The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-10-25

and yourself-but, wait minute
were you on the right side of the ball
games, or were you a Cub rooter?
Good night, dad, and love to all.
Lovingly Yours,
PVTE. BERNARD ]. SANTEN,
Battery B., 149th N. L. F. A, Amer
lean E. F., Via New York"
From the Great Lakes Naval Train
ing Station, where he is stationed in
a clerical capacity in the main Office
of the Administration Building, Jas.
M. Templin, formerly Of Paris, writes
to his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. T. T.
Templin, in this city under date of
October 10. as follows:
Dear Father and Mother-All Of
the boys but one have gone out on
shore leave and L thought there
would be NO better time than the
present to write you while all is
quiet. The Great Lakes Naval
Bands have all returned to the Sta
ton, and when was coming down to
work this morning / was much sur
prised to meet these consolidated
bands forming one great band of five
hundred pieces, and take it straight
from me they made some music
They all marched down in front of
the Administration Building, where
the usual fiagraising was carried out.
/ think it was one of the most beau
tiful and inspiring sights l have wit
messed since l have been here, to see
Old Glory going up while the great
band played patriotic airs, and in all
directions the sailors stood as still
as statues, at salute. 1 tell you it
makes those queer funny feelings
travers your spinal column. Unless
you are in uniform you can't appreci-
ate what-that flag stands for, and we
consider it privilege to fight for it
and back it with every ounce of our
being. The boys back home don't
know what they are missing, for,
some day the soldiers and sailors are
coming back home and then we will
see who has that funny feeling. I'll
venture to say that it won't be the
sailors and the soldiers. .
lone of my friends by the name of
Darlington left this morning for a
six-days' furlough. He brought over
d, big cake and a box of candy for me
| TO stand sponsor for in his absence.
assured him that 1 would do it jus.
tice, and that all 1 asked was for a
| fair trial He lives in Detroit, Mich.
and is an expert accountant, and one
of the finest chums have run across
Work has been unusually heavy
the past few days, as we have sent
out about three thousand men a.
firemen, machinist mates, quarter
master and second-class aviation
londsmen, electricians, third-class ar1(
hospital apprentices. In fact, there
has been a heavy drain on the Sta
tion|from five of our naval bases.
Everything in Chicago and Mil
waukee has been closed up on account
of the influenza scare, but the Sta
ton as whole is practically free O
the disease. There is a Serum
which the army and navy are usins
which is said to practically eliminate
the disease, but the unusual part o.
it is that if an overdose is given i
will merely make the patient sick
but if AN underdose is injected it i:
apt to prove as fatal as the diseast
itself. So you see it is quite jot
for the doctors to judge accurately
the requirements for each patient.
We'll, it is now nine o'clock, OF
six bells by naval time, and as l heal
the tramp of the Office employees pass
ing along the hall by my door OF
their way to the barracks, I mus
now close, and put off to the future
what l shall have to write. Hopin,
to hear from you soon, am,
Your Devoted Son,
"JAS. M. TEMPLIN."