Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-01-24
LETTER FROM HUGH BOND.

Well, just received another one
OF those combination letters and
The Times. I'll say you folks are
Hooverizing. | am feeling a~bit
better this morning. Won't go to
the hospital till | have to.
They took Dick Ryan to the
hospital this morning. He has
the measles or smallpox. His
face was all broke out. Our top
sergeant ordered all his bedding
and clothes taken out. His clothes
We're in the same locker with
mine. Wouldn't be surprised if
have them too. | got excused
from school to go to the canteen
for some writing material and
stamps for him. When got
there they wouldn't let me in the
room where he was. They think
our company will all be quaran-
tined. Ray Thomas is all in too.
4 have to kid him a little though.
I say, Roy, you must take it cool.
1T takes a man to stand up under
all this. Orlie SHELTON said the
wardInaster said there were
Twelve going to be discharged for
disability. but he didn't know who
the twelve are.
| have a terrible cold. They
have the windows up one night
and down the next. | am send
+ ing a lot of scenery cards. Have
seen all this myself. You want
to take good care of these, as they
cost me two bits apiece. The
Fort Worden souvenir calendar
am sending cost me dollar.
Have all my uniforms now. Had
my picture taken Thought may
be I'd get up town TO get photos,
hut no chance of ever getting a
real Iayoff, l guess.
I'd like to go to show tonight
if school doesn't hold on too long.
Everybody else went last night,
and | think | ought to go tonight.
Ii school is out by eight, we can
go to our show and be i'm bed by
9:f5: The shows are fine and
the music is too. They have a
25-piece band.
Our company is getting up Ii
brary now. We took up a collcc-
ton of so cents apiece. The
reading l don't think will interest
me much, but maybe Til have
some. pictures. TO look at.
They just called US in the first
sergeant's office and had us fill
out some kind of card. They
asked us what our occupation
was, how long we had worked at
it, who we worked for, married or
unmarried, our age, if we had any
experience as teamsters, truck or
auto drivers. Don't know what
the object was, but suppose Well
find out later. 1t rained all day
yesterday and last night, so we
had to stick around and have
school in our squad room, but all
they did in school yesterday was
talk hospital and the examina-
tions.
Saturdays are real inspection
days, so Fridays we clean up. We
scrub, wash windows, and sweep
everything from our clothes lock-
ers to tho basement. We get
pretty fair meals here Don't
generally get much for breakfast.
Have only had butter one meal,
and that was for breakfast, to put
on fried bread. We've only had
sugar one meal. We eat oatmeal
and all that sort of junk without
sugar or cream. You know how
/ always liked that dope, anyway.
If we want sugar, we can buy it,
and carry it in tobacco tins.
Some style to that!
Everybody takes their turn
waiting tables and working in the
Kitchen. You should be here and
watch us while. If you remem-
Der how those S5 head of Dads
hogs acted last summer when
he'd call them, you know just
how we act when the mess bell
rings
We had the articles of war read
to us. Ii took the officer an hour
to read them. and we had TO know
all Of them when he got through.
You know how always could keep
anything like that in my mind.
Suppose they'll put me in the
guardhouse If forget any of it.
A guard here has two hours on.
and four hours off for "a hours.
1t is death sentence to sleep at
your post, so guess there'll be no
sleeping at the switch for
Hughie.
81 This is the first place ever.
was in that the sun rose in the
west. I'm simply wrong end to
all the time. There are only two
or three boys that are straight.
We are two blocks from the
Sound. can stand at my win
dow and watch the big fish jump
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