Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-08-16
From Our Soldier Boys

At the meeting of the Trades As
sembly last Sunday morning, the fol-
lowing letter was read from Bro. J..
E. STREET, Hampton, Roads, Va:
Naval Hospital, July 80, 1918
Newark Trades and Labor Assembly,
Dear Sirs and Brothers:
Just a line to let you know that
am still alive and happy. My chances
of going cover there" look about like
rainbow, fast fading But some one
must do this work over here and |
guess | should be satisfied, anyhow |
wouldn't trade jobs with certain
guy named Bill.
The work going on here is all
union, and | am glad to say they have
a building trades council here. |
found out through joke. There is
telephone man who works down
here at the base a good bit, and
heard him telling how strong Norfolk
is for unions, so | said let me see your
building trades card and he fished it
out right away, well the joke was on
me for | didn't think they had one
! here.
The worst part of being in the Navy
and being stationed at one of these
bases is to see other fellows getting
$500 and $500 a day for the same
work you do for $500 a day and your
cakes and flop. But when you go to
town you don't have to listen to that
awful name they call them here, that
is "Trench Dodger."
Wo1 0,1ocC +hic ic onO1nb to LOT
you know that | am still on earth
and that | think of the Assembly now
and then, so | will close with best
wishes to all,
Yours fraternally,
j, f, STREET, U. S. Naval Hospital,
Naval Operating Base, Hampton
Roads, Va.
P. S. We are still eating white
bread.
The accompanying newsy letter has
just been received by Mrs. Rinehart,
from her son Corp. Chas. w. Rine-
hart, now with the Engineering Corps
in France
Castets Landes, France, July 9, '18
Dear Mother and Folks at Home:
| received your most welcome letter
today and was glad to hear from
home. We get mail about every ten
days and that is one of the happiest
days cover here" | also received the
money you sent me and wish to thank
you many times for it, as | have been
short since | lost my personal
property.
| am getting along fine and enjoy
ing good health which is one of the
great things "over here"
We had a great time on the 4th of
July a parade in the morning from
9 o'clock until II o'clock, then took
| it easy until noon. In the afternoon
all went out to base ball field. We
had all sorts Of games, many | had
never seen played before; but just
! the same | got several good hearty
laughs out of it. | took part in one
race, with another short fellow, much
! third place. We also had base bali
game in which | took part and played
second base and had the fun Of get
ting defeated a to /. Then in the
evening we had a minstrel show, con-
/ SlSIlnR Ol BATTALION IdleHI, anu /
think everyone enjoyed the show very
much, as there was some good singing
am going with the base ball team
this afternoon, about thirty miles to
II play the game. | like to make these
trips for often you get to see some
fellows you know. The Y. M. C. A.
man was telling me that some one
was asking him if he knew of Rine-
hart, and after asking few questions
| found out it was Willis Miller from
Newark. played base ball with him
there, but was unable to get his ad-
dress.
| received the medal which was
sent to me by the people of Licking
county and was very much surprised
to get it. 1t shows the spirit of the
people in the States. This is about
all the news | can think of for this
time so will close, hoping you are all
we'll at home. Your son, Charles.
From Corp. Chas. w. Rinehart, Co.
D, 9Th Battalion, goth Engineers, A.
E. F., France via N. Y.