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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-05-02
Letter From Lieut.. mccormick
Brooksfield,. San Antonio, Tea

April IA, 1918.
Dear Bill: Well will promise you
in advance that this will be Short
letter as haven't much time be-
fore mess. Did not write sooner as
| had not been here two hours be-
fore l was assigned to the 9th,
and sent TO Kelly Field to help to
bring it over here. II you think it
any small job to equip and trans
port 154 men just try it, especial
iy if you comply with the rules and
the regulations of the Army.
AT Kelly we were on the line. We
lived in a tent, froze TO death at
night, and were about as uncom-
Portable as possible. OF course we
could have fixed it up better if
we had had time, or were. going to
be there longeh, but as we were
Just there for q few days we put
up with it.
Here at Brooks we. are fixed up
fine. Our, C. o. Colonel Pratt, is a
prince. The barracks and the mess
hall for our men are fine and the
conditions of the whole camp are
much more cheerful. The officers
quarters are fine too. Three of us
have two rooms, with dresser, a
table, stove, chairs etc. Hot and
cold water right in the room and
good shower baths. The hot water
faucet sometimes fools you, but
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Letter from G. G. Alexander
Somewhere in France.
r-nh 0r iOdQ

Fen. u, 1913
Mr.. Leo Tamisiea,
Dear Leo: Your letter came to-
day dated Jan. 81, 1913 and want
to tell you how pleased was TO
get same. Sure was sorry TO know
how many of my friends had died,
but that is the way it, goes. Sup.
pose there will be some of us
hoys who will make France our
home. Ha, Ha. But | should worry,
it is a nice place and they have
fine grave yards and one place is
as good as another. You asked me
ii had seen any of the Iowa boys
since landing i'm France? No, but
| left them In England, all we'll
and happy. Well boy, we are busy
learning how 10 take care of the
Kaiser and things are lively here
where we are. but can not tell
you a great deal. We are going a
little closer To where the Kaiser
lives. every day and hope to make
an over night stop in his parlor
bed room before long. He will find
we are very MICS people TO have
stop over with linn. II is not cold
where we are but We Gods, what a
lot OF mud and rain. | think that
the good Lord forgot to turn off
the water works. The people sure
like the Americans over in France.
Also the good old dollar. 1t is a
lot OF bunk about things being so
cheap over here. 1t cost about
franks for meal or 80 cents, so
if that is something for nothing,
don't care for great deal of MOTH
ing. You said to write and tell you
anything l needed. Well, Leo, l
can use anything like tobacco, or
some good books. Saturday Even
ing Post or any other thing. Just
fix up a pack with anything from
tooth paste talcum powder, ever
ready razor blades and the like,
and l will never forget it. One
can't get any razor blades here,
where ! am. Be sure and pack all
in a tin box as it will have some
hard knocks. sure hope you do
not have to come over or any OF
the rest OF the boys. If chance
comes TO me to stop Mr.. Bill,
will sure do my duty. Now Leo,
tell the boys send my best re-
CARDS TO all and best wishes TO you
and the Mrs. and all.
i Your old side kick Bones,
| Three cheers for Loveland.
G. G. Alexander,
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Letter From George Warns.

Greenvllle, =. o.. 1922, 49i7.
Dear Mother:
How is everything in the VAL
ley?
received those two packages
Wednesday the day before
Thanksgiving, they were brought
in town for me and believe me the
contents were certainly good, but
II had a good dinner one week ago
today, l was invited to dine with
one OF the prominent. families of
Greenville and although I don't
think much of the South, the
people take credit when it comes
to putting up feed. ] sure did
enjoy myself, and we also had
a fine auto ride over the city in
the afternoon.
But oh, the dinner we had at
Thanksgiving, if the Hoover peo-
pie knew what we had they would
wonder where it came from, I do
too, but it was here. with roast
turkey and everything including
the ice cream, and l got my share,
l ate SO much | will never look
natural again.
!. The Major sent into town after
my pal and l. so we could come
out to camp for the dinner. He
called us up and told us that we
were needed here more than we
were in town at least while the
quarantine was on, so he put us
to guarding prisoners in the
guard house, so you see am still
doing guard duty but am out to
the camp.
Tell father if he seen this coun-
try he would wonder how the peo-
pile ever raise enough to live. The
country is very rough, they call
the hills mountains here but they
don't look big to me after seeing
the Rockies, they are in reality no
larger than the hills around Mo.
Valley.
The camp reservation is ten
miles square and there are more
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like this county fine.

