Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-08-01
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Lieut.. NJ. Dudley Riggs, Co. G, 4th
Battalion, Inf. Repl. 4 Tr. Camp Lee,
Va, writes: "You can't imagine hoy"
many things there are to dom getting
these men out Of here. This is really
an embarkation camp like Camp Mills
and those camps around the port OF
Hoboken, and not only the training
und equipment is done here, but also
the actual preparation for transport.
/ worked all night last night with
Battalion Personnel officer preparing
passenger lists and service re-
cords for the men of our company.
We finished the actual writing about
four O'Clock this morning, but By the
| time we had finished checking and as
| sembling them ~leveilie had blown,
| They had to be ready for inspection
| this morning. Our men have been in
quarantine and we have a strong
guard with an officer in charge all the
time. All the visiting that is done has
to be done across d two foot line,
witha guard walking in between them,
which certainly must be unsatisfac-
tory to say the least. We r not as
much troubled as some Of the other
companies whose men came from
closer around. However, several OF
our men have their wives here and
hang around all day waiting for an
opportunity to talk to them. You
can't help feeling sorry for them, but
Ii only demoralizes the men and makes
them harder to control. I believe
these last farewells are no comfort to
any one and only make all concerned
feel worse"
Paul Keith writes in a letter dated
July 81: II arrived in New Orleans
yesterday morning at 1890, and al
III P. NJ. they brought us out here On
) the ferry. The station here, Algiers,
) ia Just across the Mississippi from
t New Orleans. 1t is not nearly so large
( as Great Lakes, but is better. W.
i have better officers and even bette
! to eat. The country is much nicer
$ only the thermometer is 105 in tn
p. shade at the time | am writing. Tit
lads that came here from the Lake
s are going to Panama in a few days
t am feeling the best in the world an
. happy as q lark.n In Il letter date
t july % he writes: "Tbis is probabl
the last time you will hear from m
is until | get to Panama, az am leavin
tor Cocosola, Panama, tomorrow
Is We are going to take a boat down t
rs the Canal, but | have not learned he
name yet. We will probably stay {
:, Cocosola two or three weeks and the
lie cruise along the coast Of South Anne
n lea to Cuba, and then across the Al
le ~lantic. This is a fine country dow
,e here, only it is very hot. | went
ID over New Orleans yesterday, and
I'd sure deserves it, title, 'CrescentC City
g. In the residence districts rows
Is palm trees skirt the sidewalks, al
you could not expect to see anythir
n more beautiful than the parks.o
,ir Lionel L. Hartzell, II. q, Co., 16
he +. A. Band, writes: II am feeliI
tie fine. There is only n thing we
If. in line Of duty that ! do not exact
of like and shat is getting up at 8 o'clo
or and playing reveiile march for t
de rest.of the regiment to dress by,
ed made n visit to a near by city Satu
d | day. There are some wonderful Il
beautiful scenes in in this part Of
country. The oldest cities in t
ITnited States are extremely mode
in comparison with these towns.
aid think we Americans could learn &C
siderable from the French in the "
at u,onv othar th;n"s MilIions of col
Idy OF timber that could De USED 10
go wonderful advantage over mere
DOL Ma" Soras,S ,hs,a ars in tbis n