The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-12-12
Frank Sweeney
Writes Of Big Feeds
at Camp Humphrey

received by the editor OF The Record,
and will, in measure. give the read.
ers of Canon City an idea of camp
life and the social features connected
fherewith:
Camp A. A. Humphreys. Va. Dec. j.
Mr. Guy u. Hardy, Canon. City. Colo. &
Dear Mr.. Hardy-I've promised you
, letter and know of NO better time
than now of making good although it's
. p. m.
For a subject, l might say. "A
Thanksgiving Day in One of Uncle
Sans Camps The day was beau.
tiful. We are having unusually fine
weather for this time of year. / go
about nearly all day without a coaI.
Guess that's putting one over on
Canon, isn't it?
But to return to my subject: Our
morning mess was about the usual
run Of meals, but the dinner was dne
to be remembered by all the hDyH as
one of the pleasant occurrences of
camp life at A. A Humphreys.
We we're served with turkey. tender
as spring chicken. the usual dressing
OF course. mashed. potatoes. nice
brown gravy. celery, sweet potatoes.
bread and butter. extra good codee
tDuncan,s kind. you know. mince pie.
cranberry sauce and few other trim
mings which usually please the palate
and wound up with choice red apples
ard handful of nuts for each Of the
boys Some of the companies even
topped on with ice cream and cake.
hut how the boys got away with 30
much has kept me guessing ever
since. Nearly all the Ys served ice
cream and cake in the afternoon. also.
A week ago today / was the guest
of the commanding officer for the
cooks and bakers school. at dinner.
To realize the magnidcence of the af
fair. you will have to transport your
SELF where everything is put up by
high-priced chefs. The contrast. how
ever. is great indeed. For at ban
quet presided over by the masters
at their art, you expect great things.
Our banquet was given in a portable
frame building and we ate OF gran
ite plates. The tables we're the ordi-
airy portable table furnished for BAN
quet purposes and we're groaBing with
the weight of goodies awaiting our
appetites. The contrast is still
greater when you realize that we are
at an army camp several miles from
a large city, and it is not an easy
matter to obtain the .delicacies we had.
They served US with fried chicken.
mashed potatoes. chicken gravy. fruit
salad, olives, green and ripe. celery.
marble cake. pumpkin and custard pie
and oh, me- some more Of Duncan's
good coffee!
Had / known who the guests of
honor were ! would have hesitared in
accepting the invitation, but you know
the old adage of Fools going where
angels fear to tread" That's me all
over. There were two majors, sew
eral captains and bunch of lieuten-
ants with their wives and bunch of
girls down from Washington. One
of the real pretty ones was Denver
girl. All the pretty girls come from
Colorado. You know.
Now I've raved about the cats and
overlooked what is probably more in
teresting to you, but the hour Is late
and I've had hard day, SO will leave
on for tonight and give you a second
chapter some other time.
One of the boys that does my steno-
graphic work just returned from a
Thanksgiving pass and treated me with
a box Of chocolates, SO my thoughts
are on something very sweet at pres
ent II is not unusual for the top
kick" to be supplied with candy, to-
bacco and cigars. Whenever tho boys
want pass they have to come to me
and to show their appreciation. they
fill me up with treats" Some life.
this army life. il you're only half way
mp, but if you're still buck private
you've got to take your turn at picking
up cigaret snipes with the rest of the
boys.
expect to leave here Wednesday
for home. Have received my notice
of discharge. Was examined Friday
and expect to get my clearance pa
pers sometime tomorrow. The o T..
C. S. men are going to be examined
tomorrow and within another week
out They are going to give prefer.
ence to men with dependents, and
those who have an industrial position
TO which they can return.
Have had an exceedingly hard month
in this company Have transferred
5S3 men and out 513. Just received
another bunch of 1S1 men from Camp
Upton, making company of 205 for
me to look after. These men were
on their way to the boats when the
armistice was signed and was or
dered back