Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-06-21

Finally came the bolt out OF blue
sky in the shape Of a wire from the
Adj. General stating that had re-
ceived an appointment for Field Clerk
Foreign Service, and to report at his
Office in Washington at once. Being
already in the service al the muniii-
cent sum of $4,000 per / didn'b have
much hope of ever making the trans
fer. My friend in Washington, how
ever, put in a few good words for me
/ guess, and his influence together
with strong recommendations from
our Captain and Lieut's finally helped
me to make the grade. Went over TO
Washington and spent two days pass
ing physical exam, steno exams, get
ting vaccinnated, inoculated and a
few more things, looking over the
White House though was so busy /
didn't have time to call on your
friend Wilson dropped in at the
Capitol and looked over our famous
Senate and House of Rep. few other
famous Govt Buildings. SpentSunday,
Archie and L, out to the Marine
camps at Quantico, Va, on the Po-
tomac, with two more Of our room
mates, Mort Houston and Chef Turn
er, and we had some reunion can as
sure you. Went in swimming in the
beautiful muddy Potomac, looked
over their whole encampment, and be-
lieve me when | tell you used to be
enthusiastic about the Marine Corps
l am hundred per cent more en-
thusiastic than ever about it now.
IF any OF the fellows there are still
trying to enlist just tell them from a
fellow who has seen at least a little OF
each, and through work he knows a
! little more about each, that the Mar
| inc Corps has it all over on the Army
at every stage of the game. They get
a physical training that can't possibly
be beaten. They have a regular
Army all of their own, consisting OF
practically all the different branches
of the Army Service and each fellow
gets certain dose OF it all. Their
Officers Training Camps are picked
from the RANKS alone, and there is
no possibly chance or any man. ever
getting a commission unless he is en-
titled to it in every sense of the word
and wins it.
This Army Field Clerk proposition
looks as though it was going to be in
teresting as of course these fellows
are being picked for division, regi-
mental and battalion headquarters
duty for secretarial work that is going
to bring us right to the inside OF
things. Of course there isn't any
comparison with this and the Me.
chanic stuff I was in before, and be-
sides the money itself is pretty
swell thing, yet, if / could do it, ]
would trade the work for line duty
in order to be in the real game with
some of my best friends there.
Since they wouldn't have me though
presume the only thing left to do is
to be satisfied with this so I'm going
to quit kicking-ou loud-at least.
New York so far hasn't quite cap
tured me for good. It is a big town
full of many variegated amusements,
but when you are trying to buy an
overseas outfit out of your per diem
and salary, you don't hit a very
strenuous pace on Broadway or And
St. / don't like the East as whole,
nor the people, as | do the West for
me. Famous Coney Island isn't any
different than any other big amuse-
ment parks in Chicago, Milwaukee OF
Minneapolis, except in size. Haven't
dined at Rector's, Sherry's Delmon-
/ ieo'S Or the Waldorf Astoria as Vat