Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-23
IN CAMP AND Field
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of your institution than that. [ never
before received SO much for $25 and
when | get back you don't need to re-
mind me of the hours for class.
This is such an entirely new life that
soft men get quite i'll in getting &C.
climated and become easy prey for
measles, pneumonia, etc. The Y. build
ings. | think thirty-four Of them, scat
tered about the camp, do great work.
They seem to have all good live red
blooded men, like yourself, in charge.
They just opened building quite near
here for colOred troops, in charge OF a
tall darkie whose smile stops some
where behind his big eyes. We have
an awful lot of negroes here; they
seem always to enjoy it, and have
great variety of games sprinkled into
their training that can be played by
hundreds at a time-it is a roar for
them, or anybody who looks on. They
drill them all the time they are not
calling roll and it seems they are call
ing roll all night up there. We are
supposed to have roll call at $3.50 a. m.
and 6:15 a. m, and there are so many
negroes in that line and such mess
Of names.
Task to Call Roll
| couldn't any more call that roll
than l could fly green-Id die laugh
ing. There are George Washingtons
by the dozens, and I can't tell them
apart. And Abraham Lincolns by the
score; Andrew JacksOns, Henry Clays,
Robert E. Lees and Ulysses Grants.
When it comes to the Jones' [ would
think they'd ask them to answer broad
side ten at time so as to get through
some time They take comparatively
short course and make "pick and
shovel soldiers of them for France,
which suits most of them fine. They
fell in a body for that vile German
propaganda that was spread all over
the country, that a man with venereal
disease wouldn't be taken into the
army AS an instance. One of our
men is in the infirmary for colOred
troops, a block up the street. The
other night forty negroes came in from
New Orleans, and at sick call in the
morning twenty-five of them reported
and twenty-three had gOnOrrhea, and
the other two something else. George
Washington. Andrew Jackson and
Henry Clay all had it!
I'd be glad to send the business
mems class a masc0t-0ne Of those
pretty quick little Iizards-we have
so many Of them here. I'll only stipu-
late that Judge Osborn feed it ten
flies every day, and that Prof. Waldrip
lead it out to water once a month If
YOU care to you can have George Hood
teach it to sing, but that is purely OPP
tiOnal. [ have a pet in little tree
close to the door and we won't need a
screen there this summer, as any
skecter or fly that gets by that door
has to hurry.
Visited Local Boys
Had 2 good visit with Walter Kerr
md George RitenOur called on me the
other night. They are both good men
and are getting on fine. It's not so
easy for an officer to call on man.
The only time he has is after retreat
street to the rink or picture shows.
My first evening here | called on Mrs.
Clark's brother, who is Sniper in Co.
|, 345th, about mile up this street.
Well, those men made me just pump
salutes until my arm was almost
paralyzed. I'll not do that again. I've
learned of back way up the street
ii | have to 60 again.
We herd Margaret Woodrow VIII
son sing at the auditorium Sunday
might, and the boys gave her a real
welcome.
There is a French lieutenant here
under the auspices Of the Y, who was
two years with sanitary train. We
have had two long talks from him
and he sure does hold US. He seems
to be so fair and square about it all
and will tell nothing that he has not
seen. He has plenty to tell, however.
Says that the only way to account for
the things Germany is doing, is that
the nation has gone plain crazy, and
that is the prevalent opinion and gave
good proof of it, Says it is impossible
to be German and gentleman. He
has lost seventeen from his immediate
family in the war The French in the
first six months lost six per cent in
killed captured or missing and inca
pacitating wounds. Now they lose but
one per cent in six months. Doesn't
look like a man had much chance to
die for his country, does it? He
cheered us up, however, by telling us
that our Red Cross flag to a German
was like a red flag to an angry bull.
and they loved to shoot at it. He said
the casualties among the ambulance
litter men were second only to the in
fantry, and the French had quit wear
ing the Red Cross on that account.
Dressing Wounded
Told of one of his lieutenants dress
ing a wounded German officer, and as