The grass is all green and the
fruit trees are all in bloom, but the
houses are built so funny almost
all OF them are built, out Of stone,
and they look as il they had been
built fir years and years. Streets
are awfuiiy narrow too. This is
only the second day that l have
been here and l have not had any
chance to look around. But I know
I will like it here. sure had a
swell trip coming over, the seem
cry was just grand. Nothing but
water, water, and more water, Ha,
Ha. did not gets bit sea sick, but
l sure felt sorry for some of the
fellows and I had to laugh at them
too. Believe me we were all glad
to get off that old boat. We had
quite storm one night and that
boat sure rocked then the waves
would come clear up over on the
deck.
Royce Briggs. Ben Gordon, Ole
Watson, Lloyd Dessert, Slim Muir
ray and Otto Schlagenhauff are
all here too. Three other fellows.
and I were on detail this morning
and we had to go with a big truck
down to quite a little town after
meat and we sure saw some funny
sights; women carrying big bas-
kets of stuff on their heads and
wearing wooden shoes. We are in
the grape country and they make
lots of wine. Soldiers can buy il
and beer just the same as anyone
else. But you know don't drink,
so that won't bother me.
There are a few good looking
girls here, but very few. Most OF
them are as homely as a mud
fence. They are awfully friendly
with you though. Some of them
can talk pretty good English.
Did you, get, the postal card !
sent you at Hoboken telling you ]
had arrived safely overseas.
When yon write to Buck just
tell him that l might be in a bum
part Of the army, but I beat him
over here just the same and also
tell him that all they use the cav
airy for oyer. here Is Latrine
guards. Ha, Ha. How are Elvin and
Maude? Give them my best wish
es. Be sure and tell ell my friends
hello for me. We were only al
Camp Merritt one week so l did
not get any mail from you while ]
was there. l am getting kind OF
anxious to bear from you. but
guess it will be quite a while now
before I do. Have you seen or
heard from Pauline lately?
Well, i don't know much more
to write, but will write to you
again soon. Now please don't wor-
ry about me as am o. X.
With lots Of love and kisses
Your son,
Dayle.
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guard duty pretty often now but l
don't mind it so much since get
ting some experience. Well moth
er, tell everyone to write and to
remember that mail connections
arc not very sure. | write once a
week except when a mail boat
doesn't come in. will try and get
some copies of our programs we
gave here. know they will inter-
est you folks. The fellows all en-
JOY these entertainments and
quite a few officers and their
families attend. understand
Chris is going to the Officers
training camp. That is mighty
lucky for him. hope he gets a
commission. Well things go on the
same way here so can write very
little for it is prohibited and We
must do our best to be content To
wait until we get home to tell all
about everything and l see that
Germany is not having a picnic,
So let us hope the end will be
FASTENED. Not by any other terms
Ihan complete abdication Of the
Kaiser and his form of govern
ment. must close for this time.
Love, Your son.
Arthur j.
p. S. Am sending the photos we
had taken. This one of the shack
was taken when three of the
Corporals of lt3th CO. took a
hike one afternoon into the coun-
try. The little one is part of
The games Christmas day, yours
truly at the left standing on one
leg. The other large one was, tax
on out at the rifle range. Two
small boys were selling candy.
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20 Dr.. Gamble from brennan
Douglas
March 40 i0ia
)car DOCTOR and Bill:

