Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-07-12
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Bits Taken From Letters Home Writ
ten By Men in the Field or in
Training - Also Interesting Items
of News Regarding Fulton County
Men Who Are on Duty.

Men Who Are on Duty.
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From letters received from Lieut.. !
J. Darby Kenyon dated June and :
June 16, we learn that he has re- !
ceived no word from home since he !.
has been in England, nearly two :
months. 1t seems strange that this
should be the case when it is known
that from one to three letters have
been sent from the home folks to
him each week; but on the other
hand, the sum total of letters going
overseas from the thousands of homes
N the United States every day
mounts into the millions, making an
enormous amount of mail to handle,
and to complicate matters many of
the men of the American Expedition
ary Forces are moving about from
place to place, and it is difficult to
locate them. Darby wrote of being
transferred from the center of Eng
land to point near the Irish sea
coast; he made the trip, a distance
of 200 miles, through the air, driving |
his own ''bus," and writes that had
the weather been fair it would have |
been delightful trip the hills of |
Wales were in sight nearly all the
way. His location June 16 was on
the historic River Dee, but judging
from statements made in a previous
letter, he is probably in France at
this time. Darby wrote that he had
made his initial solo flight with al
scout plane few days previous to
, the date of his letter and had four
Ioy7C1 loayo 10 him 1xyni hol
expected to spend at Blackpool on the
Irish sea where he could get salt wa
+ ter bathing and rest; he writes that
one needs a rest cure after an mi
n tial fight with scout plane.
! Another interesting letter recent
n ly received is from our former genial
! Osteopath, DIR. Buck-be careful to
r give him his present proper title,
$ him. DIR. Buck is now with the 156th
1 Ambulance Co., at Camp Beauregard,
Il Louisiana, where he arrived after 46
e hours travel. He describes his trip
through Kentucky and Tennessee,
tains, and then through Mississippi
, and Louisiana, where he saw his first
n pine forests and apparently endless
Q SWeSIl1p0. Liz uSSCIlDSS Ills pIGSOiG
l. location, as "a desolate looking coun-
q try, white sand, bunch grass, pine
le trees, and boiling hot sum-" Camp
Beauregard is four miles northeast of
n, Alexandria. town which he says he
will look over, providing he gets the
"a time. DR.. Buck writes:
I have my complete outfit, which
e. weighs about so pounds. Saturday
IoI 0Go1I
d. tire. outfit consisting of about IL
motor and four mule-team ambu-
X lances, several pack mules, water
and supply wagons, etc. We
t. marched to the drill field, pitched
tents, and displayed all equipment
" for inspection. Each man is sup
posed to carry two regular rations,
D. one reserve and one emergency ra-
ton; half shelter tent, one tent
D. pole, five tent pegs, one blanket
one slicker, clothing, mess kit, med
Tx lcal belt, canteen and hatchet; also
every number man of each group
81 of four has to carry a stretcher
No. man helps him carry it or
d. long hikes. | am with the Arkan.
sas boys, who have been here nine
up months. Friday, our captain tolc
ne US new men to pay particular at
tention to everything as we hac
es. only three or four weeks to learl
an what the older men have had min,
It months to learn. That and man,
"a other things point to move befor,
re- a great while The 39th Division
elr is located here and this compan,
ng is part Of it. Everything i
all tents here; there are seven in m,
'se tent, which is about 16 feet square
40 these tents keep out nothing but
Oh little sunlight. The drinking waite
rV- is as rule so warm and so ful
en- of sand you think you are drink
ant ing sand paper. The mosquitoes ar
OF not bad, thanks to the great sani
III tary precautions, but red ants ar
wn almost as thick as the sand; the
lnt nearly crowd one out of bed.
en-, en From Fort Sill
@ @ioA Miss Louise Stevens furnishes U
a.; eli the following letter from her brothe
Y Y u. - James, who is now at Fort Sill, Oh
iiei lahoma:
Fort Sill, Okla, June 27, 1918.
Dear Sis, Louise:
Well, this is Thursday nigh
IN about $50; some swell breeze c
lex tonight which I enjoy so much;
ms is almighty hot here in the da
lets time. 1t doesn't get dark here
oVe night until about 9:15, and la
night about 1 a. m. l awoke al
. the wind and sand was traveli1
80 per. Four of US sleep in o.
tent, and believe me. we all got
and hauled down the side curtain
Well, Sis, this is some life so IA
give you lineup of days wor
First bugle at 5:45, in line
5:55 for roll call, then mess; tn
about two hours foot drilli
(marching), then we get horses a
saddles and go out across t
mountains, drilling with the hors
in the meantime; then when we
back we curry our horses, tn
mess; then we have what they C
semaphore drill-that is signali
with flags; then we have cam
drill; this l think is the hard
part of all, as they want to see h
fast we can get from one canr
to another. I'll bet l ran 40 mi
yesterday in the drill! But
bound to do most anything, as lo
as it is for Uncle Sam.
Yesterday, as we were
through the mountains and wot
we came to a hill on which tn
was no timber the sergeant tt
us up on top of the hill, then
watched the craftsmanship of
field artillery; I'll say they can
the mark; they were off from
target about four miles and co
see nothing but mountains betw
the battery and target, but you
they can look right over the hi
First bugle is now sounding;
now 9 p. M, time for retirem
and at II p. m. you have to be
bed or explain, or get the gu
house.
Don't you know, Louise, the d;
papers are looking good now, ar
they? l hope it's true. but if t
don't oet him un sl1ra will