Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-05-16

have not many horses where he IL, '
use burros, and that All the COWS
he has seen are white.
The parents oil Fred Dixie received
a card from him on May lltii, saying
he had arrived safely in France. Tell
every one who asks about me, Hello!
My address is Battery T., 10Th Field
Artillery, \. +. F., via New York.
While at Camp Merritt he wrote them
the following: ave left Camp Doug
las, Arizona, March 9th, and reached
Camp Merritt March 29Ih. Came
through kinsas City, Northern part
of Missouri and Iowa crossing Miss
issippi River at keokuk Dam, through
Chicago and Detroit and then over
into Canada. We crossed ii bridge
just below Niagara Falls. The train
stopped on the Canadian side and let
US all get oil tho train and see the
falls for thirty minutes. II was sure a
beautiful sight. From the Falls We
came TO Rochester, Syracuse and then
to Camp Merritt. After We came
out OF Canada the Red Cross gave us
something to eat at every station:
apples, chocolate candy, tobacco,
sand wicbes, chewing gum, and things
too numerous TO mention. II WAS the
finest trip | ever had in my life. There
are between seventy-iive to a hun
dred thousand men here.n
Lionel HartZeli writes to his parents
under date of May S: ''By the time
you get this Will be half way across
the Atlantic. Don't worry. But why
should you? am in the hands of our
Uncle fighting tor the freedom OF our
relatives -the whole world, Wen
be back soon.' Before leaving Camp
Greene ne had written of the success
OF the Entente Allies Music Festival
in Charlotte, April 25-2I, THE Red
Cross netted twenty-five thousand
from the three concerts. Alice Mel
sou, Marion Greene, and France Aida
charmed with their singing, while
the splendid orchestra was directed
by Nj. Iiasselmans. The closing
number was an arrangement OF the
!, national anthems Of all the Entente
Allies, which were splendidly render
cd, and as a tribute To his southern
audience Conductor AltSchuler elm
) aXed the arrangement with a strain
OF Dixie. "All through our rehearsals
: the people OF Charlotte have been
very good to us. While we were re-
hearsing at the Auditorium the South
ern Public Utilities Company furnish
ed special cars to carry the Band from
: camp to town and return. And whel
u we were obliged to remain in tow
over meal time there were plenty o
2 hospitabIe southern girls to carry Il
q to an excellent meal and an enloyab!'
home. Southern people cannot b'
. beaten for their hospitality, and !
you want to see some real loyalty ant
patriotism North Carolina is the place
q to come"
' Friends in Ironton received a lette'
. from George Wendell written Apri
y 26, saying he expected to be moved Il
q a few days to some other camp. Hi
;, address at that time was No. !, Lin
s, Kelley Field.
Harry Kendall, Co. c, 1ol Field Bat
L. talon, Signal Corps, writes troi
h somewhere in France that he Is wei
= received his box of cookies from HON
- and is getting letters regularly. IA
y is now at a station and is telegraph
ing.
,a Waiter Hatton writes that he HI
landed in France. That he was pre-
1t ty sea sick going over, but that d
~ not cunt. He found the Frent
It people very kind, and very patient
!, trying to teach the American boys
- speak their language.
a Russell Riggs, 134th Co., US. Marir
a Corps, wrote from France on April
g. "We arrived at final d%estlnatio
O Yesterday morning. We are billett
in houses, barns, etc. am with qnl
III a bunch in an old mill. Most OF
as sleep on deck. Two Of us put stfa
r, between our shelter halves and NAL
-. a pretty good mattress that way. "
y had a pretty nice trip r 1t RAJ
y, ed two or three times, but we dldn
I'd have much rough weather. ! new
p did get real sea8ick on the way. N
stomach felt kind of queer the ilr
two or three days, but outside OF tn
tn, | am all right. France certainly is
,b. pretty country. In Il village q
streets are narrow and the buildin
old. One of the houses was built
'iA the fifth century. Most of the peof
b. wear wooden shoes and regular &C
" world' ~clothes.' He wrote again
April 10: "We had a field meet ia
day afternoon. Our platoon &
second. l got iourthin the high jun
and second in the standing bro
- lump. | am well and well satisti
with everything" :,
We On Monday the following boys !
ces Ironton for jefferson Barracks: ost
!, Martin Smith, OF Arcadia; Emm
. Campbell, of Belleview; VIM. SWee
ey, OF GraniteviIle; and Peter Allgl
Jr., and Jesse James Pitts, OF front!
To replace Guy Luttrell and W
*. Thomas, who were rejected, jan
ek' Austin butcher, Of Greeley, Colora'
wn and Napoleon Allen King, OF Brun
will 90 at once to Camp Funston.
vas hope all these boys will write US a
tell US of their final destination, VI
ST. branch OF the service they we're pr
ed in, etc. They may be sure IN
friends in this part Of the country '
ali be- clad to hear from them.
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