Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-03-28
STUBBY'S LETTER
HIS. SWEETHEART
"Camp Wadsworth.


You can get anything you want near
except wnat you want. You can set
swete pertatos and worfels and sand
and mud and court marshai. II
rains however it rains at mite SO we
have to keep rite on drilling or els II
rains when l am on guard and have
to do It anyway.
"Wilere we are it is sand. l never
seen so mulch sand befour in my life
as l did the luther day. You couldent
keep but one eye open at time and
then you shuvelled it out while you
let the luther eye git filled up and
wise verse. The wind bloed it into
our camp frum all over this state
and the southeast department. The
wind carried it back and fourth UNI
til it had dumped it all inside our
tents AMI dident have any more to
bio. Our company strete has ben
mostly clay but after me and the
luther privats in company n had
gon down thore and dug out our eres
and eyes and pockets we stuk up a
Sand was the prinsipal ingreedjunt
of all our mess for days. If sand
is all Am needs to lick Girmeny they
he'd better send me over kwick be-.
kaws l could just about go frum the
frunt line trenches to Burlin in IA
minutes and one harf on a no stop
tiket.
ial,
to be sutch football player. Well
we have Zen havin baynet drill which
is made up frum boXin. j. e. when you
do on guard posishun and drop yurc
rifel you are like on guard posishun
in boXin and when you slash for neck
it it Ike a left hook and when you
do but it he'd it is like a rite to the
jaw and thareS some utherS it would
ent be pcrlite to menshun. Frank
Moran which. is g hevywait prize
filter alleged to be has ben shown us
how. Fist he gives q texture on it
with movin piclStures Of Benny Len
ard and Kid McKoy and Jim Corbet
which last 2 died about the time John
l.. Sullivan did but they don't no it
yet. And then he gets 2 men frum
each conpeny AMI lines them up for
. instrukShrn. .,
We'll Col. Eallentine comes out
the Uther day and sees Ginger which
is a sargent in Company II doin
tricks and he says Fraser can you
protekt yUreself unarmed agenst a
man attaotin with baynet. Fraser
says he ran and fine Col. who nos me
pretty -?"ll from militery asosiashuns
we have led together says hear you,
see if yor can poak Fraser with yure
gun. | dident want to hurt Ginger
him and nc bein good friends and so
| peaks of to one side but he says
unfreindly like no poak it at me don't
be afrl 20 of hurtin me. I peaks it
at him to see what he can do and the
next mint that big bruser thros me
about a cd hekaws | aint prepared.
Then | wasent going to do anythin
althO I was some sore and seen he
was going to show off and he says
any 10 yecr old Girnan could lick
YOU you come at me as tho you ment
it. ] was Just goin to say o is that
so and maybe start fife but a en-
listed man has to show some respeckt
for his Col and besides Ginger is
bigger than Hallowell. But Phylliss
for his Col. and besides Ginger is big
ger than Hallowell. But Phylliss a or
der is a order in the army and grab
bed up my gun and says to myself If
this bird menes 1t hes goin to git the
surpris Of his yung life and goes for
him. But my foot slips or somethin
Just as git ready to mock his block
off and him not Eivin me a chanst
twists my gun back over my shoulder
which you no Phylliss no man can
do when Inc reddv and hits me with
his hip and takes my gun when I fall
for who vouldent if hes off his bal
;larse that way and then he merely
caves my ribs in with the musSle Of
it and then puts his foot on me the
way they pull baynets out after you
stick a Girman and STAINS back pass
es me the gun and says again. Well
YOU no line a game guy Phylliss and
line sore to. That was why he got
me again when ] rushes him bellaws
a man ;ias got to keep his he'd. That
time when | goes over his he'd he
t"EeS the gun way rum me ana
hits me or 5 times with it and
leves it on top Of me and says again
but Col. Ballnntine I CESS sees Fraser
is goin to git his next time and he
saws enough. Good work. Let me
tell YOU Phylliss it was lucky for that
Fraser The Col. says that. I have to
larf when I think of what some Cir
man who isent onto Fraser like I am
is goin to git when he takles this guy
Ginger tho. I CESS he nos q few
tricks even if he did have me at a
, disadvantage hy me not Wantin to
, m1!ss him I'D befour the Col. line
, coin TO git this guy Fraser some
time on ckwal trims and then Ime go
, in to take him all APART and sec what
makes INN go unless he shows a
, more friendly spirit in the futllr.
) "Hopirg YOU are the salre and will
/ write soon.
r Stubby.
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