The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-10-16

some small holders lof tneH tldt
don't cost much. Oh yes, mother,
you will get $15 month for IL
months if am In the war that long.
Maybe you will get i this month but
don't worry If you don't you will get
/ it.
Well. dear parents, have got to
close. / am going to write to Ruth
now. and have not got much time.
We are busy but game over this noon
to write to both. Tell dad to be
careful about working hard and you
\ too. | send all the people my best
regards. Now don't worry about
me. Remember what have said.
Lots CT love and kisses from your
loving son to his loving parents,
Next letter is from Glen Enge-
mann. a cousin of We editor and one
of the boys who enlisted some time
ago and went to the Great Lakes
Naval training station. Up to this
year, Glenn made annual visits here
and his 1918 visit was only cut out on
account of his enlisting in the SER
vice. Glenn has many local friends
who will be glad to read the follow
ing:
Dear Cousins Ed, Margaret and All:
/ wanted to write to you several
times before, but. something always
1 interferred Did my mother send
receive it? If not let me know at
once and l will send you one / had
taken recently in blue uniform.
How are all of you anyway, hope
we'll / suppose you are as busy as
person possibly can be right now.
know am because they keep us on
the hump all the time out here on
detail work. W45 shoveling' coal
all day yesterday merely exercise
you know, as it we're with white
suit on too. Always wear white
clothes, no mater how dirty the work
! is so that we can have the pleasure
of washing in the evening, don't you
| love that. ] do? How is Hub get
ting along at home by this time; /
heard he was home agon on fur
Tough, hope well.
Hank was out here to see me this
afternoon.
Should you happen to drop in Chi
cago on business, why jump out here
and see what camp life is like in
sailordom at the Great Lakes.
We're about block from the lake
here and believe me, it's quite chilly
in the mornings.
I've learned quite few trades since
being in the navy, shoveling, swab-
bling with brush or mop, hammer and
saw. laying sods, pushing baby carts
Irish chariots) as they call them
here, and lot of others too numer
out to mention.
Well, Ed. and Marg., it is time for
chow now so will close, wishing you
all the best of health and prosperity.
From your cousin,
Clemens A. Engemann.
Camp 9 10th Regt., Barracks 1645
Lower East, Isolation, Camp Luce,
Great Lakes, Ill.
Sergt. Wilbur Smith writes another
splendid letter to our readers, whics
is very nearly as description as let
ter can be and which is as follows:
August %, 1918.
! A few interesting words from one
of the Bedding boys "Over Here,
France, "Over There" u. S. A.
| As am bow seated here trying to
get this letter started to my home
town there are about a dozen fellows
around me trying to get in a word.
If am not very careful they surely
will succeed; they are not from Beld-
ing so am going to. tell you all they
have said about our paper, the Ban
ner. To begin with, one OF .i them n
Squeak. If that is the case, think
that it has a good loud squeak. be-
cause it is heard clear across the deep
blue Atlantic, that is some distance
too, take it from me.
Well, now l will endeavor to, tell
you few things that is and has been
going on over here. As you know
| am not allowed to tell everything
that / know, because it might cause
you all to have a bad impression of
my intelligence. So you see the CEN
sor has to watch me. We have all
been very busy up until few days
ago and then we received the order
TO 90 into rest. That was a welcome
order as you may be assured. We
l have a wonderful lot of queer things
to deal with over here, no matter
where we make our camp we have to
camouflage our tents, wagons, kitch-
ems and everything that we have
around US that would attract the at
tention of the ever lurking hun. When
ever a hun aeroplane comes our way
we all have to take to cover.
we most Always cOnceal our sur
roundings by covering our tents and
equipment with brush or material for
that purpose. The air is always full
Of aeroplanes, allied and devilish
boches. The boche delights in fly
ing over head and peppering us with
machine gun fodder or those cute lit
tie bombs. They are cute to look at
but when they drop then they are not
so darned cute. You would agree
with me had you been where have
been, huff ced.
When a big German, gun sends a
shell at you, it is possible to hear the
scream of it and then take to cover,
but when one Of those air bombs
comes down it is to late to take COW
er when you hear it. One night not
long ago, bunch of huns came over
us dropping these gifts they struck
all around US, lay there in my lit
tie tent looking up 20 the sky. won
dering If he mad bomb with my num-
Der on it. felt q whole lot better
when he had passed over and away
&c. ~..- IL al mat