Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-26
With Our Boys at the Front


chocolate, | want to know how many
r little chunks of metal / II have coming
Dec. 20-One moro ..nerfoct dav,, i,
! ol-no.+ a. -. - NJ -
= 80 'iO9e' i-"' t"O poiieu
, N''eahieul eggs Tor Dfeakfast so the
: world has been little brighter all day
We sighted liner last night and il
. passed within a half mile Of us. Evil
: IDENTITY mail boat going the same di-
reetion. Today steamer went in line
; parallel to our course for 3 or 4 hours,
just SO we could see the top of the fun,
nel One of our destroyers chased over
toward it Eut soon returned, perhaps af-
ter receiving q signal. Several men of
the crew say that barring bad weather
we will reach Liverpool Monday night.
If that is true we might get a Christmas
idiAner after all. [ believe part of what
the cocknies say and merely ponder over
the remainder, as a real work of art in
'FstringingH They are all in British
service, but most all are men unfit for
various reasons for the army. They are
nearly all little weezened-up codgers. A
couple to whom l have talked claim to
have been in the trenches and crippled
there. They tell some awful tales, but
don go much ON them. They say these
Oregonians are the only mer they have
taken over who ate all that was on the
table every dey and wanted more. They
said that they after had to make Ca
madam troops come up and eat but say
we ave to guard the tables with bay
nits to keep the bloody Yankees
away ,. On the voyage we have seen all
/ the land possible to see on course across.
1t would keep sub pretty busy track
ing US II bet.
Dec. 22.-lt doesn t take very
strenuous projection o. man s imagina-
tive qualities to come to the conclusion
that ocean travel under different clrcum
stances would be more pleasant. AS we
approach the war zone everyone moved
on decks above the water line and wear
he belts all the time, excepting. when
actually on the blankets. But with all
the precaution taken l. would dlsllke
being on attacking submarine IN 'these
mere parts: The sea Is smooth as glass
to-day, and last night was beauty
nave neen dlsappolnteG IN not seeing
re&l plg STORM; me ohly thlng that can
redeem the Atiititle IN my oplnlon IS the
Slgnt Oh boat 1 nave 9@9 worm
Oh pollS,-2 are Aeeh * ahq . shoulder IL
we hac them al coilecteu from the poyS
we Eouia nave some sJeW' n
was rortulls'e III 8ettlllg 9 letters IRON
all tne ianllIy excepting Ilug Just DC
lore we lelt MliiS q ust fG''u nay IaSs
one! one alu tiie last one rom nome, AZ tnat
Ilihe papa ) thro"t anu lhouIn We[e soIe
am III SIoat hopes In"t ne - petVel
no" ana t1at niaila haSn gateh any
cucumoers OF thlngs ha9Lng llhe e1aecC
Oh ner' 'lnu that neA S.lu 2ls arg g, ~ iilo
onaPe " ehJuy ~ Naga'ion' 1rn.4 nav ~
minus ilie Sna. 'i.ls - 'ne tomgeS' ny N"''
llo1 dd uriP nave taAeh since 81.
'VV p nj na1en ueci.leu Juso
Wlal my lhelne Lor tnls evening WI pe
pue h''Ve an hour 10 shoot 10 pieces
pelore y no,,e9m nee .ing,. FL 80 sian ;tg
10 teacil aTUuilu ~, my golN pel' ailu VIZ
u NUS 1his nus oeei an luoal uaS
ana II II doesh STORM VonlgLt we WIZ Wn
De dfy Ior ahother Ilght sieep: Mo
must De near tlle NcenSoreu) cuV III tno
Iace OF the absence OF spuGs ior supper :
can oeneVe IT, we haq wnoit ei9
mop our Watching .loF tne llIsIl lleee !
thls afternoon. Almost as interesting :! 7. as
wheh they looked Tor the tflpe Ilsillhs
ground. Inc tr1pe we nau Il udy OF 50 4