Arizona republican., 1918-04-18
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 r. Ivan Pomeroy, son of Mir. and Mrs. Frank T. Pomeroy, of Mesa re- nnqulshed his title of sergeant, earned through long and efficient service in the national guard on border duty when he entered the officers training scnool at Camp Kearney. On Friday or this week he will have finished ms period of study in the training school and will be returned to his regiment, there to await announce ment of whether or not he has earned a commission. That he will be thus rewarded is generally believed for he has been one of the most active and studious members of the present school
 Giving a pretty good insight into the life at the training school and declaring he wouldn't change places With an exempt non- -combatant for untold wealth, young Pomeroy writes the following most interesting letter to his family at Mesa;
 Officers Training School
 Camp kearny, Cal.
 April 9th, 1918. Dear Folks:
 l received your letter and also the Easter box, and sure enjoyed both or them. Tell Margery that her cnlcken must have been a rooster for l have kept around the tent for about a week and it hasn't cackled once. The Officers training School was an a hige and maneuver combined on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. We went up the coast to Del Mart about fifteen miles and fought a l series of battles all over the hills between. We had a fine time, al- though we4-ran up and down those | hills with a full pack, which weighed about 30 pounds, until we were almost in."
 Our worries are nearly over. To- | morrow we turn in all equipment eX- cept rifles and belts and for two tweeks will take up army paper work. We have had official announcement that there will be no more cuts, and that we will all stay to the end of | the school. This don't mean however that we will all be commissioned, it only keeps up the suspence a little longer. But Fred O. and I are still hanging on and hoping for the best.
 A recent order came out which al- lows ? percent of the enlisted men t. be absent at a time on furlough and so l may have a chance for one. | I think that if Karl (his younger brother, now 19 years of age) wants to go and you can spare him, why lei him go I advise either the navy or the aviation section. The aviation section promises quick advancement and fame and glory, but it is grea deal more dangerous branch of tn; service. If he can get that appoint ment at Annapolis, why, by all mean! do so. It combines college educa tion with the service of Uncle San and with certain and lasting arm! position at good pay. But tell hin to consider everything carefully, ant not to get all excited and jump int something for which he would b, sorry later. 1 would not advise hin at his age, to volunteer into the arm. the draft will fill that part of tn, service, and he is too young and tn road to the top is too full of stones and I have gone through enougl hardships for the whole family The navy offers a chance for quici advancement and ar opportunity a the same time to learn trade. I know 1t will seem hard to giv both boys to the service, but we mus remember that each man in this Ian, today has the right and also the obli gation of defending his country. I resolves itself into an individual prob lem for each individual. If a countr Is worth living in, it is certainl worth fighting for. And 1 don't thinl that any man now alive would lik to reflect back in ten years from nov and know hat he har been foun lacking in this great crisis. Further more it is an experience that wi do more to make a man realize tn responsibility he has to humanity, an besides it will develop a power an will which he may not hay realized he has.
 I would not exchange my place i this affair for that of an exempt non combatant, no, not for untold wealtl feel as though I were really doin something worth while. That m aimless actions and undeveloped pos abilities have been crystalized int something of some account. It is
 test and if come out alright, neve again will I feel that I am not.
 man, and capable of taking a man part in anything.
 We'll, my letter has resolved itse
 into somewhat of a lecture on evolu ton of personality with other thing mixed in.
 . Tomorrow is our banquet and W r expect to have a grand time. 
  Well, I am on guard tonight, an
 am writing this in a few spare mo Q ments, and as it is now nearly tin ) for my relief to go on again, I wi n close with love to all and don't fol r get to write to your son.
 Q F. IVAN POMEROY. : (Mr. Pomeroy surrendered his prt I fix of Sergeant, when he entert e Officers Training School Jan. 9th, las { He saw service with the Nation ] Guard at the border, and when mu : tered out volunteered into the N; :. tional Army.)