Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-07-20
INTERESTING LETFs FROM
MIR. MURRh FIETCHER


Dear Mr. O'Bryan:
have 50 many fl Il p. sp,......5.
to whom | want to- IN, l'. .,,.
! going to ask a favo5yTN ,,l,, vr.''iI
N"n III, P"n'iNl 'te I I?I'o" y letter entitled
/ il Real Sailor?
/ left Abbeville SOL, ..-,. 81. 1.,...
/ | don t exactly know 1. 5... ~
/ q sailor doesn t Feme6bcr I,t.
/ he has no use for tls,,, rn Sam s..
| Navy.
/ Nell' / Joiheu' Ut Nast, / must have
dome 50 because | q. In nov,
The first feeling as a ,:,ool;,
was At the recruiate- S,fstiou m To,,.
! orleans. | wall, - no. Itbo of,i,., ANY "
large sized LieuDires w s.o.'I ~
the desk. ROOF
He stared at mode, ..Wou.,,
>.I.., Said; want snlis!o il the
lie said: II guess =. ...... ..
what other kind Of d Il =, ,.,,. 49,
this is!' '''''.'
| said nothing this : '7a ari ...... ...
amincd ! was shakyFs->,,.nr o,.l 80,
wonder / WASH t tuiI .1,doa.n nm tho+
account. I passed q iNtbing ny.",'t
/ my head mean my. g., ~. ;,,..l
! was then told to e., :. ino,o
the next morning. II NOT r,o,,i,,,
l was up peloIe III. ore 4 and was sup
! like a Rookie-alread : eraid - .,ot
/ left g
Well, two or three DE-, 4. that !
arrived IN Newport. NJ Easn.t t.a
only one, because thera, - obo,, ioo
Of us Rockies that ey-li1, W. an
quircd as to where the go, .ras onJ
YOU can begin to reali4 III bon,,,ni
when they knew we we ii.,ls E,o,.,.,
one we met told us a, 4 Srent r;oco 70
20. We got our first u lootiuo, Tor
the station.
When we did find I'll station 49,,
/ were me" taken 10 'he tceiving bI,ild-
wAere a crowd Of iacksH ,,,o.o e.
They asked us if we w-Sted :. chn,,. :
Now, here s where th,e ronlJ, stor+s
None Of US knew wha t.sS,h ~, was
! but YOU al know I am n oh y
chance so l said yes. II ynnd invo,s
surprise it was "eats I'D %r,l, i0roJ =
/ good meal, and when WI a., SnishoJ
we were told to wash Pyss - ~ [ve
Rockies couldn't teffTifN' = from
;lN0nc else. and we W.. Hf'Iu ,r+ "10
plates and things that g5y1cqo go .yit5
plates. kssiool
Then came the night wen wcrrbody
must pipe down" at 9deolleloci,
pipe down" is taken conanv WAYS
but we soon learned to X diyC;,n man
ing. I was told one nj o,r 70 n;no
down the clothes and loolxipg =
for a pipe. 1 though prq mat -
weight down the clothesloWe !. meant
was to take them the 2rit'
Two or tlree- days any noe bo-e
hey had me chasing an W 10 Island
tekiag for J. ! ::sss CIV ~, q
er9l7ever b ssfd 'or sue. Suorellas lei
gglNo ore can irarinebs you fee
-S.rhen you get into am Everybody
/ knows YOU are RI ieF your yellow
:, leggings. You are ids 70 do go many
d funny things.
n The Rookie life does ~ last ALWAYS
The next bunch of Rocks that came
G in had nv revenge. Iseer hai one o,
IS the new ones washing MELODIES, max
T. ing him believe they we- for the com
/ mander.
This morning made tii bugier largl
Il so much that he could harIk fnisl
l. blowing the revele. / mac a. If yer
half asleep when bes bgln BLOWN,
: revele l asked how he Effected gu,
' to sleep while he was rml ing all tina
n noise, ! guess he thought ! was Iutty
He didn't miss it much J he did.
Well, at any rate L wdld advise al
to Join the Navy if they yam the fun
The Navy life is a fine he.
/ Best wishes.
= MURRAY fletcher.