The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-07-05
INTERESTING LETTER
fRln ellR nE.

Thinking douhtless shat i isx
l6nss isnE Camp Piks w0aid iufeses'
. portion at your salnahls p1Gsunl
especially th1se who havs sont
nsar relative Or frierd here who h
doing his Bit" II not his bsst. fof
UncIe Sam and Dsmocracy. / Will
HsspaAs upon your pztisnes Tor 1
few IGs0rnents. \.
Camp Pike has been Ill astir the
last several days many changes
being undergone. About two wseka
sgu. something like tweaty thoD.
sand men wsse transferred from
here 10 other cantonmcnta 70 make
foom ios the June draft. In this
numbef was included 4 lew thousand
who had dirsc, ordsrs 70 bid ssfs.
veil W thu States. and 70 aetoss
And meet the forces oi Kaiser VIII
helm. On ths heels of their do.
pasturs.. ths men In .hs MAJ. drait
ssss shifted around and about 10
different companies oi the camps,
many oi whom havs heen taking up
their bod and walking m0fe times
than one In The space ol 4 week.
Since these changes. there 10 hardly
m exception whsfs ~ many ~ two
Dickson County boys sss In the
same banscks, however most Ali VI
us members of ths same rsgimsnt.
and our companies srs oil located
within abort distance of the other
therefore We are thrown together
quite irequeailv. The thirty.iou,
.ss'sanAsrd bsagsss"'s n Dickson
County DOW Il Camp piks are all
In sssmlnsiy good heslth. and xfs
bscoming more .nd more hardened
and adapted 10 the tasks that ars
Involved upon The soldiers. Mos.
al have undergone their final shot
VI typhoid ssrum and smallpox vac.
cination. and when one rs.luperates
from tho effects oi these dreaded.
.hnl valuable. prsvensativss. hi FEELS
most liks different pesson--or Al
least SOD per csn. better than tho
night following bic FIRST shot" In
the shoulder. Some Of the boys
got by In fne fashion. while
others thought the worst was not
YET 10 come" but had already
arrived. The boys oi the May drait
are having their iun guying the new
recruits that arrived here this week
About all We could hsAr the after.
noon we stepped from the train Was
y~lls and echoes that ran something
,has; "Leit, lei,--you bad = good
home. bu, You lett You are not
behind the plow-you'rr In the
army now" etc. The saying.
Every dog has his day" 10 Quits ~.
pln ,bla, u W. hoYs nos., IL 4as 4
siInr Vi hshoif thrS ostrsfminxuf tht
men coming here In the June dsais
--abou, N,ssD ia number aud
with equally that numhe. disIibut
I'D throughout the var,oas National
eAntonments during tho same
period. jus, why Kaiser Bill don I
throw up the sponss," 10 4 my.
strry 10 more than million and
millions of American citizens. An
average oi only about ten per cent
of the draitees sens 10 Camp Pike
are rejected on account VI physical
DISABILITIES. 10 one can get an esti,
mate oi the number VI men who are
being put in readiness 10 bring an
honorable and everlasting peace 10
the great universe. An entire new
ssi al 9iiicsts arr now ln mmand
Al Camp Pile. Aost ali afs irutu
northern eantoamsnts, The len,
nessse boys have been the recipients
oi many glowing ealoxies from these
officers Most all ot the May draft
comins to Camp Pike wa. made
up NJ bows from Tenn. aud Ark.
and when Al officer tinds i, diff,
iirul, 10 put 4 practical teaching
into ones cranium. the exclama.
tioa. comes isth You are from
Arkansas. aren't yous' Tennessee is
no, ashamed oi its product; neither
are ws Ashamsd ot Tennessee.
The boys who were sent here in
May are said IN be getting the mos,
rapid and strenuous training oi any
other preceding continGs0t. We
have been on the run right from ihs
beginning aud are lsngthenine oul
pace daily. W. ars schednlsd T.
leave Tor rifle range. about ssvru
miles nom camp Monday morning
and with about 4 couple Ut motS
wosks OF hard drilling and hayoue,
practice our abode at Camp Piks
will doubtless he erough, 10 an ensl
Camp Pike is meresy a replacement
camp; aud the men after heinz
given \ limited amount of trairin,
are cent 10 other cantoomsnss
-k..~ 49, s~sn ~ s~.~.t.