Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-08-16

but can't talk to them 80 am going
to learn to speak French.
The weather is fine here, the days
are nice and hot and the nights cool,
we sleep like logs.
will have my picture taken as soon
as my hair grows out again. had i,
all clipped off.
We all wish that they would send us
to the front right away. We are al
anxious to get there.
1t is almost dinner time. 80 will close
for the time being. Tell the girls to
write to me as often as they can be-
cause am a long way from them and
you will write also. Would like to get
letter from Uncle Bert it would help
me q whole lot. -, =, -',. ..
Address Boyd W. Mevety,
Wilbur Wright Armorer's
Detachment, No. A. SIT w.
American Expeditionary Forces,
w. J. Dell, who is at Austin, Texas,
writes Us under date of Aug. 9th, as
follows:
For. the past three weeks I have
received your paper, and have gotten
20 look forward to the day when it is
due here. There is nothing outside Of
letters that take the place of home
paper in an army camp. 1t is . COM
mon occurance to hear q couple Of fel-
lows trying to raise the roof of the
barracks because their paper did not
come.
We have a very nice place here, and
the officers and instructors are fine, as
well as the class Of men we get. A
ve-y large per centage of the men are
college or university graduates. The
weather is the only objection that we
have. Many Of the fellows are from
the southeast part of the u. s. but
they seem to suffer IS we'll o the
northerners. The best way to tell
from what part Of the good old U. S.
A. = man is from is by the way he pro-
nounces bis words. In our barracks,
we have men from the state Of Wash
ington to represent the northwest and
many from New York for the north
east. Many warm Arguments are
heard in regard to which IL the best
state. It is IOWA over oil With this
boy and have many to join in on the
chorus. The fellow whose bunk 10
next to mine picked up the P. D.
tonight and noticed the article regard
Ing oss, hnys gong to Camp Gordon.
He the!s tsld me eeasi2sfahls regard.
ing the camp. His home is near It.
and as be came from there only . short
time ago it was interesting to hear him.
Our work consists more of book work
and laboratory work on engines, guns,
and plane rigging, then drill. At first
we received four hours drill and one
hour calisthenics = day, but now the
drill has been cut down to two hours .
day. y
The city of Austin is q nice southern
city and the people are very good to
soldiers. There are three military
schools near Austin, the radio school,
the school Of auto mechanics, and last
and best the school of military aero.
natics.
saw by the paper q while ago that
three Howard County boys were sent
to S. A. N. but have not seen or heard
anything of them.
On Saturday evening there is usually
a picnic given by the patriotic league
at Barton Springs. The military
schools furnish the eats and the league
the ice cream. We have the free use
of bathing suits and swimming pool.
The water for the pool is furnished by
several large springs about thirty feet
from where the spring board is.
We were overwhelmed this week
with letters from the soldier boys and
some that We intended to use do not
appear this week on account of lack of
time to put in type but they will ap-
pear next week together with some
others-or parts Of them-handed in
later. ,
See he Crops q Ny Land
2 blocks south of my residence-it's for
sale. Good terms will be given. Title
perfect. No inc. 5Ot3 Dad PEGGY.