The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-06-27
NEWS OF OUR SOLDIER
BOYS
Interesting Letters from Our
Boys at Home Camps
and Abroad.
From Lee Harris.

WTlLlnR all my lIleiiuo VI Giiiicel-
have been in the service about five
months. | must say that military
training does not hurt anyone. It IS
very necessary in the army and navy.
Militarism is the first thing taught
the new recruits, and it stays with
YOU all the time while in the service.
l never knew what the word obey
meant until l enlisted. A man in uni
form is watched at all times. Anything
done by him that is not proper is very
apt to be reported to his superior Of
ficers, and the punishment for such
offenses is such that any sailor, who
has any respect for himself, is not
going 10 take many chances.
1t certainly makes a man feel good
to go to Pensacola and see the hos
pitality showed the service men by
the inhabitants. Pensacola is town
of about $4,000 people, not including
the enlisted men. We speak of the
inhabitants as civilians from force of
habit You can imagine how anyone
in the draft age is looked down upon
unless he holds responsible position
with the government. 1t is common
saying among the service men to say,
81 had rather be shot by the Germans
than be seen wearing civilian clothes
for the duration of the war; One of
the best ways to show how the Pensa-
cola people respect the service men
here is to come here and see for your
selves how popular the sailors are
with the young ladies and mothers.
There are about $500 sailors here and |
the same number of soldiers and mar |
ines. There seems to be a pretty girl |
for all of them, except a few of |
US who are not so fortunate.
To our younger people l want to say
show more love toward each other and
especially to the older ones. You
owe it to them, first of all, for cour-
tesy's sake, and it will help to bright
en- their pathway in their declining
years. You know this great war in
which We are now engaged is going
to bring, and is already bringing, us
closer together and causing US to
have more love and sympathy for each
other.
1 have heard that several of the
boys have left since l came TO this
station. American homes all over the {
land are being broken up, so more love
ard sympathy for each other must
naturally follow. We are in this war .
to accomplish some good for humanity
that this old world may be better f
place to live in, so the young Ameri-
cans who are going out from their
homes are not going in vain if they G
accomplish the one thing that our
president has said we must accom- I
plish, and that is the world for de-
mocracy. So each of US have our
work to do, putting our shoulders to Il
the wheel, backing the boys that have l l
gone to the front and the ones that l
will go later on. BY so doing you will p
be keeping the home fires burning un- II
til the boys come home. | feel sure
the people of Emmett are doing their
share. :
l am writing this letter in the Y. NJ. ::
c. A., and | want to say to you all /,
that when the next drive is on for :,
the Y. NJ. c. A, anything that you
may contribute toward this institu-
tion is money we'll spent, because it II,
is this organization that throws the :.
nome influence among the boys and is -,
greatly appreciated when a boy is NJ
away from home.
This is very old camp, dating back d.
before the Civil war, when it was a
Southern camp and was very we'll for
fied 1t has been a naval air station
ince 1918. bu
My old company, the Fifth COM "
'any, is standing by to be sent over. fa, t,,,
have been detailed to instruct the lee
lew recruits in the joiner shop. l ou
vill not get chance to go with my
Id company. This station is COM III ~,
osed of men from all parts of the mr.,
United States. We have all classes of Ia
len. Some are as fine young men as SAT
nyone would care to meet and some al a.,
re equally as tough. But it is wholly II
p to us to choose our associates get
ere the same as at home. but we are uol
Il good fellows at heart and are for
yer thinking of our brothers across er;v
lie sea and the awful horrors of war the
lat they have to endure. Then to in !
think of our sacrifices as compared ing
ith theirs. they do seem insignit- cor
mt If my life is taken in this great