The Denver Jewish news., 1918-10-31
Letters From, Our Boys

| 1ueOuOIes
U. S. n. A. Gulfport, Miss, Oct. II
1918.
Dearest Mether and Dad :--IM sc
sorry l did not write my daily letter
Yesterday but when 1 explain. L am
sure you will agree with me that my
excuse is good one.
| Yesterday, sunday, boat crew was
picked to sail out to Cat Island, a
distance of about ten miles in the
Gulf of Mexico We started about
0 u. IN. and after some fast sailing
and also some oar help, we made our
landing at a point US des0late aad
Pilgrim fathers some years ago.
While sailing over y vast expanse of
water it seems as tho you grow
smaller and still smaller and some
times you almost fade away into the
great mist ahead. And all tile while
you are fading away you realize what
a small and unimportant being you
really are and Of how little con-
sequence you are. as an individual, in
shaping destines. The power Of God
seems to grow and, you see1ii closer
! to Him. 1t is as tho yousare sailing
into His presence and that a hand
! ever beckOns you onward to some
place. ''just little further on
That trip made me feel the power Of
God. 1t instilled a certain atmosphere
of nearncss and intimacy With some
unknown power which had but
vaguely realized in the past.
And then as we saw a giant ray or
shark lift its enormous body from the
water it made me further realize hOsy.
weal, we humans really are and how
we sometimes overestimate ourselves
Everywhere activity was present and
the incessant pounding Of the wases
was steady reminder Of Our own iis-
Significance.
After we had made our landing Sc
cure we were ready TO take on nourisi,'
mcnt aud III tell the world that ms
heart went out to poor Robinso'
Crusoc. Unlucky chap was h.! Alone
Had l been in his place without any
one to talk to l ana sure i would
have started a conversation with my
self.
Our lunch consisted of beef sand
witches, coffee, bananas, pears. grapes
and apples.
After. lunch We had u short snappy
nap on the beach, and after that Ne
went in swimming. clothed in fhe
clothes God gave us We had our
athinS suits along but then it was .
wild uninhabited island.
We caught u few star fish. crabs
and shovel nose sharks (not man eat
ins) The shore wns literally cover
ed with shells and the sand dunes ~
the distance doomed as tho they wer
covered with snow but upon eXplora-
ton il was fine white sand.
Our crew consisted of about - men
who represented twenty states OF the
Union You see that we were pretty
well supplied for our various arg''-
mcnts about the several features ci
the states.
we started back about p, M. and
after sailing for about an hour we
passed one of Uncle Sans. .fortresses,
so YOU sec how well we were pro
tected.
Il have seen beautiful sunsets but
this one from the Gulr was most
wonderful feast for the eyes. 1t was
us tho God had tried his hanelworK
on the heavens and how marvellous
Iy had He succeeded. The Sky was
blanket of colors mystcriously blended
into gorgeous shades and the rays
from the departing sun were fit halos
for such scene. The white fluffy
clouds were daintily tinted with gold
en- Iics and the ever changing scene
passed by il, silent review as tho they
were performing for our special bene,
fit. Soon the ball of 1ire was lost in
the waters and darkness descended
upon u.s. The waters became musky
and a blanket of silence and chilled
air hovered above us and then settled
down.
Do you know, mother, that the sweat
er YOU Knitted did its duty nobiy we'll
I was mighty glad had taken 1t and
1 am sure it is doing its bit admir-
ably.
soa, tbcr., annsmreI On the horizon
numerous rod lights and we knew the
lighthouses were on suurd to warn
ships from ueacherous rocks ana
shoals.
The heavens became black and a
storm WAS brewing SO We headed for