little town of Bisbee. Give my regards to all of the boys and tell them the next time see them I can talk French to them. Your friend. Sgt O. R. Black. Evac. Hosp. No 16. Camp Meade, Md.
 Many of the old timers were out to the Eight O'clock Volley Ball Club last Tuesday night. Among the dozen players were M. Krebbs, J. U. Berry, | R. O. owen and Rev. w H. Harshman. ] The game was so much enjoyed that