The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1918-11-07

Letters From and About Soldiers
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II am-certaluly lucky OH not taking It
[ d. not think We vail Ice here much
longer. and all VI Us Will'be glad. for
We want to get our share of the
blamed Germans.
Members If all Of the companies
Of the 63rd are DoW plaeticing With
the band ou songs to be given when
the regiment puts On a play. We en-
joy 1t very much. Our band is one IF
the best in the United States. they
say. Senator Chamberlain reviewed
us the other day He praised his Ore
gon boys very much.
"a would certainly like a good big
red Oregon apple. The apples back
here haven't the taste Of those from
Oregon. saw a box of Hood River
pears on sale at the canteeH last night .
Mr. May enclosed in his letter the
following clipping
They say the Germans fear the
Yankee soldiers well. if they don t
like the 63rd don blame them.
That was the comment Of United
States Senator Chamberlain. Of Ore
gun. when he Visietd Meade a few DAYS
ago and saw the boys from Oregon in
action. The 63rd infantry is made up
almost entirely Of Oregon men and a
few from the old 18th Infantry.
Senator Chamberlain, with his col
league, Senator McNary, reviewed the
regiment with Col. Croxton. They
arrived in the morning with Mrs.
Henry f. CLAY. wife Of Capt. Clay,
the regimentai surgeon. who was visit
ing friends in Washington.
The senators were much pleased
with the appearance of the bows ana
their only regret was that they could
not stay long enough to greet all their
old friends. A few who We're intimate
with the senators We're invited by
Capt. Clay to meet them.
Many persons besides the senators
have commented ON the size Of the sol
diers in this regiment. The average is
close to six feet. Many Of them were
farmer boys and lumbermen or miners.
and know the game of outdoor life like
a book Very little sickness developed
among them i'm the recent epidemic
There We're eleven deaths In the regi-
ment, but only two Of these We're
among the westerners.
Senator Chamberlain and Senator
McNary are old friends of Capt. Clay
Tie invited them TO remain for lunch
con, but they left on the ! O'Clock
train for the capital to attend an i'm
portant committee meeting.
Both senators are tremendously in
terested in the war program, and Sen
ator Chamberlain especially has been
active in the development Of strong
army.
Mrs. W. }. Enschede writes from
Amity as follows
Just received letter from my
brother, Allan Harris, written while
aboard a transport on his way to
France, and thought some Of his Hood
River friends might be interested in
it. He started his training the last Of
June at Camp Grant, Ill.,, but was
soon transferred to Camp Robinson,
Wis, where he trained for overseas
duty with Battery h, 1872 Field Artil-
lery, and in the S6th Division. HIS
company arrived at Camp Mills Sep
temDer and had chance to visit
New York and neighhoring cities be.
fore embarking In his letter he saws .
1--WE left Camp Mills Tuesday morn
ing and are getting along to France
quite swiftly. We could not have finer
weather if we had ordered it ourselves.
When we left there was onite a haze
hut the Statue of Liberty stood out
very nlainlv II was an insnirino
sight as we passed there and the band
was plavinp Good Bve broadway Hel
Ia France.
"Todav has been clear and There is
hardly a cloud in the sky Tn in the
very prow of the boat you ran see If.
tle fish Av ont of orr road and ocra.
sionallv there are fish near enouoh the
surface 10 be seen. pornojse are
iumnino ont of the water continually
snd if Is a iov to watch the GREAT bIue
and green waves break
"Just after leaving New York we
set our watches back an hour. to the
time before the daylight plan went
into effect. and since then we set our
watches M half an hour every "a
hours. 50 it is dark at 6 O'Clock and
we who sleep on deck think it is great
70 roll out at a m. and watch TIE
moon 90 down and the sun come up
about 6.15.
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