Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-06-19
Sends q Good Letter to His Friend
Otto Anderson, and Gives
Some Interesting News
About Camp Gordon
PLACED in CLASS G
FOR DOMESTIC DUTY
Says Decorah and Winneshiek
County is Well Represented
at the Camp There
Camp Gordon, Ga,
In a Guard House
June 6, 1918

1 JuuC W 1910
Dear Otto:
| When / say dear Otto l mean 10
and baby and puppie, and hello for
all the loafers. No l am not a
prisoner in this guard house, but
am on guard, and when on guard
we sleep in the Jail. We sure
have a lot of hard boiled eggs
under guard here. We stand over
them with fixed bayonets and loaded
rifles. I've often wondered what
I'd do if it ever chanced that l
would have to stick EN- or shoot
'em. 1t would probably be different
with a German. But you see I
never was a very bloodthirsty sort.
and carving up one of our own men
would sort of go against my grain.
The ones we guard are just boys
like myself who have little more
nerve than l and have taken French
leave for a few days and came
back of their own accord and then
pay But some of them think they
are tough guys. The jail sentence
doesn't scare me so much as the
fine. I can't afford to lose my
Jack. None of us will come out
of the army with any attraction
for land agents-Ed. Hovden and
f1r inc
I'm sorry to inform You l don't
think I'll ever go "over.' I'm dis
qualifled for overseas service.
Was marked underweight and mJ
left listener is tabooed. I'm in
class c., which is domestic duty.
Will probably do some sort Of
guard duty in the United States
for the rest of my natural life,
or when the worlds famous square
head is convinced that Vic Hoeg and
the rest of them mean business
Would certainly like to be there
to help capture a couple of brewer
les Believe me stein or two here
wouldn't go bad It's hotter than
Sam Hill and there are more flies
and wasps here than in all Italy.
Every night l have to file the fly
specks from off my worthy visage.
When I first hit this said Dixie
land / wanted to desert. But the
longer I stay the better l like 1t.
But give me old Iowa. Nothing
but the army could ever get me
1back here, unless l never get out.
Oscar Norgaard, who was at
Fort Mcpherson when l was in the
hospital there shas gone to New
York. Possibly sailed already.
Norman Bradish who was in Os-
ears outfit at the Fort, is now at
Fort Oglethorp, Georgia, near Chat
tanooga, Tenn, taking some course
in the medical school there. 1t
may land him commission.
hope so. Philip Losen is about
a block from me. Ralph P. Robin
son, of Hesper, is closer than that.
He enlisted in the regular army
at Winona year ago. Two VIM
neshiek boys that were caught in
the same breeze and sailed with
me on that memorable 23rd OF
February are here also. They live,
or did, near Calmar, south of there
i guess. Their names are Reicks.
So you see you folks are we'll re-
presented hereabouts. But Losen
and the rest are all Glass A and
will eventually go abroad, so I'll
have to take care of your interests
all by myself With Gen. Enger
and 1 on the outside you folks can
sit quietly at home.
Atlanta is a very beautiful city.
especially her residence districts.
A. c. Chandler is Mayor and also
the originator of Coco Cola, and
; therefore a millionaire plus. You
should see his home. Mostly con-
, structed Of white marble, as far
as l could see. Some dive. This
is Coco-Cola's home, but Coke Is
just as high here, in fact drink
called Ko-nut is preferred by us
would be dough boys"
Well Otto l will have to quit
for the present. Regards to al
and each from me.
$ EMMETT ]. HoARE,
q l19 Co. 5th Bn..