The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-31
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OOLD RELIABLE |
GERMANTOWN FAIR
Allen Robertson, Now In the Service,
Thinks of the Old Reliable .
At Fair Time.

Germantown Fair is in receipt of the
following very interesting letter;
U. S. Navy Rifle Range,
Mt Pleasant, s. c., Angst 10, 1918.
Mr. Wood Wallingford,
Maysville, Ky. rye a
Dear Friend: -
AS the time draws near for the an
nual show of the Old Reliable Fair,
my thoughts return to that fine organ
ization and the august body of men
that have and still are making nv.
such success. i have considered IL
quite an honor and pleasure to he as
ISOLATED with these men. / sincerely
wish could be with you this time and
share the work and pleasure at next
weeks show; but since now belong
to Uncle Sam and am about 800 miles
away, it is impossible. rio t-rr .-r
Since l have been in service, have
been in seven states, enjoyed some
travelling and beautiful scenery and
received training at some of the finest
camps in the world, all at the expense
of Uncle Sam. My training at the
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
was such that l will long remember
and receive benefits from. 1t was a
great experience to be there at the
greatest naval training station in the
world. From the Great Lakes / was
sent here and located on the range
force where l will probably remain
for the rest Of the war. have quail
fled as expert rifieman and am now
coach and instructor in the use of the
rifle. The range force are all ex-
pert rifemen, kept here to, teach ma
rines and sailors sent here how to
shoot the rife, pistol, revolver and
machine gun. We always nave 500
or more in camp to instruct. The
range force here consists OF about 400
men, and by the way, we have--the
most efficient rife range in the Unit
others larger and smaller. We shoot
mighty hard to uphold that reputation
and so far have succeeded in. doing it.
This range is located in peninsula
across the bay from Charleston, S. c.,
and under the guns of FIT. Moultrie
and FIT. Sumpter In the harbor we
can see every day some fighting ships
of u. S. or, Allies. The German sub
marines have been in operation off the
coast from here and several engage.
ments have resulted. An American
submarine Just few days ago en-
gagged one about 20 miles out and de-
stroyed the enemy. A French ship
came in port the other day all shot
up after a fight with a submarine. We
can see the search lights of FIT Moul-
trie every night sweeping the harbor
entrance, eternally on the watch,
All the men here are very anxious
to go to France and to sea but Uncle
Sam wants us to teach the boy that
are going over how to shoot we'll so
l guess we will have to view the war
at safe distance. Sometimes they
call on the rifle ranges to furnish
some, crack. machine gVnners and
riflemen to be sent lover there" to-
operate naval batteries and be snipers
sincerely hope that will soon have
a chance to go "over there"
Just heard today that Ted Pagan
was also in service but do not know |
where he is. told him last year that |
we would not see the 1918 show and
have not missed it very far.
In the past, the Fair Company has
contributed literally to the Red Cross
and Liberty Loan and 1t was money
well spent and for great cause, but
wish to make a suggestion for your
deep consideration and that is When
you consider contributing something
TO war work, don't forget the Y. NJ. c.
A. could not begin to teH You Just
what the Y. NJ. C. A. does for men in
service. Here, in a dead place, they |
furnish for us movie shows, concerts, |
etc, a place to loaf, write letters, en-
joy music of victrolas and piano fur
nished. The "Y" man is always a
friend to go to for anything. In France |
that takes a greater place in the lives
of the men and keeps the fires of |
Christianity burning on the very edge
of He'll They need one hundred mil
lion this year to Tcarry on" and it all
has to come from the pockets of the
good people of America. They start
another drive for money next month.
In the long run, l consider the work
of the "Y" as almost equal to that of
the Red Cross because it keeps up the
morale of the men. I
l hope you will have good weather
next week for the fair and 1t will be
success as always. am deeply inter-
ested in, the success of this years
show and would appreciate II very
much II you would write me after II
is over and tell me something about
1t. I think that the war is bound TO
hurt us some:
Remember me to each and every
member OF the board.