Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-02-21
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. ROOKIE WRITES
LETTER TO MA
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1918. Dear Ma: Az you said in the
letter you writ me last week you sho
can count on me doin just what | told
you and Ma | am a doin it again
cause told you in my last letter |
would write again this week Well
Ma | sho was glad to get your letter
and 1t almost made me wish that l
was back home but you know Ma a
soldier should never get homesick so
| amt goln to do so but still | did
want to see you almighty bad. Well
Ma tother day Mr.. Top Sargant
comes to me and says az to how he
was goln to put me on perlice duty
fer that day an Ma. When | report
ed at the time he toie ME to he did
MT have me no badge nor big stick
like Lishe Hunt carries bsck home
so just hunted around until found
myself a big piece of tin and cuts
myself a great big badge that would
make Lishe's look like a star by the
side of the moon an then | got me a
broom stick and cut it half in to and
then | started out to do my perlicin.
| didn't see drunk man all day long
and finally ! come across a couple of
fellers fghtin at Mr.. Y NJ c. AS
house. They was right up on the
stage and Ma they had towels wrap
ped about their hands like they did
not want to hurt each other but |
knowed my duty so | went and done
it, at least tried to do it an Ma both
of them fellers took after me with
them towels and Ma they sho didn't
feel like towels at all. Well Ma |
tole them was police and showed
them my badge and | hOllered at
them "Y Ouse is crested in the name
OF the law" and stuck out my ches so
they could see that big badge but
they just LATED and tuck after me.
fought them back and tried to use
my stick but somebody they called
Mr.. Refree helped me out and got
them stopped. He wanted to know
what | meant breakin up toir fight
and | toIe him twas again the law for
any body TO fight. We'll the whole
room was fool of fellers and they just
laffed at me some more and hollered
make Rookie fight. Toll them that
| would fight any one of them with
my fists but wouldn't fight with no
towels wrapped about. my hands.
Just erbout that time Mr.. Top Ser
gent walked up to me and said so
here You are and | tole him yes, here
| are. He said why | didn't report
for perlice duty like he tole me to and
tole him hack that had been DO.
licin all day and this was the first
time had found anything wrong
He said that amt what police does
a periice has to clean up the grounds
and buildins | toie him | didn't 90
to the army to do that but to fight
and then he got mad ana tole some
other teller to arrest me. Well Ma
they brung me down to the guard
house and here was a feller with
gun on his shoulder walkin back and
forth in front of the buildln. He
holered at us to halt and then called
out "korpral of the guard" A feller
come out and said what do you want.
| tole him nothn but to make this
feller with "Hdq, Guard" writ on bis
arm to turn me loose He said all
right come on inside and | will make
him turn you loose and Ma they took
me in and put me in little part of
the bulldin with bars ali across the
door and the wlnders, guess they was
afraid | would fall out of the buildin
and Ma when | tried to get out the
1oor was locked and they tole me
was locked up for percinatin an Of
icer. Well what do you know a.
oout that. Well they made me clean
Up the grounds and all of that and
lept me there for a day and then let
ne go and believe me next time Mr..
rop Sargent tells me to anything
IN goin to knaw what | am goin to
10 before start to do it. But Ma