Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-19

in European waters:
 U. S. $. Florida.
 Jan. 25, 1918.
 On Foreign Service. Dear Sirs:
 I received your paper today. wish to express my thanks to you. You know there is nothing more homelike than getting a paper from home once in a while. While I was homie I got your paper every day. But since enlisted miss your paper very much. Once in while received it from my folks and believe me when I get it [ sit down and read it. I think am at home. You can imagine how I feel. think of the boys at the front from Norwich, and I think that Npthing would please them more than The Norys wich Bulletin. suppose that the people know that we are in European waters by this time, for. we have been over here for about siv weeks or more, but haven't heard from Norwich since we've been over here, so I guess they must have forgotten that they had any of the Norwich boys in the navy. I think I'll close for this time. thank you again. I remain,
 Your friend,
 A, E. ERICKSON. U. S. s. Florida. care of Postmaster,
 New York City. N. Y.
 Training at San Antonio.
 Interesting extracts from the letters of David E. Shahan, son of David Shahan of West Town street, who ie with the 220th aero squadron, Felly field. No. 8, San Antonio, Tex, writ ten during December and January:
 Rochester. N. Y..
 En Route to Texas.
 Dec. Is, 1917. Dear People.
 Just a few lines to yet you know that am feeling fine and am on my way to the sunny south.
 We are going by the way of ChicA go. through Rochester and Buffalo, and then down Iron mountain through St. Louis and through New Orleans. expect to be on the road a week.
 There are about five hundred on the train and we are travelling in Pullman parfor and sleeping cars. (This is the life!) We are travelling slow-this train is not allowed to travel over 90 miles an hour-there are 40 men to each car, but there are only B in ours We left Fort Slocum Friday morn ing and came by boat to Jersey City and Weehawken,e then boarded the PullInans. We left Weehawken at 6.2E Friday and got into Syracuse at 6.1t this (Saturday) morning. The Red Cross met us in Buffalo | with cigarettes, candy and postcards they would stamp them free for all the soldiers, so we were more than grate. fui. Did yon get yours? ~~I mailed cards all the way down the centra states. Believe me, it is some coun try, desolate and drearE and no peo. pie to speak of for miles. I though I that the movie actors picked out thu l wilds to show us when they pictured 1 the western life, but that is just hoy 1 it looks.
 San Antonio, Tex. Dec. 20, 1917. Dear People.
 Just few lines to let you know tha arrived safe in San Antonio Wed nesday afternoon. It is a beautiful Ecity, but there are too many churche l-erery place you look there is lchurch-but they are so old that " ought to appreciate. the fact that W i have splendid types of architecture t look at instead of. thinking of tn humber. .,, A | I've had a wonderful trip-one tha lI'll never forget, Oklahoma, Arkansa and northern Texas is an awfully des plate region, not house with a coa of paint on it and all in the last stage of ruin. .4.. -s, - .s !. l The, climate is wonderful, though. hot in the. daytime, little chilly a 1 night.
 South San Antonio, Tex, l Kelly Field, Dec. 31, 1917. Dear People: . ..,.. ] Have arrived at my quarters, an this sure is some field. The camp is the largest in tn 1 world, It is twice as large as any fiel | in Europe. and we have plenty to ca Today's menu: 3s
 | Breakfast-Post Toasties with crear or honliny with cream, coffee and plai bread and butter. ,~
 Dinner-Roast pork, green pea; sweet potatoes, coffee,y bread and but ter
 supper-salmon salad, Lima bean white potatoes, bread, butter and cof | fee. and plenty of it. l Good wholesome food, and I'm gain ing.
 Il We had a cross country hike ( eiyht miles today, and it certain1 stimulated my appetite.
 Il We caught an arsnidillo-we hay quite menagerie in our departmen We caught a horned toad first an now this funny looking animal ha joined our band. It looks like turt only it is as big around as wood chuck, with shell all over it. We ran across two wrecked airplane -one the nose was buried about tv feet in the ground, but the men es caped with a severe shaking up. Jan. 3, 1918. Dear People:
 sI Received sweater. It is dandy ar will come in handy when I do guar duty.
 , I've been guarding a small cree down here, with orders not to let any one in civilian attire across. Had or argument with couple of Mexican . but when I showed them the gun took all the fight out of them. They sure are ;a yellow bunch. have to stay on guard 4 hcurs-tv } hours on and four hours off. It's aV fully lonesome, but 1t only comes on, in three or four days, so we take good naturedly.
 They are sending men daily fro at here to Waco, Tex, & large camp aho1 r 200 miles northeast of San Antoni Ii It's q new camp, believe. Kelly N is going to be a big draft camp men from the: vest, northwest ar : south.
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