Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-01-04
TAZEWELL BOYs AT CAMP Nc.
CLELLAN,
Wcst. Grnl,A

Wcs1 Hrhndm, Dec. 3.
Editor the News As there arc sew
raj boys from Tazewell county in
Camp Mcclellan, Admission, Ala. IL
might be Of interest to their folks and
others to know thnt l have Just rc-
turned from n visit to my brother
at TINT place. While there. | mado It
point to meet and talk awhile with
all tho boys | could locate Tint wcrc
from this county. 1t is needless To
add that NIL of them wanted to be
bnck for Christmas nj lcnst Thev
said thcye were evtm willing to serve
II term cover the lll," which meant
the guard house, Il only they could
have had the pleasure OF spending
Christmas around The home fires.
My brother joined Company ID in
July, while il was cncamped Mt Co.
dar Biuil. lie has lately been trans
ferrcd to Headquarters Company of
the ll6th Infantry in the sgnal corps.
Company ID proudly asserts TINT
when good men nrc needed for re-
sponsiblc positions, authorities come
to Tint company. True, many Of
them arc being transferred to other
positions, so WAS told.
If the people of Tazewoll county
do not know there is war I'd advise
a trip to Camp Mcclellan. They can
spend while in the trenches TINT
are the real thing, stand on the edge
Of shell holes, look out ncross "No
Mans Land,' see very business like
drills going OF on every side and in
other parts Of the drill grounds, view
the would-bc Germans, (Which are
corn stalks and sticks stuffed in the
sacks), suspended from poles on
whom they can practice with tho bay-
onct now, in order that they can do
the job more thoroughly just before
Yankee Doodle Marches through
Berlin" according to one OF the lat
est popular songs.
Camp Mcclellan is ideally locat-
ed, on just elevation enough to mako
it really healthful, and enough noun
tnins in the distance to keep the
boys from being too homesicl for u
sight of the old Alleghanies. The per-
centage Of sickness among the SOL
Nitbo ~ nniN W DC lOWCI tUufl uL ulY
other cantonment camp. The people
of the South are doing much to make
things rs pleasant as possible for
the boys, who confidently expect to
win this war for us. But they say
when they get back TO old Virginia,
they intend to spread joy every
where they go. They seem little
afraid that their girls wont wait for 4
them until they get bnck, but I as-
sured them that all Virginia girls
wer true hearted and realized that
they were doing the grcatst thing
possible to serve them, and that a
Stacker back at home that wouldn't
make n good soldier, most assuredly
wouldn't mako a good husband. !.
have one plea to add before / z
close. Don't forget the boys. Life
there is not always pleasant, The
greatest joys of their lives are the
letters, cards and packages they get
from the folks back home. I know,
for was there when some Of them
were opened They tell me they can't
express by letter the pleasure these
remembrances bring to them. So,
don't hesitate to send asgmany as You
can. Perhaps GONE OF the boys are
not as popular rs others, don,t neg
lect them. Send messages ,fnll Of
good will and cheer and it gives them
courage to face anything that the fu,
ture might bring. " TX, y.ti
must add also that / ate 4 ID il n
dinner with the officers and w I'LL + ~
Company d. And such II a's
Turkey, sttitfing, gravy, i
sauce, that even the{ hist0s = ;Ss
"mammy' couldn't beatl I|3|
cry, cakes, nuts, chndies
. due time and am prs & ;s
tof tho wiafiAbone os
"Trip. There we