The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-11-20


ids IL visiting VIM. Sparks and Chat
tie Crozier q few weeks.
Lewis Seeley and family, Otis See
ley and Miss Nellie Seeley visited
Go. Davis and family Sunday in West
Otisco.
Andrew Scheidt and Andrew Brie-
meyer visited at Anthony Briemeyer's
Sunday.
Ernest Benton and wife visited Ed.
Hotchkiss and wife Sunday.
Inez Marsh of Belding spent Satur-
day and Sunday with Ina Davis.
Floyd King of Camp Custer was
home on a furlough from Saturday
until Monday and spent the time at
Ernest Benton's.
Fred Spencer and wife spent Sum
day with friends in Grand Rapids.
Frank Tillotson and wife visited
VIM. Leary and wife Thursday.
Ed. Hotchkiss and wife spent Sun
day evening with Milo Towne and
wife.
Dear Little Mother:
/ have just got time 70 scribble q
few lines so will try and get letter
out today. We had fine trip down
here and saw a lot Of things / nexer
expected to see; all that didn't go
right was the eats. We had just two
good meals all the way down here;
we got to camp about 2 in the morn
ing. They got up and got US some
supper. Gee, but IL tasted good.
don't like it here but it can't be help
ed. We are quartered for two weeks
and can't go any place at all, not even
to the Y. M. G. A. or the canteen so
don't see much, only as they march
out to drill or something like that. We
get all we want to eat here and it is
good; that is something we did not
get at Houghton. 1t is 80 dusty here
that when we march it is just like a
sand storm. Well we thought we
were engineers but / guess we are ar
tlllery men for this is an artillery
camp, Just a mispla.. ncn. camp,
may stay six months; don't know but
I don't want to stay any longer than
/ can help. The officers are good
but you know they are not like Mich
igan p.en. Well how are you and my
dear old dad? Forc you bo:h keep
vel; as l am. / am fine and dandy.
Say, talk about corn. saw more
corn coming through Illinois and In
diana than / ever saw in my life put
together and then when / got up in
the morning we were up in the noun
tains in Kentucky and it was cold as
-, then we went down again into
Tennessee it got warm and once again
so on until we got here. We got off
the train at Chicago and had exercise
about 1-2 hour; one stop we were to
get dinner at they would not feed us
at all; we saw an airplane in Indian
apolis up in the air. We saw another
up while we were out drilling; it
looks like war, believe me. II peace
is declared may be / won't see France.
1t is nice down here only 1t is so dusty.
How are the girls and boys? Tell
Melvin hello and he ought to see the
mules here. Say if get a chance /
will send you some raw cotton from
the fields; saw lot of it but couldn't
get any. You know Dick Fultz or
you remember of Floyd end / speak
ing ct him; he was sick on the train
and left at Atlanta, Ga, at the hos
pital; did not hear what was the mat
ter but he did not know anything
when they took him from the train.
We had a good fellow to bring US
down here; his name was Batch, he
was cur lieutenant at Houghton. l
Will try and write once q week Dut
don't have much time to write and
sent several cards on the way down
here but wrote in a hurry so did not
get the address very good. Well
they separated us all out so there is
not more than Is or 20 of the old men
together now. l don't know of any
more to write so will ring IF. Say
write to me often won't you and send
- III -
to write to all. Tell Aunt Chat. to
put it in the paper down there so all
the folks can read it.
Sanley Sparks,
Camp Jackson, Battery E, 18th Rgt.,
T. A. r. D..
The above letter is to Clayton
Sparks from his brother. Stanley.