The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-09-12
NEWS OF OUR SOLDIER
BOYS
Interesting Letters from Our
Boys at Home Camps
and Abroad.
From ''The Boy"

August 1.-THE mail came in thi.
morning, the first we have had fol
weeks, and weeks. At least, it seem:
that long, although l guess it really
has been only about two weeks since
we heard from home. l received one
letter from you, and in it was the
first page of the Capital News dated
July 10. 1t containd an account OF
the fall of Scissors, and it reached us
here almost as soon as the official
account. In fact, it was not men,
toned in the daily papers we get un-
til the first of this week, over three
weeks after it was in the Boise pa
per. So you see how late the news
of the war is that we receive from
the papers here. Of course there were
rumors long ago that scissors had
fallen, but as we have to make it a
rule in the army never to believe ru-
cial reports, we didn't really know
until it was published in the papers
the first of this week.
John Gamage has at last completed
his week on, the wood pile and is now
in the postoffice taking care of our
mail l think that he and the other
unfortunate boys with him were not
bowling success as wood cutters. Ir
fact, one boy who saw the days out
put said that he could cut that much
in one hour and not sweat hair, and
offered to bet days wages on it, but
John took him at his word and refused
to risk any money.
/ am awaiting orders to take a lot
of men down to the base hospital on
the coast. Orders have already come
through for me to be ready and it is
very probable that will leave tonight
or early tomorrow morning. l have
II patients to take there, two men to |
accompany me to help take care of
them. We will be gone four days,
day going, day coming back, the |
other two days will be holidays for US
and after we deliver the patients to
the base we will spend the time at
Nantes, one of the large cities near
the coast and said to be one of the
most beautiful places in France out
side of Paris and the watering places.
Dallas Burt will be one of the men
to go with me.
Floy Clark and l have been figuring
on taking our vacation sometime next
month. Of course, we want to go {
either to Paris, Marseilles or Nice, /
but like most of the other boys we will {
probably have our choice of two ,
places-Aix Les Bains or stay at G
home-so naturally we will take t
Aches and Pains, as we call it for
short, in preference to staying in the
camp. I
Clair Haylor was up to see me the
last time on Thursday and then he
expected to be sent out any time.
am sure that he has gone by now, or :
he would have been up to see me
again. AS it was, he stayed longer Il
than he expected, for as a general y
rule they usually stay only about d
week He is feeling fine and was =
getting anxious to get back to his
In fact he was so anxious y
to go that the day before he was up ~
to see me he went into the office at
MS camp and asked the officer in !.
,harge, "When in h he was ever -
going to send him back to his COM -
oany." g.
All the boys have had their names de-
hanged since coming in the army.
Sloy Clark for long time went by
he name of Cyclone, very appro-
,rivate one for him. But since he ho
las been working in the laboratory 10,
hat has been changed and at the Br
resent time his official title is
Bugs" John Gamage has the name
t Hooks" after the famous hook in,
,orm of Camp Greene. Of course, fol
,ass they won't change it, and sup
ose skinny" will follow me through
fe, as it has every member of the
kinner family in past ages. Harvey D..
arks so far has escaped the nick -,
anne brigade, and Earl Graham has
1t been with the company long enuf -
have such thing following him y.
'ound. Lawrence Burt has been y
lbbed Ambitious" Slim stands for
ayford, and the company roster ~, ~
asts of such names as Sody, Dutch, 80. t
lid Cantaloupe, Eggy (Don Eagle os
NJ and many more common ones.
P. S.-Harvey Parks was made n
rgeant His warrant came today Geo
[onday). Clare Haylor was up to day