The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-08-07

WITH HOME BOYS
in SERVICE.
Exceedingly Anxious to 60 Across

writes 10 MS parents that he is so
anxious to go across he is trying to
secure a transfer. Whobery has re-
Gently been made a corporal. The
letter follows:
My Dear Mother:-How are all of
you? Hope you are all well. | am
fine and dandy.
Mama, | sure like my new camp
fine. 1t is so much better here than
in Georgia. 1t isn't so warm here
and | like my work fine. sure feel
much more at home on the r. r.
We don't have much to do. | will
send you picture as soon as | have
some made. haven't any drilling to
do at all-sure have got it nice here
| was real surprised when you told
me that Shelf was leaving for France
1t certainly will be great trip to
see the things he never would have
seen. | am going to try and get a
transfer to France myself. don't
think there is any danger at all now;
you know they have to have so much
training before they are fit for SER
vice and besides those boys are
showing those Dutch back. think
that the war will be over in about
three or four months. l would be
pleased to go myself. | would not
be uneasy about him for he will take
care of himself-I1l bet he is pleased
to get to go across.
Mama, in Maryland is the place
where the government is making
that poison gas that they are using
on those Germans. They are max
ing mustard gas and believe me it
is awful; if any one gets it on their
hands it eats through them and this
other gas will kill any one that gets
it in their system. We all have gas
masks, for if the gas should break
loose we would have a chance to
save ourselves and if we didn't have
them, we would be sol.
Mama, | got paper from Irving
ton and | saw where the boys were
called. feel for some of them for
you know they will have it much
better than us boys who have gone
before for many things will be much
more pleasant to them.
| have been made corporal and |
think that we railroad men will get
more money after while-think we
will get about $50 month. will
be pleased with it. am going to
try to get transferred to France for
| want to go and you need not be
uneasy for things are looking good.
| suppose papa and Willard are
o. X. | would like to see you all
and | don't think it will be so much
longer until this war will be brought
to a close. How is Vera and Fan?
Suppose you all have nice crop.
Would sure like to be there and eat
some of your corn bread and beans.
l haven't had any corn bread since
| have been in the army. | have
plenty to eat and have had ever since
have been in the army. / will
close with love to all, so goodbye
and answer soon.
Your boy,
o. B. w.
A ddress-Detch. c., 1st Bin, Edge
wood Arsnal, Edgewood. Md.
From Sharkey Gregory
Camp Mills, N. Y.
Dear Papa
We left Camp Custer last week
for this camp, and we sure have had
an ovation all along the line. Our
first stop was at Detroit. Then in
a short time we passed under tun-
mel and bobed up in Canada. Our
route was through pretty good
St. Thomas being the lar
gest city we passed and we limbered
up there. Saw Niagara Falls as We
passed back into New York. Ou.
route then was over mountain tops
and through mining towns. At
some places we could see down in the
valley Two and three towns at time.
At Sayre we took hike and crossed
in.o Pennsylvania. We also stopped
at Bethlehem, Pa, and took hike.
This was sure aprettty town and it
IS here the great steel works are To-
Gated, where they are making the
Krupp's look like ten cent pieces cut
out of silver dollar; we crossed the
Delaware rive two miles below where
George Washington crossed, but in
stead of crossing on ice we went
over on fine bridge, laying back in
Easy chairs in Pullman coaches.
Arriving in Jersey City Sunday
night and early Monday morning we
iook boat around the harbor-and
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