The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-09-27
News From Our
Boys in Service
TWO GOOD LETTERS
From Private CLYDE Hicks

Dear Friend DORA,
We have our things packed ready to
move at moments notice. We don't
know where we are going, but ! don't
think it's very far from this place.
really believe that we just move about
ten miles or SO to another camp. When
we get to the next place we will soon
know just where and what we will do
here. We have just been held within
detention.
You will probably get two letters
from me at once. For wrote you one
letter last night and mailed it this
morning. ...
This is a good life, if you don't
weaken-ha! hal. 1t rained here last
night while | was doing guard duty
and when it rains the tent ropes have
to be loosened or they get tight and
injure the tents; so you see was the
guy to awaken the men from their
some. If anyone comes around the
guard halts them, and of course, if he
should be German, turn him over to
the proper authorities. The officers
try the guards out some times. They
come around in the night just to see if
the guard is at his business. They
never came around last night while /
was on guard.
How are you today? am all Q. X.
at present. 1t is nice and cool here
this morning and is cloudy, too.
Any mail that comes here for me
will be sent to me wherever may be.
Excuse mistakes, for as | write /
have to keep my ears open for the
whistle, which means to get our bar
racks, bags and go.
My hands are in good shape now
for | haven't had to do any hard work
yet, only with the broom handle in
sweeping and scrubbing the floor of
the tent. | scrubbed the floor this
morning. The rest of the men in my
tent carried the water. They also
carried the beds out into the street.
We are some sanitary bunch of men
the Army, / mean, ha! ha! Will close
for today.
Your friend,
Private Clyde Hicks,
Detention Camp Bn. No. Is, Co. 2,
Camp Greenleaf, Chickamauga, Ga.
From Private Ira Fraysher
Fort Riley, Kansas, Sept. 20, 1918.
Miss Dora LEM.
Dear Friend:-Your letter received
and sure was glad to hear from you.
This leaves me enjoying life and hope
and trust these few lines will find
you the same. | got the paper you
sent me and | thank you very much
for same, as l enjoy reading the old
county paper away out here.
/ am having swell time out here,
but of course l would rather be back
at home with my friends, but that is
impossible, so | am having as good
time as can have. There is "mov-
lie" at the Y. M. C. A. building every
night and / spend the evenings there.
The other night we had an Indian
chief sing to us. Now, believe me, it
sure was swell singing. There are
plenty of places to go and have good
time. The people treat the soldiers
fine.
! like the work here fine and if /
stay here it will take eight or nine
months training before we cross over,
as we are in the base hospital. |
don't know anyone here-everybody is
a stranger to me.
Will close for today. Please write
to me often, for your letters are a
great comfort to me. Give your
mother and father my regards.
Your friend,
Private Ira Fraysher,
bet. Med. Dept, U. S. Army Base
Hospital, Section c., FIT. Riley, Kas.
$50 .'
Sergt. d. W. Dempsey of Flat River
who was in the 138th Infantry and
who was sent to France with the rest
of his regiment, has been returned to
the United States. He, along with
several others of the 13Sth were re-
turned to this country to act as in
structors. They will be sent to Camp
Kearney, California. Sergt. Dempsey
saw service in the front line trenches
and went over the top several times.
He was in the same division that Linn
Dobbins of Pennington is in.
! Mrs. Mary Pepin received letter
from her son, Raymond Pepin, the
first of the week. The letter was writ
ten in the Episcopal Hospital in Phil
adelphia, where Raymond is now con-
fined with serious illness. His all
ment started with plurisy, which has
apparently settled on his lungs. The
mother is greatly worried for the well
fare of her son, who has been in the
service about year. w.