Arizona republican., 1918-03-13

with a slight fluency or speech III eHe
 language of the real, had the pleasure
 of being the non com. selected 10 tdhe
 charge of the detail of nine men to
 go ashore early and look after the un-
 loading and transferring of baggage.
 Our detail had delightful opportun-
 ity to see the sights and taste the local
 cooking, and we worked nara enough
 to make up for our good fortune. Ana
 .sYou know me Al' when 1 wanted to
 eat, I took to some nice little care OH
 the beaten track, for if one eats where
 our soldiers eat, they get sluhs TOT
 double the price; the raison detre IS that there are a number of nuts among our forces who throw their money away lavishly and pay several prices when one would do. So the beaten track is more beaten than ever After being delegated to take couple |
 of our officers shopping, am quite
 proud of my ability as an interpreter 1 and purchasing agent Flrst oay OH 1 the boat I worked like a mound anu
 made up for it the next daX by having | the personal conductor stuff to do. | Visited all the stores and talked with |
 all the natives and ate at will.
 The afternoon of that day found us
 on the move again with all the baggage
 and equipment taken care of Tn good
 shape, We sat nine in one compart-
 ment all afternoon and that nlght anu,
 strange to say I slept from about II
 n. m. until 30 a. m. sitting straight ] up We reached our present destlna-
 ton in the morning and received
 my orders to take out the same detali
 on the same kind of work and we had
 another opportunity for local break fast, but this time it was sans pam
 because the town merchants, restau- |
 to Americans; however, oranges, ham
 and eggs and coffee, supplemented 1 with some block chocolate at 30 cents for what used to cost five, helped out
 to make yesterday comfortable. When we arrived in our camp we had ratlons,
 got the baggage sorted out and then
 got our beds and bedding, consisting
 of double decked wood bedstands for four men and our bed ticks full of jute. We had to tear down the jute , from ropes and you can imagine how
 dead tired I was last night at nine
 o'clock when I got thru with my work
 Today we have had a couple Of very , fine meals and I have gotten settled , down in my new place, and then l had , one of the men clip my hair close cropped, and here 1 am at the "" l writing to you.
  , lightful time and are well taken care ? of by the best all-around officers of the best all-around bunch of men that 2 ever graced an army. And now l sup g pose we will get a little rest from a s hard trip and then more drill of all 2 kinds. I was lucky, just as l am = always lucky, when l got off the boat. for the night before I got off, I went I to the captain of our medical corps e and from him secured the privilege of e bathing in the hospital bathroom, , where I had beautiful shower and it p was hot, fresh water, good soap and plenty of scrubbing, all of which most Q all of the men did not get, and as e have been taking the sick over to the V hospital for the past two weeks, ventured to approach the hospital K ' o. But. then I never had anything Q but good luck since I joined the army . and l am having the most beautiful time anticipating the end of the. Wal :, and our trip home eastward.
 :, ,, We get some more equipment here II and of course that means more stuff tc
 carry around, but with the much prac- : tice we have had, it won't be hard tt .,' add something more to the pack. From .. now on it will be more new cities
 new experiences. new work and new
 opportunities. The only thing tha surprises me is that 1 haven't me ~ more men that I know, but it is jus .e like living in a New York apartmen 'o house. this army business, for yol ,c never see anyone except those of you n,a n own outfit. We still have Ferris IF Green with us in the Truck Compan, 'd No. , and it is nice to keep tracl ,a Of him.
 IF The Y. M. c. A. is even better ove Ie here than in the L. $. A. for they sel IF everything that the men need for tn " most reasonable prices imaginable a Before l get thru I may run into Bol as Boardman. They also serve chocolat t. at certain hours of the day at SC cur is 1 had lots of fun taking the member 1T of my baggage detail to the chocolat
 and French pastry shops, for they en le joyed them immensely and were tick CT led to find things so cheap in pric e, when they went around with someon l. who knows the language and tn sn ropes. You see, I am not pinning an " bouquets on myself, I am just relatin at the circumstances as they occurred
 To get back to the 'sY," they have tn
 l same line of entertainments an
 Z amusements as in the states. wit ul plenty to keep the men busy an Jul amused in their spare hours. and i CT didn't take most of them very long t d, find the place. for many of them wer al here enjoying themselves while tn ae Old Faithful were packing heavy bed 'e to quarters for them.
 IS Strangely enough, I don't get mucl ai time to read for l use most of my spar "a tune m Writing to you; maybe I don n tell you all that happens, but if = don't, you can charge most of m lanSoc tn oic D Inf who started all the trouble anywa to and makes censorship necessary.
 There isn't such a great differenc ,e between the camps in the Unite se States and the camps here except tn S. art floors and the increased vigilanc Id and readiness to turn out on A mo of mentS notice. The one thing that to am thankful for is that it is balmv an ed sprlngllke here, while it is proba bl Id snowlng and cold around Washington ey So far we have had hard d-tack instea r. of bread, but that is just pending tn 1d opening up of our supplies and regula
 ratlons, for believe that the food get 's, better the nearer we get to the firm T, line. 1 don't know just what deta ,n. , work we will tackle first, but there ar Wue W plenty or German prisoners to talk l,a care or all over the country; they d
 a | A ',c HedNy WOrk and apparent ,l Ay are well satisfied and much bette h off than they we're bearing arms fc -.,' the Vaterland.
 re Many Of the men are learning Frenc ed and their first attempts are full ( OK humor and the way the foreign mone SC, gets thelr goat is also most anus at Ing aPd interesting; they also have at nara tune to get used to Europea ed rallWays and it isn't until they get ,s- lasl ride on them that they have an as respect Tor the locomotives and tf Ter llttle cars They are all for the l