The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-02-08
Regiment 8, Barracks 4. Navy Train
ing Camp.

Regiment 8, Barracks 4. Navy Train
ing Camp.
Berton E. Lee has received the fol-
lowing letter from Sigurd Hanson,
former postoffice clerk at Mankato,
now with the second regiment Of mo-
tor mechanics:
Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga, jan
uary 23.-Dear Bert received
your letter about, week ago and
was surely glad to hear from you and
that everything was going well. And
so Henry is going into it and am
sure he will make good.
"They have a reserve of about for
ty-five officers here, who are waiting
for orders. They have charge of the
aviation companies and see to it that
they are organized.
"a Mr.. Ewerts, of Pittsburg, Pa,
just finished a short religious talk to-
night He is an inspiring speaker and
has been in camp two weeks, giving
talks at the various "Y's". This
branch is always crowded at night,
which is the only time we can get
over, except on Sunday. The infantry
companies up on the hill give enter
tainments, usually one night week.
They are Pennsylvania national
guards. and l guess all the guards
from that state are here.
"The first regiment of motor me-
chanics left here for Hoboken just
the other day. They are fully eqipped
for overseas service. Just what that
is can tell you better when I get my
loft
this week, so you see they are pour
ing over to get the kaiser.
"Our company is now fully equipped
with clothing, which includes two
suits of o. d. breaches and blouse,
three suits of underwear, five pairs of
socks, two or three pairs of shoes,
one pair of leggings, one hat, one
overcoat, two o. d. shirts, three
blankets, one fatigue suit, one pair of
gloves, and one barrack bag for all
I belongings.
1--WE surely get great shoes. The
new ones are called trench shoes, with
heavy stiff leather, hob-nails on the
soles and horse shoe plate on the
heel. Heavy is no name for it.
'HThey shifted a bunch, or rather a
company of fourteen who have been
here seven weeks next to us, the other
| them I thought saw a familiar face
among them. Today I got chance tt
| talk to him and found out his name
was Sebauer. He is a machinist and
worked for Mayer Brothers and the
Kato manufacturing company al
home. Sebauer went with Elroy anG
Ing Olson to Jefferson Barracks. He
stayed there two weeks and then
shipped directly here He says some
of the boys in the aviation service
went to Rockford, Ill. None of the
other boys are with him, he says. anG
to say we are glad to see one another
is expressing it mildly.
! 81 also ran across Allan Roberts
one of the boys we started from
home with, the other night at the "Y.
He is in the fifth company of The
second regiment, so he will be in thu
same regiment. l hadn't seen hin
since we left J. B. So there will b.
two other Kato boys in this regimen
besides myself, which is a little t.
4 look forward to.
i eve are inspected by the doctor
every day now to cut down tn
spread of measles, and keep it dow
so there is very little now. When
ever a case is found in tent. the cas-
is taken out and sent to the bas
hospital, and the tent and the rest O
the men and all equipment are move,
to O. quarantine district for twenty
! one days.
[ II nave not been to Augusta SO fa1
but expect to soon. have seen onl
one case of drunkenness since / hav
been in camp, and that was our mes
sergeant, and he drank vanilla eX
tract in order to do it. So you CA
J see they are strict In town the N
P. or military police are strict an
!, see to it that the soldiers keep up t
snuff
81 received dandy wrist watc
, from the post office the other day
, which was sent to me at Camp Kell!
but came back and they sent it o
here. It surely is handy thing, fo
we get up at $40 a. m. and are OF
a good deal after dark, and as it ha
luminous dial it can be seen in tn
: dark
/ 1--WE will be permanently organize
in a few days now. Five buglers al
learning the calls for the compan
and they are going to organize BAN
So it won't be long before we ca
sing, Goodbye, Broadway.
Greet your father and mother an
others. Will say goodbye for tn
I time"
Mr.. and Mrs. William Mayer OF q
!. North Second street have receive
t an interesting letter from their so
t j. w. Mayer, now serving on the
n S. S. Florida. He wrote as follows
s Dear Dad and All: l ! receive
r your package and Immediately wro
e you a letter without waiting to see
It there was anything else or not.
also received your letter and tv
1 punches of papers. was shocked
see the notice of the death of Mabee
: father Say, dad, want you to SCI
me a couple of boxes OF Hersn'
n chocolate bars sweets are very ha
- ~ - boro Ciuo ouoryh0du NV he