Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-11-27
FROM DONATIONS ISLAND. !"
j. w. Cooper Writes Interestingly About
Eagle Hut and Other Things
England, Oct. 3lst.

Dear Bishop Since you were sc
prompt In answeringg my last letter
and telling me all the news, | will
write you again.
was very sorry to hear of the
death of John Dayton. He was a good
man and one hom | could call IN y
friend.
| was sorry to hear that Cornell
Cline had been wounded but | hope
he is not seriously hurt.
Our fellows certainly have been
giving good account OF themselves.
An Australian major told me in Lon
don the other day that he had seen a
Tennessee Regiment in action and
they certlainy were some fighters.
He was So persistant in his praises of
them that | think grew about two
inches while was talking to him, and
you would too if could tell you all he
said.
| was relieved from the camp where
| was when | worte You before and for
two weeks | worked at Eagle Hut.
Aldwich and the Strand, London.
That sure is some place.
1t is one story frame building and
covers about four acres. lt contains
sleeping quarters for the Y. M. c. A
workers mere, about 500 beds, which
are always all engaged by dark, can
teen where from 5000 to 5000 meals
are served day, concert hall,
reading room, news stand, where
magazines and newspapers
are sold, and the Lord only knows
what else. There is an American
doctor he is from Florida-always
there TO look alter any soldier who
needs medical attention.
A moving picture show-real u. S.
A. fiins-and lecture, are given in
the concert hall every afternoon, and
at night a moving picture show and a
| have told some niger,
stories there twice.
1t is the clearing house of the world.
Y ou see soldiers and sailors of every
allied nation there all the time.
law a Niger in U. s. A. uniform
Ind one in South African uniform
eating supper together the other
light. l talked to Australians, Cana
lians, New Zealanders, South Afri-
ans, Britishers and they all said
eagle Hut beats anything they ever
saw. regardless of the fact that each
ation has an imitation of it.
In addition to Eagle Hut our Y. M.
:. A. operates two small hotels for
on com missioned officers on Mont
que Street, just off Russell Square,
hotel for officers IN Cavendlsh
qUare near the American Consulate,
nd Washington Inn, near Trafalgar
quare. Washington Inn is on the
rider of the Hut only not so large,
ut better furnished. 1t has about
Do rooms, reading room, dining
oom and billiard hall. These are all
rowded all the time by officers from
le Allied Armies. | was at Wash.
lg ton Inn last Sunday and heard Lady
orbes whoever she is
ng.
One interesting incident at Eagle l
ut must tell you about. Last Sat-
roay we put up black hoard with |
le names of all the states on it and 6
'ked the men to each make mark
)posite the state he was from. In ,
)out five minutes there was a mark
,posite every one but six and inside
an hour there was mark oppo-
te every one of them.
On last tuesday was shipped down I
Dover to take the place of a fei- 4
" who is going to France. Dover I
like all other English towns, very Q
edeaval. 1t is only 81 miles from q
.lais. l am told that on clear day
e can see the coat of France from
e cliffs. If it ever gets clear | am
ing up and have look over.
There is lot of peace talk, but no. Q
dy wants peace until the Hun is +
iven from the earth, and | think b
at is what is going to happen. p
SMALL X. r. EQUIPMENT. - y
promised to tell you about the
light trains. l haven't seen an en-
ne which l though would weigh over '
or 80 tons. The cars are about Is vi