Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-05-09
Our Soldier Boys.

l. X. Curtis writes from Winchester,
England, to his mother here: 1--WE
had a fine trip. Do no. know Just how
long we will be here. The farmers
are all busy and the gardens look nice
and green. am well and enjoying
everything. II il nice and warm here
think ills warmer than il is with
YOU This il tier vas written April
1871. He ID with Ambulance Corps
Of the Medical Department.
Oscar Haywood writes from Some
where in France to his mother: "This
place here is much better than l ex-
pected to find, wooden barracks, but
no floors. However, it is not cold,
aud it is comfortable. We also have
water handy, SO that We can battle
and wash Il clothes. | am feeling
fiBe and We get plenty Of exercise in
the way Of athletic sports to keep us
in good condition. There are two Y.
NJ. &. A. buildings here and believe
me they are doing a great work for
the boys. heard a fine band concert
night before last aud a good lecture
and motion picture last night. have
not met any boys SO far that | knew
at Kelly Field or Morrison, although
several OF the boys in the squadron,
the 6i9th, played the:650th squadron a
game of ball Monday and we won out,
9-5. We play the eisth squadron this
afternoon. ! played in the first game
and will play again to-day"
Lieut.. w. ID Kendall is still with the
33sth Infantry at Camp Custer, Battle
Creek, Mich. He writes that he thinks
it is likely he will be there till fall.
Randall Dodd, a Sergeant Major in
the 13Sth Infantry. who with two
others has had charge of the insur-
ance of that regiment, is nov in
France. y few week ago he spent is
hours here in the valley. lie said it
looked beautiful here to him, and
that as 500 as we won this war, this
would be the first place he would
want to hit.
Jerry Wick, who was a corporal the
last time we heard from him in our
column, is now a sergeant in the l3sth
Infantry, and is also "someWhere in
France"
Ernest Branhall is still on a receiv-
ing ship in New York harbor. He
says he is well and weighs 172 lbs.
Miss Celia Martin and Mr.. Lewis
Martin had Il message Monday from
their nephew, Robert Harvey Martin,
of Uwasso, Mich, that he would be on
No. ) as it passed through Ironton.
They met him at depot, and found he
was On his way to Camp Pike to be a
part of the Band in the 3l2th Engi-
neers.
Captain George Gay of the I'd q, S,
/ Cavalry writes from France: "We
have removed from the transports to
!, this Rest Camp, | am told it was built
4 and used by NapoleonI !. for his troops,
/ IT looks the part. A portion OF the
. guard house wall is pitted from rifle
t fire. 1t was a place of execution at
4 one time. This morning when |
/ jumped out of bed and pulled on my
boots to attend reveille at 5 A.. M,
1 and later as | sat on the end of my
bunk shiyering over Il mess kit of
D spuds and corned beef and a quart Of
: black coffee, al of which tasted very,
very good, / thought il mother could
only see me now and know that was
light hearted and happy to be here,
" she would not believe ! was the same
d boy she knew at home. 1t rains ev'
e cry day here and is a cold climate an!
Y way and we cannot have fires. Tit
h result is that we manage to keel
d sticky and damp at all times. Heav.
G clothes arc a necessity and am glat
that | supplied m, self before coming
It My troop has displayed a. wonderful
morale so far, and are anxious to &c
h into thu thick of
Z DR.. Lee Petit Gay, with the Wash
e ington Hospital Unit in France, write
: under date of March 20: ITO explain
g something of the difficulty of writin!
: because Of lack of news, just imagin'
If yourself in Fletcher's Field with lot
of tents and plenty of patients ther
IS to keep you busy. Then after havin!
is lived there for nine months doing III
rt same things at the same time ever
W day until they have become almo'
second nature with you, youcan hardl
see how writing about what you do wi
l. interest anyone else. OF course / d
v. things around here that would doubt
u. less interest you, but they are routin
to me and are overlooked" Anothe
letter il dated April 4th. In IT /
says, awe have been notified sine
. March 18th we have been gradual
in doctors. We all applied for comni
sions at once and are waiting as pi
l. tiently as possible for the time
. come when we can don bars and Sa
lie Brown belts. You have all seen |
the papers how Fritz has been pusl
re ing, and as a result we, have been vel
:, busy. On the 23i they began to con
lie and are still coming. They come in
On steady stream. We operate all ate
:, noon and night--doing dressings
tie the mornings and giving antitetan'
r. serums. From Saturday night I'm
Friday night l got no sleep until u
st. operating was finished. worked
of the night shift and was supposed
sleep In the afternoon, but it nev
ng was possible except to snatch a vii
C. or two. There were SO many hea'
to dressings to do that the nurses cou
not do them. So after the pap
e work was attended to did the VOL
dressings. l never was 50 tired in |
/, life, nor have | ever had a bet'
ne time. lam much happier when
ira are busy. i prefer it. assisted &c
orally, but operated on q few cases
ta' myself. We are living in the gra
stand, md it is great to live out