Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-05-16
Ready to Sail.

was written to you while was s.
It Great Lakes. Since writing you n
nave certainly done some moving. In
he meantime / nave had some inter- q
experiences. While at Great y
we we're stationed at four dif' h
camps - Farrasut, Boone, ;
and Ross, respectively. !
While at our second camp we slept ,
in tents. The lake breeze made it
quite chilly. You should have seen
us-about 1900, line up outside OF the
Galley for "Chow." 1t was while
here that | saw, more, the great use
of the Y. NJ. c. a. They offer us
great opportunities. 1t offered to us
a place of recreation, writing room,
a housing place to eat when it rained,
which is quite frequently at Great
Lakes. hope my friends shall sup
port this organization with all their
might.
We only remained at Boone a few
days, and then moved to Camp
Dewey. This is some camp. would
have been glad to have received two
or three months military training
there, but only received two or three
days. One of the largest, if not the
largest, drill halls in the United States
is located in this camp. 1t was in
this drill hall where we received
our first glimpse of Jess Willard. Be-
lieve me he is of some physique.
Cleanliness is uppermost in the
minds Of the authorities at the Camp.
Each Company 10 provided with a
separate Mess Hall. There is order in
these Halls. Our eats were grand.
No scrambling for it, either. Our
sleeping quarters were in large Bar
racks.
Our next move was to Camp Ross,
formerly an outgoing station.) We
did not receive drilling here as we
: we're on a draft to leave any day.
: On Tuesday afternoon, April 30th,
we boarded a Special Pennsylvania
Train at Great Lakes, bound for the
U. S. Navy yard at League Island
Philadelphia, Pa. We regretted In
many respects to leave Great Lakes,
bu, still glad to be offered the oppor'
tunity OF seeing the east. We failet
to see the scenery of Indiana ane
Ohio. We had just pulled out OF Can
ton, Ohio, when l awoke. We tool
every advantage to see the mount
aims of Pennsylvania; we sure did set
some beautiful scenery, as the ole
train curved around the ridges of the
A%lleghanies. If ever any OF Uncle
Sans boys received cheers and en-
enlargement we surely did. Whei
we pulled into Pittsburg eight or tel
Red Cross ladies' were there to NEE
! us and gave us candy, apples, etc
As we pulled out, handkerchief
waved, whistles blew, and peopl
cheered.
The most beautiful place seen O
the way was kittonning Point. Their
are two horse shoe bends. The rail
road runs along the ridge s%urrounde
by green grass. Beneath are fou
small lakes sparkling in the sunshine
AS we passed through Harrisburg, W
got a view Of the nice capitol building
We pulled into League Island some
time in the night. We arose ne'
morning and marched to the Nav
ward. There were about 47O In II
bunch.
That night we were given the o.
portunity OF marching to Phiiadelph
about three miles) and hearing form
er Ambassador to Germany, M
Gerard, speak. Also, Capt. Arth'
Chute, of the Canadian Army, wi
has spent some time in the trenche
II He told oil some of the barbarous &C
of the Germans. Saturday we lear
! ed we were on a foreign draft Y
Newport.
- Sunday afternoon we took the r.
.su R. r. r. train to Jersey City. He
we crossed the Hudson to New 70
4 City, and boarded the Steamer VI
b mouth" bound for Newport. Belle
me this was all done speedily. l
~"plymouth" pulled out Of the Huds'
up Fast River through He'll Gate II
Long Island. Sound. How besuti
the Statue Of Liberty looked to US
the distance. Let us work that
Statue Of Liberty may stand and L
erty prevail. We took . strait
course up the Sound, landed at M
az. port about $3.50 A. NJ, and crossed o
- in boat to the Naval Station, VIII
20 We now are anxiousW awaiting
ship. We 900 Of us) are doing moth
4 but wait. We expect to leave J
few hours. We just received orr
that we would be taken over IN
/, different ships--a Company toa 9
, We do not know for sure our dest
. ton, but believe II to be 1t "
$50 nr.o ~. thn roaat NJ Eur