The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-04-25
ROY WESTON
WRlTESLETTER
235th Aero Squadron, Kelly Field
d. Al 10 tnt o

235th Aero Squadron, Kelly Field
Texas, April 10, 1918.
Dear friends: On talking over our
correspondence with friends at home,
We decided that if we were to write to
MI the friends that we promised to on
having, we would not only be "broke"
but probably punished for not attend
ing to our daily duties. So we thought
af. writing to our good old faithful
friend, The Times Record, and let you
xnow that we are still doing our "bit" ,
none of us have seen the guard
house yet.
Outside of the fact that there are
no shady spots in this camp, we are
p1m=fa satisfied with the Sunny
SovfFt." We three are now stationed
In a permanent organization and ex-
pect that we will be together until
Kaiser "Bill" gives up his useless at
" tempt to rule the world. We are in
the 235th Aero Squadron. Our ad-
dress is 235th Aero Squadron, Kelly
Field, So. San Antonio, Texas, and we
might say the greatest enjoyment of
soldier is that Of receiving mail-take
the hint!
This part of Texas would be a great
place for the North Dakota farmers
to come and raise wheat; they could
get all the land they wanted to seed
free of charge and then when seeding
was over, they wouldn't have to worry
about the harvest-there wouldn't be
any. When we came here they said
they hadn't had rain here for three
years, but since the time we got here
~, h.
and the agriculturists of Texas are re-
joicii1g- We are glad but not happy
when it rains here. We are glad to
see the Texans have real rain, but
we are unable to stretch our imagin-
alton enough to think we are happy
when we are perched on top of our
hunks with all our belongings pray
ing that the tent ropes will hold just
for another few minutes, and with
stream running through the middle of
our tent that would rival the Shey-
enne. No! don't get the idea that we
are ever unhappy-just not happy.
Of all the boys that left with US, we
know that Loring Pierce, Edw. Grot-
berg, Herman Etter, William Eager
strom are going to school in Kelly No.
l. Most Of the rest of the fellows
taken as chauffuers and shipped out
somewhere. We haven't heard from
them since they left us.
We are well satisfied with the avia-
ton section of the army and think
that we have struck the best, branch
Of service in the army. We might say
though that in our opinion it, ought
to he called the pick and shovel Sec
ton instead of the aviation section.
Where we are stationed now, we have
wooden floors in our tents, a nice new
Rless hail, and we get fed good and
enough to make US fat; all Of us have
gained in weight.
Louis Wylie is attending non
commissioned officers school here and
he will graduate with honors. Ralph
Bergan is listed as the truck master
of this squadron, there being only one
truck master to each squadron. Roy
Weston is holding down a soft job
helping them out in the headquarters
Office. We all expect Uncle Sam to
ind more responsible position for us
10 hold, but if we are never anything
sM buck privates, we are tickled to
sIeath to be here and under no circum-
stances would we consider quitting un.
Ill it is "Over There"
Your Friends,
Roy A. Weston,
Lou Wylie,
Ralph Bergan.