Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-10-20
Soldiers Letters

Ia
y",srest in that II gives a glimpse OF
yndirions In both the extreme north
and soINh
Incidents that this lad finds sur
0rislng in the south are OF course
very day events to Okiahonans' nut
s,, Comparisons with the customs Of
hS oor,bern states are interesting as
vel as amuslhs'
n,sr F'olhs:--I Just received your
,.,tsr md although 1t Is scorching
"nt right now, | will try TO answer It,.
vas transferred to Yukon, Fl-r
ac'ober 3. We left Kentucky on thai
Gsy and 1t sure was some rlde, espe-
saly through the Appalachian
mountains.
-. road. out ! can't remember half
,bsD becaus- l.. was all 30 new TO
VI, that | was too busy watching
aS,t was coming next and forgot
what | had seen.
nne ming 1 won't forget and that
., IookOut mountain In Tennessee,
-.ar Chattanooga II surely was
worth seeing,
lust TWO OF us boys came down
Lsre from Kentucky, and l had
y Ib,yre Of rations and transportation.
TSs Red Cross girls saved our lives
an ,he way down. At every stop
Srs,tv little Reu Cross girls would
ron. I'm TO the train and invite US to
T,nch and give us hot coffee. fruit,
.bsuing gum tobacco for a finish.
NJ course Uncle Sam provided for
us TOO. but the Red Cross girls
lunches tasted better
Relieve me, no matter where you
m YOU can't help but see how wen
49,, I'n-le Sam takes care OF his
Ssmmies and IL would make your
I.art feel good TO BE how kind and
. ,riendly these girls treat us on the
,oad They act as II we were their
b,others. which IN sense we are, for
srs we not fighting and enduring all
hose nardships that they may be
t,ee from German slavery? / think
Uncle Charlie should be with we
soldiers for a weel he wouldn't feel
so hard :oward the south. In this
yar the boys from the north and
south are lust lite brothers. fighting
Fide by sida in one great cause; there
i, NO distinction in the army between
ns The southern people treated all
OF US fine on the way down; we could
have most anything we asked Tor.
Every time d southern man or
woman talked TO us at the stations
il was with words Of cheer and well
come.
don't think much Of Georgia as
state 10 live in. that Is the part OF IL
that ! saw; all you could see was
cotton .ields aaL turpentine trees.
Very little corn ard what there Is is
mighty poor, but we saw lots OF
amount oil
cotton baled ready for shipment.
An OF :he work is done by darkiee
and mighty poor ones, by the looks
OF the shacks they live in: but one
thing struck me as soon as we hit
the Mason Dixon line, all OF the
darkies tip their hats when they talk
10 a white man down here. They are
might polite in every way. They
" don't try 20 crowd you off the streets
here like they do up north. Down
|Vhere they have two distinct places
everywhere, waiting rooms, cars, de-
pots every place is NAKED white
on one eide Of the building and "col-
Ored" IN the other. Even the res
tAurants have "A room for whites and
one for colUred.
When We first hit Jacksonville, we
took in part OF the town. but as we
we're not used to the climate. We soon
hiked back 10 TIE hotel.
When you first hit this state you
feel lS II you would smother. the
air is so hot and close, but after we
got down mere close to the ocean, 1t
was lots better. because we get the
sea bree2es.
The ST. John river runs right
through our camp and Is three miles
vide. All OF us boys are crazy to
30 In swimming. but the Officers
wont permit 1t. because the shores
are full Of sharks and big alligators.
We had a picnic the other day
throwing clubs at three big alligators
that were hanging around the camp.
They don't come back very often
now
We nave men here from every
state in the union. and 1t sure is in
teresting to hear them talk. 1t is
Just like the hottest part OF July
here now, and am mighty glad that
We are in tents too. ! am sitting
here now without any shirt, shoes or
socks on. We take our shower bath
every nIgnt right under the stars, and
II sure feels good too.
The Flu" isn't so bad here at
camp, as the doctors have found a
way TO prevent IL. We get an exami-
nation and two shots in the nose ev-
cry morning now, and 1t is~cutting
the influenza down fast. see by the
papers that the influenza is SO bad
In jacksonville that all the doctors
have Il anl the drug stores are rum
ming short OF medicines.
They closed all meeting places. in
Guiding the churches, and only have
the stores open from 9 until 4. This
Is a quar;ermaster's camp here, and
Is the jumping off place for France.
They say when you come here, you
are bound for over There, but |
should worry. | am TO be put to work
: Earning 1 certain part OF transpor-
ntion duties, and wont have any
tlghtng 10 do when / do get to go
over. WAS bit disappointed when
they took me oLt OF the artillery, but
as the lieutenant told me, they
need me in tha' place, so I might
Just as wei lbe satisfied, but II I ever
get chance ! intend to take a sly
shot at Dutchman just for luck.
PRIVATE HARRY HILT,
lamp Joseph l. Johnson, Florida.
=, Sunday night, September IS. 1918.
NY Dead Ed
over month since have had any