Arizona republican., 1918-03-13

truly, who IS Stlll feeling so fine that 1 if he jumps off the deck he would | bounce right back on deck. Am
 working like a bear-cat And there l is plenty to do, for we have guards of everykind and description and about 95 per cent of the company is on some detail and very few of them arguing about it. When man gets sick we drag him out of his | bunk, send him to the infirmary and then if he don't go to the hospital
 he gets onto guard duty. It's, lots
 of fun, this ship life, but the Jackies ! say they have been deluded.
 They joined the navy to see the
 world and they haven't seen anything
 so far but the army. It's a great life
 and there is no chance to weaken, eX-
 cept in the stomach. We are all get
 ting ready again to sign the payroll
 and this time we will all have lots of
 money in francs and centimes unless
 the rate of exchange has been sub
 marined And the next question is
 when we will get it. l hope by this time you have received your allotment
 for October November, December and January. Gee, just look how long I
 have been in the army? And still rel ishing life. The more I think
 of my scheme for going home from Paris via Yokohama the better I
 like it. However, to get back to | here-we have been running through
 one storm after another and most of
 them seem to me at mess time and
 bed time. Charlie Chaplin would turn
 up his toes and assume a deep green
 hue of jealous rage if he could see Company B eat lunch today Ofcourse
 the meal was appropriately beans and coffee
 lacked was some prop. soap bark, for
 the ship would take a horrible roll
 down with trough, and men, mess
 klts beans pants, legs, hats and eyes
 would be all mixed together in the
 starboard scuppers, and then in no time at all we find dish pans, tables, |, boxes and barrels getting into the same melee on the port side. The beauty of 1t is that most of the men nave by this time acquired a keen
 sense of humor and grouch has no
 chance whatever, and the meal winds
 up in a grand laugh, with a few half
 sick rushing for a little outside air. and leaving their appetites behind, for
 saken and forgot Along about in the morning it is common to have ram of mess kits, playing cards, hats ana wearing apparel in the sleeping rquarters. with a rattle and a bang of the same old dish pans and tables on the deck above Everyone wakes, laughs happily, and then returns to his polar sleep. 1 say polar sleep because 1t seems like an Esquimau night from o3O D. m. to a. m. without lights Another day a good deal like the last one but with enough novelty and semi-eXcitement mixed in to make it interesting. The musicians. mandolin. violin, accordion, song etc, have liv- ened up to the extent of producing very good results in the dark and the more riotous souls make life little easier during the long nights with con- siderable raucous conversation. The latter much to the disgust of the off, coming guards. who prefer sleep to a hideous state of rest It is going to bo fun to see the crowd scramble off the boat at the end of the voyage, doing quick steps, goose steps and most very other kind of steps on the quiet and peaceful anl vari-colored village street in -. You remember our first i'm pressions at Boulogne and how the old railroad stations floor and restaurant tables seemed to be most unsteady. and that nice lunch we had before leav- ing Boulagne for Paris But | getting back to the boat it's trip that
 wouldn't miss for anything, and I
 figure that each day brings us closer
 to the kaiser's demise. * So
 much for todays news
 Ordinarily this is muster dav and on land the day of the colonel's inspec- tons of person. Also the day to sign | the payroll. Neither has happened.
 But there have been plenty of boat in-
 spections since B company's now
 famous report and conditions get bet
 ter daily. Still there is chance to yet sign the payroll before we get paid
 and as the eanteen is still closed as to | cakes and candy, there isn't much use
 for pay day anyway. We are still happy with a trim hair cut and a daily
 shave, and most agreeable. as much so
 as Gyp the Blood ever was and. strange to say, have no creditors and dollar
 bill in my wad and everything that l want to eat. If the work holds out I'll
 land just as well and happy as I am | now. But 1t is some job for B com | pany to get out 100 men working or other details. The weather is getting
 better and conditions ideal for the end
 of January. It reminds a little of oul
 own brand of home weather.
 Friday. the first of February, ant
 the most beautiful day that could bt
 ina gined. calm sea, warm sunshine II SiiootH SdlliHS ana lOlS or pleaSan II company. For several day. | felt peculiar and couldn't sense tn,
 reason, and it finally dawned on m,
 that 1 had not been seated since
 came aboard. for the reason that ther,
 IS no place to sit. except on some dirt,
 or wet hatch where there is no comfor
 in 1t. One married man said tha
 when he gets home he is going to us | all his dining room furniture fo
 kindling then when the whistle blow
 he will stand in the family line with
 tin plate in hand, get his chow heape,
 on it, his big tin cup full of coffee, an | then go and crawl off into some un | molested corner. eat it with dispatch inquire for seconds then mop of hi | tin plate with a piece of bread gathe
 up knife. fork and spoon. put ther in his pocket and wait for the ney whistle to blow. Even with this wor picture before you. you can rest as
 sured that it is good fun. war and ex - pcricnce all rolled into one We ha