Dear Doctor and Bill:
received your very fine letter
iof January 4th., about week ago
! and have Just been able TO secure
some paper to answer. Relieve me,
YOU sure do send lots of news, and
II am always waiting for another
from DR.. Gamble. Well, am get
ting along fine and feeling finer.
! can not say as to how the rest
of he fellows are getting along,
but he last time saw any of the
boys they We're all O. X. and doing
their bill as we'll. AT present am
at our divisional headquarters. as
divisional runner. have been in
this capacity for nearly four weeks
and like it better than in the Co.
although | miss the boys an aW-
| tul lot. can not say much of my
duties except that il is u relay
| team in carrying messages. On
our lI'yOuts we took a message
seven kilometers 3-8) miles in
twenty six minutes time. This is
a very good record as there are
several that seem To run too long
in one place. The weather for the
last four days has been ideal as
| II has been SO clear and nice, and
mild enough that our blouses are
unnecessary, 1t is so spring like
thai The farmers are blowing. The
trees are budding and The grass
is getting green very rapidly. Ev-
erything goes on perfectly and il
seems to say, Success for us"
| AT present many great draw
backs are seeming TO arise but I
guess it can't be helped. Russia,
having been trapped and influence
ed as a child: has fallen by the
IwaNside. But that little part, be-
lievc Will bring on more active
and forceiul fighting in the future
and papers here state that Japan
is going in and hope they do as
hey are such good fighters. Also
The English near Jerusalem are
progressing very steadily north
ward. The Italians are doing their
share, While The Sammies are
daily arriving and fulfilling all
he condolences and duties en-
trusted to them.
III has been some time now since
Eve been in the trenches, but /
have been in three times anyway.
have had many experiences long
to be remembered. and through
which will gladly go again il it
Will help put crimp in the kai-
ser bucket. Doctor, | believe you
have been mislcad by some one or
other about equipment, etc, as all
the men have plenty to eat (gen-
orally and all the fighting equip
ment any soldier would desire or
need. Not long ago, had the op-
portunity to see NJ Clemencian,
the French minister of war, while
he was on our sector, decorating
men who had distinguished them
selves during recent attacks. Only
Yesterday, Secretary of War Bak-
er, I. S. A., passed through and
our bunch of runners carried a
message to demonstrate our good
speed. have seen Pershing many
times, as we'll as other important
military heads.
don't know whether or not |
can say ANYTHING about the tren-
ches but will try to say at least a
little bit. If the censor does moot
wish it he just cuts it out and then
sends on what is left. Well, our ad
vent into trenches along, in the
month of January, was almost un-
eventful. The transportation fac
llltlcs were poor at the time and
little bit. If the censor does not
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Letter from Dayle H. Fry
March 30, 1918
Somewhere in Franco

Somewhere in France.
Dear Mother and all:
Well, | suppose you have been
worried quite a bit about me by
this time, haven't you? Well ar
rived over here o. X. and am feel
ing fine so you do not need to
worry about me now. think will
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Letter from Corpl. F. G. Burke
Av,,,;l q A0Ao

April 3, 1913
Dear Aunt Agnes and Uncle Mike:
l am ashamed Of myself for. not
writing to you sooner OF oftener,
and now am going to make, good
for all the times have intended
to write and not done it. In moth
er's last letter she told me- that
you had been sick. Aunt Agnes
hope you are better. have heen
very fortunate, have not been
sick day since coming across
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then hotsand cold are, relative
terms. ESis is a wonderful, plaNo
down hetHs The flying fields cov4r
many square miles, and the dir
lust seelss to be fnll of snachjqes.
You so6R get tired watching theIa,
San Antonio is the greatest sol.
der town you ever saw. Nearly
every man you see is in uniform.
1t would be q great place for Il
lonely young lady to come too.
Made formal application yesteri
day for joyride in an Airplane.
Have not heard from it yet but /
expect TO this week.
Well, Bill l must close this let.
ter. Give my best to my iriendS,
and explain how little time / haVS
as yet to myself. We start the day
at 500 .. m. and go to it till we'fe
too tired at night to do any more.
Your Friend. Vic.
Brooksfield. April a, 1913
Dear Bill. Just few lines whiiE
have a little time. really haven't
the time but am inclined To be
sore. The cause Of my peeve is
that we are losing our squadron
commander. think told you in !
my last letter that he is prince
of fellow and a mighty able mai
and soldier. Well the head of the
Engineers Department, (AirplaUA
Repair. Etc., has ta0en a shine tD
him and just raised so much fuss
at II. O., that he finally got him.
We have done lot of work with
our squadron and are just getting
it in shape and we sure hate to see
the Boss go. Both Lieut.. Halligan.
the Adjutant and myself stand acb
high with him and he told US that
he intends to speak to the C. O.,
about usfand see that we get era
dit for our work and also try to
get us insthe department with him
and it is nice to he thought that
we'll of, hat I don't want to trans
fer as thdt means stick on this
side for the rest of the war. Wen
such is life in the army.
Had my first flight today ~of
rather two of them. The first time
we only went about 500 IT,, and
then had to come down. Engine
heated after about 40 or as MINI
utes flight. The second time WI
did better. Went up 1900 It. an4
had a nice ride. It is some sensa-
ton, although it might get tire;
some after while. That is thu
straight flying. The stunts arc al.
ways interesting. We did not d
many. We looped Q little, did I
couple .W tight spirals. And took
a long dive. We also side slipped,
and took one skid. The cir was
rough that is condition when
there are, pockets. It is q funny
sensation to hit one of them. That
is the first few are. You soon get
used to it however. When the ma
chine hits one Of them, it Just
drops and when you hit one on q
dive, Oh, Boy! Also on our eidx-
slip we: hit one, and it kind 81
makes you want to get out snd
walk. Il, it bad been cloudy. /
would have got to loop the loop.
and do the zimmerman turn. Il Is
against the rules here now for i
pilot tosdo it with passenger.
who is not pilot but il you cab
get Up back Of the clouds they can
no. see you.
| Waa;irterrupted here yesterday
and mus. cut it. short here now.
We arc organizing an officers
base ballaea,n, and we have also
got one for eur squadron. Expect
to have 6 good schedule soon.
Write me when you get time.
Have not had a letter yet. Give my
best regards to the family. and my
friends too. Vic.
O.
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Kelly Field,
April 81, 1913.
Doctor f. +. Lusk,
~ Mo. Valley. 10.

