Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-07-23
LETTER FROM DevERN E. SLACK

DeVern Edison Slack of Viroqua,
Wis, who is with c. A. Sth Reg. Div,
M. S. T., at Baltimore Md, and
brother of Miss Iona Slack of this
city, writes to his people as follows:
July 10, 1918.
Dear Mother and Folks This GER
tainly has been very interesting
trip, mother, and as we start back
for Baltimore tomorrow with the
trucks the most interesting part has
just begun. We will take over fifty
trucks, and as there are three COM
panies, each taking the same number,
1T sure will make some procession
through New York City. Our first
stop, tomorrow night, will be at New
York City, but since my trip to that
village last Sunday, l have become
used to seeing wonderful things. We
arrived here last Saturday night about
1880 p. M, and as all our luggage
had to be transferred from the train
to the armory, didn't get much sleep.
However, we were given the next day
Off, and l took advantage of the op-
portunity of seeing New York, and
with another fellow, made the trip
down.
We had our route planned for us
before We left, by one of the fellows
In the company, whose home is in
New York. We took the elevated from
Bridgeport to 125th street, where we
transferred to a surface car, which
took us as far as Riverside Drive,
where we boarded an omnibus and
rode along the Hudson river until we
n
5th avenue to 42nd street. OF course,
we craned our necks looking up at the
Woolworth, Singer, Flatiron, Masonic
and other tall buildings until we were
quite ready to board another car,
which took us to the famous Brook
lyn bridge. Here you can stand and
look up and down New York harbor,
and see many famous and interesting
points. The Statue of Liberty, Gov
ernor's Island, Station Island, Brook
lyn, The Brooklyn navy yards and all
can be nicely seen from the center of
the bridge, and was sorry they would
not permit us to take some snap
shots, but since war has been declared
they do not allow any photographs
taken in that section. Having always
heard so much about Coney Island.
my friend and l decided to take that
in also, so we caught a subway from
the Brooklyn end of the bridge and
went out. I was very much disap-
pointed in the place. Possibly it was
because of the class of people | saw
there, for all 1 could see were Greeks,
Dagos, etc. However, they have a
very nice bathing beach there and if
one has plenty of money one might
find much enjoyment in the many diff
ferent concessions they have there.
Anyway, we left there disgusted, and
had it not been that ON our return
to New York, We SAW a, wonderful
show at Kieth's vaudeville house, /
am afraid the impression we just had
of New York, would have been sadly
altered.
Bridgeport is very fine place. You
know it is the home of P. T. Barnum
and this is still the headquarters for
Barnum & Bailey circus. In fact the
park we are staying in now was do
mated to the cry by him. We moved
from the armory out to this park
Monday, yesterday and are sleeping
in our pup tents, pitched right on
the lawn. We are just stones throw
from Long Island Sound, you know,
and only this morning l took a nice
swim in the Atlantic.
There is an organization of the
women of Connecticut called the Min
ute Women which certainly performs
the duty it was organized for, that
| of entertaining soldiers and sailors.
Last night we were all invited to a
party at the parlors of the u church,
where countless numbers of beautiful
fairies tripped the light fantastic
with US and fed us most royalty. Saw
where all the u. NJ C. ammunition is
made, the Remington rifles and the
iLocomobile today.
Our trip down here was very in
lteresting. We came through Whining
Iton, Delaware, (where the big Dupont
Ammunition factory is located,) Ches-
tier, Pa and Philadelphia, Trenton,
In. J., Newark, N. j., and crossed the
Hudson river through tubes. The best
i part is, we will get to drive this same
route and see more of these very in
lteresting places.
i Tell father and any one wishing
to write me, to address me the same
as usual, Baltimore, Md, and / viii
have some mail there when / arrive
viii close with heaps Of love to yoT
lall. Yours lovingly,
II DeVERN."