Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-10-23
in TRENCH, CAMP, FIELD
MY COUNTRY

MY COUNTRY
Ny country! My eOuntryi Dear land OF my
What would l not do, to shew yea the warth
OF the blue skies, the deep seas. the forests Of
pine,
The home and the love-in fact all that is mine.
Through you have | gained them; for yen will
l fight,
Teaching the despots that might is not right.
For you will / suffer
For yOu viii die;
Through your spirit well conquer
And thus give the lie
To the boast Of the tyrant that God is with
them
And give all the peace past understanding.
Amen
DOCTORS THOUGHT THE "FLU" HAD
HIM SURE
IBy Raymond Spellum, Camp Holabird, Mary
land, October I2.i
magazine reached me at a very opportune
time, while was reclining down at Fort
McHenry hospital. l contracted the FLU"
which developed into pneumonia and they tell
me travelled very close TO the valley Of the
shadow, but / disappointed the property clerk,
who packed my personal effects, by recovering
and at present am spending my time footing
around camp trying to put on little weight.
lost neaIi. thirty pounds during the row.
so naturally am quite weak. | put in for
fnrlough last Monday but it came back dis
approved. General order, no furlOugh 60 pre-
vent spreading 'fu" over the rest of the eogn-
try. by majCr has interce6ed fer today,
so have hopes Of still getting il, and if l
do sure want to gel cut day or more hunt
ing with You so you consider you have an
engagement 10 go in the next three weeks III
! gel my leave.
This Is a great camp--nothing bat big
mechanical repair shop and Grating depart
ment, where these big FIVE ton army trucks are
torn down and PACKED in box forty inches
square and Z2 feet long, Weighing trlfe over
8 tons. Our Grating shop has capacity Of
fl per day now. and We have something over
6,09G parked around in fields waiting for ship
gNuu nf chi 10 hasa At n fa~-
eht docks for foreign Eipnrent and the cam
outage - something wonderful TO behold. You
kHo- how l generally poke around Till ! get
listed anything ] m curious about, so
you bet I've taken IN mos Of the sights TO be
had on the water front, which is something
very new and strange TO me. Verne Slack Is
here most Of the time and whenever we have
chance prOwi around 10 the various
places Of interest j.. The neighborhood of Bal
timere. You know Fort McHenry is the place
the British were Smelling when Francis Key
wrote Star Spangled Banner. Also the FIRST
Washington MonT ment is here. Cardinal siih-
5ons has FIN place here also. It's only
several times. Was over 10 New York once
and Atlantic City once. Was in 10 New York
when Delmonico's Restaurant was closed in
bankruptcy; some excitement.
Somehow, don't think | need anything 10
put me on my feet like the sight and smell of
Vernon county and NirOqua air. Seems to
me if | could get a glimpse Of Main street
and that smile from down the creek you speak
of I'd be fit as ever 10 go with the darn
war. However, write me when you have leis-
ure and let me know how hunting is. I'D like
to burn few shOvels of soft coal in my old
corn shelter this season. but guess I'm lucky /
cant If ammunition is so high | had a chance
TO try out the new army Enfield and Comb.
I'm stuck it a target rifle, though one
must give il credit as being able to Withstand
infinitely more abnse and hard usage than d
Springfield and amateur will probably run
up better scores at the shorter ranges than
with the Springfield. But give me the latter
for my use, though of course have no arms
at all in this Branch