The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-08-30

Clareace Michel writes d his Tfip
and Arrival Il Training station.
Camp Hancock, Ca. Aug. g. 1918
Dear Folks: / remained in Chi
cago Sundard and met several fel-
lows / knew from the u. who were
in training at Fort Sheridan. /
also met . Jackie from Appleton
who ! had played football with. and
we went out to Lincoln Park and
enjoyed Lake Michigan. I left
Chicago At 1926 on the Dixie Fly
err It 10 . fine train and travels
fast. didn't see much Of Illinois
as it was night, but saw oil thru
Kentucky, Tennes 9se and Georgia.
The part Of Kentucky that ! passed
thru looks like the Sahara desert
no vegetation 1t oil, although they
grow q little tobacco. Poor black
trash all along the road. Dirty
looking huts with ten or . dozen
little coons running round the yard.
/ wouldn't live there for the world.
You don't know what . wonderful
country South Dakota is. They
grow lots Of clifton and corn. but
the corn is really . joke. They
don't have good healthy looking
stalks like ours. and We have about
ten stalks where they have one. It
grows very thinly.
Nashville, Tenn, IL q nice city.
| stopped there As minutes. From
this city on the scenery is beautiful,
but before that it was about the
same thing all the time. l met q
man on the train who pointed out
| places Of interest. | saw Lookout
mountain at Chattanooga. Mission
airy Ridge, Stone mountain and the
battlefield Of Stone River. The
cannons which they used are still
standing on the hill. They buried
the soldiers on the field and it sure
" is a beautiful cemetery. Each
soldier has . small white grave
stone. The woods are pretty all
along the route. Mostly cedar and
pines. / have q hard time under
standing these southerners. On
the train q fellow came up and said
where yo' all goin. I looked at
him up and down and said:-look
again old top, you are seeing double.
The people here are very slow in
every way. No one rushes around
like they do in the north. Seem to
have lots Of time and nothing to do.
Atlanta, where | stayed over night
is the liveliest town in the south
they say. The people there seem
to have more ambition. The coons
know their place too. They sure
step out Of q white mans way
Very different from those in the
north. We arrived at camp about
noon and they put us in quarantine
for 10 days. We can't leave on,
company street. SO ! have not seer
much of the camp. It surely is q
big one, and those machine gun.
are banging away all day long
I'm used to them now and don't
even hear them.
1 am in a tent with five other fel
lows. Two from Colorado. one
from Chicago. one from Mpls. and
one from Texas. | have sure got
in with q good bunch. All. these
mef are fine fellows-All college
men-good appearing, and congen.
ial-lawyers. doctors, dentists. etc,
One little dentist in my tent from
Chicago is sure q clown. l never
laughed 20 much in my life. W.
have had to do lots Of cleaning uI
and he 10 always saying-I've got .
keen eye for sanitation" HI
knows Guy Wood and Clyde Bowe
well. His name Is Bailey. W.
sing. joke and laugh. Never had
% much fun in my life. And i'll
al good rich humor. Texas 81.
ways wants us to sing southern
songs, but We refuse and he feel,
pretty bod because We won't. The
food here il very good and we car
have al We want. / surely am glad
got into this camp. The weathel
ID fine too. The days are faily
cool, and the nights are really cold.
almost frose the first night. but
have learned how to fx my blankets
% | slept better last night. W.
each have two nice wool blankets.
We haven't got our suits yet but
will have them soon.
Va have shower baths and oil.
In fact, everything il the best and
I'm surely glad I'm here. We are
oreanizing ! football team. hope
can mako II. With lots II love,
Brud.