Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1918-02-07

w'ro allowed 'orty.6ye cent. per meal
f'hr Merchants cafe, all oi which aas
uar appreciated until after ". Wcr. sent,
% .su in the barracks
While W. we're IN the clty met lots
nt mr1 who We're cuhsilup, but the FOL.
owing are the uucs was with most,
n.mc.ys PA" Fitzgerald. Monroe
'lfp No. RED Eirc. Mobcry
''i"tyy' Brosnloe. Florida.
"B =" ii" m, East ~. Louis: Perry"
Often, jefferson CITY, Chg Boy"
aa1s'i-, - Louis; " : Rruurh,un.
'Hn.s .shp, hy ,h" Nay, i- ~ran-
raryet"Hu Dave Efe, springfield.
.I'-aay night, December +, percy"
"r0 and had ,n sleep together m q
... ''i ,n1 be- being ~ feet tai, sni
H.'y accordingly We were sAphi.y
o.. a.'f and, 0i cpur-s. mad" a kick
a .rm then 10 ao hnd . double bed
l.r appreciation OF ,nl, single bed
.am. after go,ug 20 the barracks.
We we're sent 70 Jefferson barracks.
on p.orm rr - aod 'n-r" ". sure
found aH oycrf1s Of men. You can't
rr,.fr. unie,s you were there, the con-
Euaa They bad prepared Tor ar over.
Ia q 'nN men and instead got about
l.f"l ~ 2u,urJ so you can ,ee wnat
thrs rad 10 overcome Fan not find
am fault with our ,featmru, there for
r.a. 2" they dst ih.ycr, best they could.
Vie % j. true that during the extreme
y. ther in tue middle of December lots
'' MON suffered, especially At night, fur
tl' .,cs Of proper covering The con-
mar.lag 00hrrrs did the very pe., they
cuaf and condition. 60, better A. they
e tI4iHona. BLANKETS, cot. and mat
tr.-.e, Also many Of the men came 10
ts without 1yerr1ats ~ proper cloth
ias thusng lhcy would Dc uniformed
1.n o couple u day after arrival
Permission "a, a'.D granted, during
the ncayir~a rush. 20 the men who could
pas their own expenses 20 20 into NJ.
lpuls and stay over night and return 20
barracks next morning You see oy ne
being held .n the city missed the worst
part Of this congestion. Although w.
did not End 1t al. rosy after getting
,her' On December II.
The hrS, night We were there we had
10 sleep 1n the floor ot Post hail, out,
a, one wit said, the floor was made Of
sot, pine which helped some by the
proper managing Heavy" Brownlee,
"FItr' Fitzgerald and myself got four
blankets among US and kept reasonably
warm The next night We could get
only one blanket each, but by the prop
sr use Of u and our oyercnat We man
aged % go, through the night,
We had 10 sleep on the noor Of Post
hall foy three nights when We were
placed 10 section No 80, which vas the
next to nc examined and attached o. l6,h
Recruit company and placed IN brick
barracks : grca, many We're then
compelled to eep on the floor, hut had
,wo and tugco blankets.
Wa, put IN one OF the club rooms and
Tor three nights, December a, - and
- ! slept on a davenport, when the boys
who we're sleeping on she aoor 10 the
same room thought had IL too easy so
we decided Jo "rota,c" the davcnpor,
and for ,wo nights, December - and
=, again s,ep, on the floor, but Helm
and | ny using our blankets together
and two other blankets left in our care
had a very good bed
On saturday, December -, We were
taken out Of 5arrack Is and placed in
csntonmen, No =, where We we're fur
nished mattresses and Two blankets and
later on, if you got IN line early, you
got a cot also
one night 7 kept FIRE in the temporary
hospital from T. until o'clock and was
given a cot, mattress and four blankets,
which We're very much appreciated, and
the next night got to stay ir the same
building passage paid by my good work
rs fireman the night hefore) We were
kept in cantonment No : until after we
were examined, which took place Sun
day, January 6,
During ali this time we had nothing
to do during the day but Kill time and
wait for examinations However, on
days when the weather would permit we
were taken out for long walk for eNer-
Csc and were permitted to go any place
on the reservation, but could not 60 into
the city unless you got by the guard
some way. However, never went into
the city after once going to barracks,
They kept US buoyed up by saying every
day that we would be examined the
next OF course there were number
of men who went home, but thought
could stand it if several thousand others
could.
One thing that We can thank the bar
racks for and that is the eats. We GER