april Il, 1915.
Doctor f. r. Lusk,
Y Mo. Valley, 10.
Dear Friend: received your
letter some time ago and was
mighty glad TO hear from you. AS
you would like to know how like
being Sammy, I'll try to-. tell
youtas few things that go ON down
here. We have Lot had very much
drilling here and guess we don't
need much for the work we have
TO do. All that we have got to do
is to take care of the Areploncs.
and that is a plenty. M
There are six men in charge of
each ship three who work days,
and the other three nights. We
have TO keep the ship in good run
ming condition all the time; such
as changing motors and keeping it
lined up in good shape. Every
night the motor is gone over
from one end TO the other and al
so the rest of the plane. They
hardly ever let a motor run over
one hundred hours, till it is taken
out and overhauled and believe
me it is wonder that they stand
up the way they do because they
are running every day from day
light till dark and they get some
hot. 1t is only about 100 in the
shade here about noon and don't
know what it will be in the sum-
mer time. There is no such thing
as shade tree around here.
The first two months that
was here I did nothing except to
guard and X. P, kitchen police.
One thing ! can't see why peo-
pie come down here to spend the
winter for. Why this was the
worst place you could find last
winter. We had sandstOrms and
snow storms and we lived in tents
with no wood except what we
would go out and scratch up all
around the camp. One Of those
sandstorms started in about
O'Clock in the evening and lasted
until morning. We were covered
with dirt from head to foot. The
tents blew down during the
night and it got pretty cold, The
next morning they got us together
about 6 O'Clock and then double
timed us all over the camp for
about an hour. That's just a lit
tie of the weather we had last
winter and don't want to be here
for another one.
But speaking Of Flying fields
believe this must be one Of the
largest in the world, because there
are over 100 ships up nearly ey-
cry day. Hardly day passes with
out some kind Of an accident.
I have been up and l think it is
great sport. A fellow certainly
gets grand view Of the country.
That is if you don't get up too
high. Believe me am sure going
TO try to learn TO fly one of those
boats before this thing is over.
And it can't be over until Uncle
Sam starts his flock Of battle
planes across the Rhine. Then the
Germans will have to fight or run.
They can't dig themselves In up
there. And I don't think it will be
so very long until that time will
come. l weigh about 20 lbs. more
than the day l enlisted. So that is
mot bad. Well here is hoping that
you are we'll and enjoying life.
| From Your Friend,
Emil Christensen.
-O--
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have not been sick since Iieft the.
good Old U. $. because, as goes the
story, l believe threw it as far
as the rest of them. am getting
naughty now so will not teti any
more OF those stories. will have
some good ones to tell you when
come home, some real ones.
have, surely enjoyed the good
things you have sent 10 me with
that from the home folks. You
can't guess where l ate the raisins
in dug-out, and myl but they
were good. l had a fine little
lunch and some of the boys were
there with me. Whenever one of
US get anything we don't feel
right unless we can share with
the rest. Sometimes it don't go
very far but there is the satisfac-
ton of knowing that we all had
something from home.
I hear Uncle Mike has a new
stenographer, is she any good,
Uncle Mike?
Il am glad to hear that Art is
getting along so nicely in the bal
loon service, but sincerely hope
he will be fortunate enough to
stay in the good, old U. S. His
branch of the service is q fine one
though. l believe the cleanest and
about as safe as any of them. We
were stationed at a rest camp,
about IS kilometers back of the
lines, that is where the balloon
station was, the balloon was raised
every favorable afternoon for OBJ
lservation. About the only danger
is that of enemy planes, and then
the balloons are SO we'll protected
from below that there is little
chance of the plains doing any
good for themselves. / know this
to be all very true dear folks, and
am telling you so that you may
/: know what Arthur will have TO do
if he does have to come over in
that branch Of service. 1t is a
great experience but hell for us
J fellows. l have been in tho tren-
ches about eleven weeks altoge-
ther since last November and can
,,truthfully say that it isn't much
fun. Some fellows call. it torture,
but call it hell and let it go at
that.Its nothing like my good old
job back home. The folks at home
have told me all about Cousin
Besse's wedding. I'll bet you are
pretty lonesome with both her
and Arthur away. 1t is fine that
Arthur has been in Omaha so he
could come home Sundays. I Of
ten have envied those boys al
Camp Dodge, having the chance
to go home each week end. Ihave
read accounts in the Times about
il but l am glad the war is on this
side of the world, not over there
For 10 miles back of the lines. are
towns leveled to the ground, beau
tiful churches, chateaus, and ev-
erything shelled until probably
just wall and chimney is left to
mark the place. When a man sees
this his blood runs hot and he de-
termines the worst is not; bad
enough for the Germans, and now
they are getting a taste of their
own medicine. We are leaving fol
the front shortly and all of the
pep" we possess is going to be
used against them.
Well, folks, believe l will have
to close for this time, as it is get
ting late and our days are long
ones. First call comes around q
little too early to suit me, but to
get up early and have breakfast
after Reveille surely makes a man
feel like fighting all the Boche
that come over.
/ l want Bess to write to me as
soon as she gets back TO her home
With love to all,
Your nephew,
Frank Burke,
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HOTEL MOSCOW ARRIVALS

