Mohave County miner., 1918-02-16
SPIRIT OF A VOLUNTEER

The following letter. which an Augusta boy who enlisted as private and has since been promoted recently wrote to his father, ought to be read by others There is no finer sentiment anywhere, and what father would not be proud to receive such let ter? Read it:
 'WeIl, dad, got a letter from you written Satur- day morning after you heard of my promotion. I knew would tickle the best dad in the world and, as I said in my last letter, the real pleasure to of the whole thing, dad lies in the fact that know you pleased Just as I tried to make you a good son, I am trying to make Uncle Sam good soldier. didn't go into this army because other fellows doing it. I didn't go in because seeking citement pleasure, and surely not to make money, because there is money to be made in the army.
 But came in because felt there was dirty job to dO and that it job which the young of country must get out and do. There is in doing real job haIf-heartedly. I have never been half-hearted in my activities. I have had ex- ceptiOnaI opportunities due to the best parents any kid had, and for yet to be explain ed had sense enough to grasp some of them and im- prove them. My country has handed me favOrs, pro-
 
 other nations do not enjoy. You have been father to me in way which could not be improved upon. If you in hole, you would bet your last nickel and could we'll afford to- that would go to the very limit to help you out. Well, Uncle Sam is in hOle and he has been pretty darn good to most of the young men of his country, and if the fellow who has to support, and is physically able doesn't get fha thinO ha has in fhaf0 yrhirh has been hated and despsed by all seIf-respetcing men since the time of the Garden of Eden-oOw- ardce. Those fellows who are hiding behind the ex- that they don't think that war is right, have two aternatives-either they are too ignorant to realize conditions in which the army could not them Git takes brains as well as muscle to make good sOldier), or else they yellow, which is usually the case.
 q know that I will never be able to feel the same towards those friends of mine who have ducked one of the greatest opportunities presented to real manhood. Talk about separating the sheep from the goats, if this isn't the greatest sieve the world has for centuries then all my time spent on history has been lost.
 ''WelI, the above is the reason why feel that it is my duty to work twelve or fourteen hours a day or whatever time my work may take. It's just a small contribution, but if we have them by the mil
 lions, they will count, and count greatly. As to my promotion, glad. It's kind of a receipt for hard earnest work, but in the whole scheme it is nothing If I could serve better as a lieutenant and do more good there, then I am glad of it. You may rest as- sured that nothing but i'll health will cut down my pep and drive.
 "I want to come back Everybody does, and more- over expect to come back. But if anything should happen and I didn't, you can tell the world for me that when they blew recall was standing straight the acceleratOr and the old machine getting them all' I am in this thing to win and will"- Bsbee Review.