Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-05-20

been sentenced to the pen for life
when walked to my tent.
Thank the Lord, | won't have to
stay in the army the rest of my life
One of the most pleasant thoughts
have is of the liberty fellow can
enjoy after being discharged A fel-
low gets the feeling that he is work
ing all the time, and every minute
expecting some one to tell him to do
this or that, which is generally the
case. A fellow always resents being
commanded at first, but after he real
ICES he has to obey, you take ani
obey them mechanically.
| invested 81 or s. in supplies pay
day, consisting of tobacco, cigarette
rapers, tooth paste, shaving cream,
sweet chocolate, etc. The chocolate
was recommended by our captain as
refreshment during long marches.
1t does brace fellow lots.
They are strict about our personal
appearance. Must always be shaved
clean, and teeth always washed. Got
out of a good long hike this after
noon on account of dentist work. The
hikes are for our own good, physical
ly, but, believe me, whenever any of
us can get out of it, we sure do.
A number of fellows from our COM
pany have been sentenced lately for
A. w. o. l.. (absent without leave),
the penalty for which is fine of
from S. to $40 per month out of
their pay for three or four months,
and restricted passes. Tell you about
me. / obey rules, for | want to leave
the service with a clean record, if I
can Some fellows, as you know,
do not care, and just such men are
the ones who placed the soldiers of
the army before the war in such a
bad light in the public eye.
Our camp, as the name implies, is
located on the grounds of the Amer
ican University, the buildings of
which are made of stone and are very
attractive. Experiments are going on
daily under the supervision of the
college men and scientists from all
over the country. Bomb and gun re-
ports come from the woods a mile or
more from here every day, which give
us slight idea of the sounds of the
battlefields over there.
They are perfecting projectile
now, which when shot from a gun,
strikes, bursts and sends trail of
fire along the ground, killing and
burning everything within reach. 1t
Is called liquid fire." and authori-
les claim it will be success. If it
IS, you can imagine how terrible it
will be.
During the Bond campaign, which
ended in Washington last night, some
soldier boys who have had six
months duty in the trenches were the
center of attraction. They were look
I'd upon as heroes, of course, and got
/ grand reception. l was lucky
enough to be in town and saw them
md heard them tell of some of their
Judging from their tales
he Germans way of handling pri-
;oners must be terrible.
Do not forget how told you to ad-
lress my mail, and do not send me
in package, as an order
las been issued that overseas men
,annot get anything through the mail
lnless the articles he desires have
,een previously written for and ap-
proved of by the captain. So anything
may happen to write for you are
rec to send so far as the authorities
ire concerned. They examine each
package, so you see how strict they
ire.
Conditions are not bad in France,
IS they are sometimes reported, so
ar as the soldiers welfare is con-
A fellow in camp here re-