J. w. Johnson, Portland; w. E. Mey-
er, Salt Lake; Wendell Phillips, Lew
iston; w. P. Bailey, Kansas City; D.
c.. Johnson, R. F. Brott, ]. G.. Rey-
holds, N. E. Luck, Spokane; Maud E.
Near, Nezperce E. s. Hulen, D. J.
Murray, Seattle; B. ]. Jones, Palouse |;
G.. E. Kenmpton, San Francisco; Mrs.
A. F. Corothers and daughter, Pull
man; J. w. Swenson, Tacoma; G.. A.
Mussgang, O.-W. R. & NJ; w. H. Zert-
Ter, st. Paul; J. B. Jarmin, Charles w.
Wright, L. H. Gascargin, H. B. Coax,
C. A. Martin, Spokane; H. H. Brown,
Occur d'Alene; John Cone, Princeton;
David Swanson, Troy; A. Williamson,
Seattle; P. A. Lande, Genesee.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-01-31

The Shorthorn bill calf, University
Prince, said to be one of the finest
animals ever raised on the university
farm, has just been sold to the Nord-
by brothers of Genesee. This parti-
cular calf was displayed this fall at
Boise, Lewiston and Portland, attract
ing favorable comment around the
entire circuit.
Probably due tothe traffic conges-
ton, the films on war topics which
were to be shown at the university
auditorium tonight did not arrive. 1t
has therefore been made necessary to
do away with this entertainment
w. B. Eakin of Spokane has been
in town for several days looking after
business matters.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Towne of Spo-
kane are in the city for a few days.
They are guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
Carson who are the parents OF Mrs
Towne.s
VIM. K. Peterson left yesterday for
Seattle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cliff Hobart returned
to their home in Charleston, Wash,
yesterday Mrs. Hobart has been in
a local hospital here for some time.
The tag day conducted on the uni
versity side Of town yesterday for the
benefit Of the navy comfort league
was successful to the extent of about
$50. On Saturday the other parts of
town will be tagged.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-01-31
( Soon Over His Cold

Everyone speaks we'll of Chamber
1ain's Cough Remedy after having used
it. Mrs. George Lewis, Pittsfleld, N
Y, has this to say regarding it.: Last
winter my little boy, five years old, was
sick with a cold for two or three
weeks. I doctored him and used var
ious cough medicines but nothing did
him much good until I began using
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. He
then improved rapidly and in a few
days was over his cold"