Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-06-27


for all the squadron equipment
all of it being charged to me
This amounts to several thou.
sand dollars, and will amount tt
a whole lot more when we ge
across and get our over seas eq.
uipment. (If we ever get across,
One of the, hardest things to de
i is to get what you want, although
conditions are improving.
AS to mess officer I see thai
1.-THE food is properly cooked, the
ration we'll balanced, that enough
food is served, and as little was
ted as may be, and that we don't
lexceed our allowance. Also that
1.-THE books, and K. P's., keep them
selves and the. mess hall clean
and in order.
i At present stand revillie ey-
.Icoach, for our ball team, and ar
range for games with other
|squadrons," etc. Am also organ
izing teams for athletic events
on July 4th. Races, jumping, tug
OF war, wall scaling, visual sig
mailing, a drill team, etc.
At present l stand revellie ey-
|ery third morning, and: drill the
lsquadron, close order drill.sI also
assist at inspection every SUNDAY
morning. All of this is kind OF
rough outline of my duties. II
doesn't sound very interesting to
read, but you asked for it SO it
us your own fault.
| We had quite time Saturday
Ievehing and Sunday. About 20 of
US got into a big truck and went
TO New Braunfels, town about
40 miles from here. They have a
great place to swim there, in the
Comal River. The water is clean
and clear as glass and fairly cool.
Most of the places around here.
the water is too warm. We camp
ed out in the park during the
night and it rained quite hard.
was all right for while, as I
had my bed roll along which is
water proof. However lot of the
fellows only took blankets, and
when they got wet, they came
around and rolled the rest of us
Iout.
Had a wonderful ride in an air
plane this morning. Went out for
a Jazz" with one OF our instruc-
tors. We were up for an hour and
a quarter and did everything that
can be done with a ship. That is
these ships. OF course. you can
DO more with a fast scout mach
me. We looped the loop, did tail
spins, stalled, tight spiraled, did
zimmerman turns, figure 8's, YER
tlcal banks, slipped, skidded, and
the whole bunch. Comparatively
speaking, there is not much SEN
sation to looping the loop. You
hang by your belt for, a few Sec
onds while the engine spits oil
and gas in, your face, at least it
did in mine. as wanted to see
where we were going and didn't
duck my head. You get the biggest
sensation when it starts down.
The zimmerman turn is some
sensation and am willing to adj
INIT that the stuff came up in my
neck in the first one. soon got
used to it though and enjoyed
them after. | knew what was. a
coming. l don't know how to de-
scribe them SO that you will un-
derstand. You would have to see
one to appreciate it. When we
got up 1000 feet he let me have
the stick and played with it up
to $500 #. | didn't pull any very
bad boneheads, and he tells me
that l can learn to fly o. K. T
think | can myself, and am going
to if possible. Have not heard as
yet from my application.
We are going to pull off same
stunt here Saturday. The Ball
team is going to fly down to Cor
pus. Christie for a ball game. I
have been working my head off
to get to go but cont Know yet
whether | shall or not. What. do
you think. of that for a stunt?
Well, | have pretty nearly writ
Len a book this time, composed Of
capitals rs. Give my best to the
bunch there. Remember me to
Mrs. P. and the family and write
again soon.
AS Ever,
Lieut.! v. A. Mccormick,
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