Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-07-05
LETTERS FROM
SOLDIERS.
FROM PAUL TwYMAN.

Recommendation for sergeantcy has
been sent to headquarters and in
all probability viii he out the first Of
the week. Have been doing the Com
pany Clerks work ever since I came
TO this place and believe me II Is
some job. Being assigned to the de-
| pot brigade. which receives all the en-.
listed and drafted men. gives them
their first instructions, makes out all
the initial papers and then transfers
them 20 the real work. I have almost
mroe work than is good for me.
Three nights out Of last week I work
ed until after three o'clock and then
was back on the job at seven the
next morning. We have just cleaned
out the bunch Of men who came into
camp the first Of June and now are
filling mp again.
You should see some Of the names
the men have. They all come from
Rhode Island. New York. Pennsyl
vania and other states that are full
of foreigners and We get that class
at this camp OF course there are
quite a few American names and
men but the percentage is on the
foreigners and half Of them cannot
write their names and their speech
is so broken that It is very difficult
TO understand them.
Camp Meade is a very pretty place
II is located about 20 or 30 miles
from Washington and is easily gotten
to by electric trolley. The country
is awfully sandy and the first night J.
was there we had an awful wind
storm and the next morning I was
covered with sand. The eli
mate is hot as the mischief in the day
time and at night il eools of unit
you welcome the blanket before morn
ing. Nearly every branch Of the ser.
vice is represented here and there Isl
quite a bit Of rivalry in athletics
The i54th D.B. to which | am attach
ed holds the championship in base
ball and boxing. Until last week we
had Wednesday afternoon for the
ball games, but on account Of the
number Of men coming in and the
urgent need Of fast training they
have limited the athletics TO Satur.
day. Saturday and Sunday are the
soldiers rest days There Is nothing
to do on these days but 10 clean up
your quarters and stand the in.
spection. Then those who are out Of
quarantine 1.-TWO typhoid shots and
vaccination) may have passes 10 the
city leaving camp at 10 a. m. Satur.
day and returning by IL p. m. Sun
day night. just back Of our Office IL
the range for machine gun practice
and the guns are popping all day
long. Over a couple Of blocks the
artillery Is at work and the boom Of
the big field pieces makes one think
that he is at least somewhere in the
lines. There is also an officers train
ing camp located in Camp Meade
The men are picked from the ranks
and the non-coms Of the company in
camp and given the necessary train
ing 10 equip them for officers. II is
very interesting to watch the man
euvers that the West Pointers put
the prospective officers through.
We have a big liberty theatre and
have some very good shows. The Y
NJ. G. A. furnishes entertainment
along with the Y. NJ. II. A. and the
X. G. In fact Uncle Sam has not
left much for the comfort and en-.
tertainment Of the soldier undone.
OF course Il is not like the home by
any means because there Ii set
time in which these things may be en-
joyed but when that time comes ev.
erybody Is ready for II and has as
much fun rs could possibly be had.
II seems funny TO see some Of those
bald-headed and middle aged men
romp and cut up like lot Of school
kids.
When the new men come into the
camp they certainly do get a good
panning. The old men all Of them
hand them something like this. "Aw'
just wait till you get that shot Come
on now hid and can that straw lid,
this is no place for . duke. You
viii have to come out from under
that hat Did Mama say she'd miss
her little baby when he left herf
Say boyl did you kiss her goodbye
when you leftf"
Very few Of the men are discon-
tented. We have had several C. o..
conscientious objectors) but they
are soon put TO work in the camp
at some kind Of labor. The most
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