The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-09-27
rp0N BOYS IN SERVICE

which were received from
a.,sIe lads following the flag on
=" 'a and sea, and make quite inter-
.' ,ios reading as showing the spirit
s.A which these woung men are do
- their bit for their country. Can
: : stay.at-homes, who are risking
,sther life nor limb in the great con-
Al do less than contribute to the
mi, @ of our power for Liberty Loan
,.,ds in order to back those boys
M are so willingly and cheerfully
...iug everything that this govern
rsut NAV continue to exist?
Pratt, of this place. has re-
,,,tly received a letter from Johnnie
rssaer who is a member of Co. C.
nm Infantry, and stationed at Camp
fremont Cal. In part young Reeder
ars Things are booming around
.sre The engineers attached to the
,,riment | am in were shipped yes
sriay and we expect to move soon
hr the rainy season is close at hand
has rained steadily for 2S hours and
looks as though ii was going to
spsp Il up for that many more. The
,sptaip was telling me this morning
MAJ we would not be able to drill for
NO or three days on account of the
mud. II Is kind of clay. or gumbo,
and sticks to ones feet like glue
They want to get us out of here before
,hs rain sets in for good. have
been teaching fellows all day how to
roll their packs. I'll be darned if
there is not a lot Of blockheads here,
for have shown some of them four
Or five times and they cannot seem
10 catch on. When a fellow gets his
pack on and is ready to hit the trail
he has very nice little load The
packs we are carrying now weigh
,bout As pounds, and there is a lot
more to put In them when they are
complete for the front. Say, if you
never have seen mad Irishman you
should have seen me yesterday drill
Ing the awkward squad. They are
Just like a bunch of dagoes, in fact
half Of them are dagoes, the other
half Japs, Indians, coons and damned
fools. The sergeant got so disguised
With them he let me take the squad
yesterday, and believe me If | have
got 10 drill any more wops like them
am going to balk and call for my
time. We are going out on the range
for target practice as soon as we can.
We we're going to start Saturday, but
L Will be too wet for two or three
days am going to make Co. c loom
up at target practice. BY heck. Co.
4 has got US beat for parading be-
cause whole lot of them came from
shefe they had home guard training
ior four or five months. There are
u out Of Co. A that have had some
raining and only four out of Co. c.
but we have them going with the guns,
pitching tents, fixing packs, etc. Most
OF Co. are guys like myself. Only
ABOUT 10 OF them are men from the
GUY and most of them are foreigners,
put Il does not take many good men
TO make good"
Mr. and Mrs. NJ. l.. Reed received
aletter from their son Roger, who is
serving on U. s. s. Merauke, one of
me government transports plying be-
tween an Atlantic port and England
ana france. 1t is the first letter re-
eeyed from the lad in some weeks,
and as a vessel bearing a name very
similar to that of the ship upon which
Iat D0y Is serving was torpedoed
some time ago the family were very
uneasy until this letter was received.
iOung Reed is charmed with his
'o'K and would not trade places with
Any one holding a civilian job. In
part ne says: Tomorrow (Septem-
usr io) will be my ninth month in
.ae navy and have travelled over
i'VVo miles in that time, and 50 you
'da see there is not much time foI
iurlough unless ! get transferred
tne navy yard, and ! will take a
~ ,uS boat before | would go there.
mat was not our ship that went down
~ 'ae coast Whenever you hear of
,n's OLD wagon going down it will
De out OF sight of land. We almost
so' u the last trip. They missed us
aOOut fifteen feet and sunk ship
VI our starboard side. They were
'Oout ooO miles off shore and every
One sot In safely except one lad who
vas Killed in the explosion. Did you
Aeai ABOUT the Mount Vernon being
sunk few days ago? | knew fire.
~'n On her by the name of Fred Han
,vvh' ,s from Renton, Wash, who was
a.. a,,'eu he shipped the same day ]
w ana went aboard the same day |
on this ship. ! will probably
~ ohristmas dinner hanging on to
',anchion to keep from spilling it
III III ueck. Oh, it is great to be a sailor.
:. lucy have sailors doing everything
- - u'e other side from chasing subs
" :, switching box cars, and they make
,se = french take a side track. The
,.ench use horses and dinkey engines
LOT cannot pull over ten or twelve
,..s. 2 and when our boys get started
~ a'''ns out long strings of box cars
~, ~ rrenchmen stand around with