The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-10-23
From Corp. Orie L. Kelm.

W lamp IuuSNOlis sNuuiNSSl'S ~
to The Breckenridge News. Corp.
Kelm is with the Headquarters Co.,
2sth, Field Artillery.
Dear Old Breckenridge News: !
now have the time and pleasure to
tell something OF my new Western
home in Camp Funston. Kans.
First | will proceed to tell you "a
bout our trip from Camp Taylor.
One morning ! was told by our Cap
tain that | was to be transferred in a
few days. but had already smelled
a mouse the day before for ! happen
ed to be working in the office where
| saw list of twelve names. mine
included OF course that made me feel
shy. but couldn't ask any questions.
At home it is like this, PA what is
to be done tomorrow? We want to
set that hay in first thing son, and
then YOU may 90 to town tomorrow
afternoon" But listen you are i'll
the Army now, it is ask no questions
wait and see what is to be done. So
we did. But we soldiers can never
rest easy when we are up for trans
fer for we are always anxious and OF
wondering, searching disposition
for our new home. So at daybreak,
Thursday morning Sergeant of Bat
terry blew the whistle OF course we
out and lined up. saw the CAPTAIN
pull a slip of paper out that looked
familiar so he began calling the
names, second draw got me and in the
meantime he got old Buckshot for
short my best pal, that made me feel
good too. Captain says, now boys
be ready to leave here within thirty
minutes We began pitching what
few clothes we had in a sack. and
were ready and waiting. Captain says,
fall in boys we snapped into it,
picked up orr sacks on our shoulder
and started on our journey OF I miles
to the railroad. We hadn't gone long
until our sacks begin to get heavy,
but we couldn't ask any questions,
When we had gone about > miles
Captain said. Halt" We did too
dropped those sacks and fell right on
them as II we we're slaughtered, every
thing was silent Tor about 10 min,
when course military voice sound
ed, "fall in boys" so up with our sacks
and OH to the railroad, there found
train waiting for us, Conductor says
boys walk in and find yourself at
home" we entered the car and | was
greeted with JOY when we found they
had provided a parlor car for us so
in a few minutes we started on our
journey, over the Southern. X. r.
engine No siN-forty pulling us.
Everybody was talking. following
and having a general good time es-
pecially at towns where all the peo-
pie came to meet us with that civil
ian smile and cheers. Now leaving
Princeton, Ind, here comes the por-
ter pulling our beds down. what
night already: Porter, yes sir" SO
cracked few jokes with the porter,
and went to bed. Next morning "a
bout daybreak we could hear the old
country rooster crow, OF course some
thing new. Buckshot and began
to stretch our necks to see where we
were. We found that we were in
Western Illinois, just few miles
East OF St. Louis, so il wasn't long
until we were across river over III
St. Louis. There the Red Cross
girls met us al sunrise. they gave us
cigarettes. candy. matches etc. Ii
seemed as everybody knew we were
coming and were waiting to hand us
something.
Now travelling through Missouri
l always heard lots about Missouri
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this for Missouri they have got all
kinds of corn there some fields were
black and thrifty while other fields
had been cleaned by grasshoppers
nothing lett but stems. When We
got to Sedalia, we stopped there 10
stretch ourselves. walked up through
town TO the park, There the girls
had big treat waiting for us they
knew too we were coming. We ate
ice cream and enjoyed ourselves fine
talking to the pretty girls, who served
the cream we only had one hour to
play in the park, then went back to
our car and wasn't long leaving
Sedalia, so IT'S now bed time "a
gain" said the porter, but this will
be a short nighi for you boys you
will be at yonr destination about
midnight" That made us feel better
for we were beginning to feel tired.
So at one o'clock Saturday morning
they woke us up and told us to get