Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1918-10-11
A LETTER
Camp Fremont, Calf,
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! know where the Lincoln County boys
are that left for Camp Lewis on Sent
5th.
We arrived at Camp Lewis FRIDAY
! A. M about 1880 and Just got stretched
out on our hunks when they blew a
whistle for us to get up. They chased
us around all day taking examinations.
etc.
per.
Willie Kessf was sent to Camp Grant
Ill. The rest Of us birds wore put jp
strict quarantine for measles.
Alex Thompson, Rem Emerson and
myself were fortunate enough to re.
main together.
We were only in Camp Lewis three
weeks when we were transferred here
to Camp Fremont. Thompson Is in
20. ID, and Emerson and myself are
In Co. C, 2nd Inf.
While In Camp Lewis each of MS
got on X. P. Thompson dropped his
gun and got an extra day for It. And
say! They sure made a guy work while
on X. p. II seemed like when we were
scrubbing the kitchen the other feI.
lows Just handed me mops while wore
them out.
saw Frank Updike, Floyd Pepin.
Bob Harris and Claude Cline, all Lin
coin County boys at Camp Lewis.
We were sent here to fill out tbe
18th INIT. They are drilling us both
early and late. Will go on rifle range
Monday, the 7th. We will leave here
in about three weeks for France
where we will receive the balance OF
our training.
In bayonet practice a guy get. al,
the exercise he wants. We 20 1ik.
thunder Yestei day about fifteen fell
down and We went oyer them. poked
one fellow in the ribs with the butt
OF my gun, he got in my way. Tho
reason for our hurry is, "If we do not
get to our leader in a certain lenrt,
OF time the ones who are slow have
to double time over the drill field
about ten times so II paws 10 NOV,
fast.
Ihis camp here has not got the
equipment that Camp Lewis has u,
the climate is sure fine, except little
warm. Here we sleep in tents. siy
men to tho tent. At Camp Lewis n /
was most always fogsy and damp and
or course we did not like that very
we'll
The ground there was gravel and
sand, mostly gravel and from 4:30 TIL
b they had us Police up around the
put us to killing flies. not LET us si.
1t seemed to me l picked up enough ,
gravel while there to ballast the C. G.
E. r. r. They sure keep fellow busv
In the army. was on X. p. the first
Monday | was here. After we had 2
worked about eight hours steady {
bunch OF us was sitting in front of {
the mess hall when Lieutenant cana s
along and told the mess Sergeant to
put us killink flies. not let us sit
around. 1t is sure one thing after an.
other. But still like the army life j
any way.
In order to get us in shape to send 7
over this month they are drilling us
pretty hard. | have got all the skin
wore of Of my knees and elbows now q
from crawling around on the ground {
with a rifle. Oh yes, we have a nice
bayonet Is inches long with a fine {
sharp point on. | am anxious TO sticl;
big fat Hun with my bayonet, but
At the rate they are putting them out {
Of business we will have to hurry up.
On our trip down here we sure had
tome time. There were fifteen coaches
'f us. We left Camp Lewis at iP.
VI. Thursday and got here about Il
Saturday. We got off the train at Ash. N
and, Oregon, and Dunsmore. Calf. Z
it both places and at Portland the q
Red Cross met us and gave us fruit {
md cigarettes and nearly every sta .
ion in Calf, the people gave us all q
he grapes we could cat.
Before leaving Camp Lewis we were q
given order not TO write home telling ,
where we were going and when.
expect that in the next draft there
Kill he some funny looking recruits \
'ome into camp as II will catch some y
" the older birds. We already have Z,
| fellow here, with a big bay window. n
lie will soon wear off some of'the sur.
Illus flesh.
AS Il is time TO turn in will ring OF. n
As ever, O
Lloyd V. Porter, N
Co. c. Rect. Opt. IL
Camp Fremont, Calf. =
?. s. We will he assigned to different
COS in the 18th Inft. in a few days, o