The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1918-08-24
!. HENRY r. EcLoFF WRITES
OF INTERESTING TRIP.
Bay St. Louis Boy Tells of Trip
From Camp Beauregard, La, to
Camp Mills in New York.
Camp Mills, N. Y,
August /, 1918.

Camp Mills, N. Y,
August /, 1918.
Mr.. Chas. G. Moreau,
Bay ST. Louis, Miss.
Dear Mr.. Moreau Arrived here
"safe and sound" after long jour
ney of SO hours through ten States
and the Dominion of Canada.
We left Camp Beauregard, La, in
the afternoon of August 11th. TOO
men and officers in a sold Pullman
special Eastward bound.
We pulled into Monroe, La, late
in the evening of the same after
noon and was given a rousing wei
come by the ladies of the Red Cross
who served us with refreshments, eli
garettes, setc. Our next stop was
Paragould, Ark. Where we were given
the glad hand, also a large crowd
turned out to greet US.
Afters leaving Arkansas we went
into Missouri, stopping over at NAL
den, where we detrained and took
physical exercise. From there We
sped on into Illinois.
We stopped at all the principal
towns and after leaving Illinois we
came into Indiana, the Hoosier State.
Here we were shown true hoosier
hospitality. At Peru, where we de-
trained, we were treated to cold
shower bath, built especially for sol
diers. The baths were enjoyed very
much by the boys who took to the
waterlike ducks. A musical enter
tainment was given on the public
square by the young ladies of the
city, and melieve me! those In
diana girls are some pretty. They
simply can't be beat for beauty.
After leaving Indiana we crossed
| over into Ohio and then into Michi-
gan, arriving at Detroit on the night
of August 18th. We were then
transferred by boat over into Cana
da, passing through Windsor, St.
Thomas and Niagara Falls. Here we
viewed the beautiful Falls from Ca
nada's side, detraining there about
two hours.
I don't know whether or not you
had the pleasure to see this part of
the country, but I viii say that it is
most magnificent scene to witness.
From Canada we crossed over in
to New York State and then into
Pennsylvania, passing through the
principal steel and iron towns. When
we arrived at Bethlehem, Pa, we
had the opportunity to see the largest
steel plant in the United States. The
Bethlehem Stee Co., of which MIR.
Charles M. Schwab is president,
footed every whistle when we enter
ed into town. From Pennsylvania we
went intosNew Jersey and then into
New York State again, arriving IN
New York City, where we detrained
and crossed the Harbor into Long
Island. From there we hiked into
Camp Mills, where We are situated
at present, waiting to be equipped,
and then we will start our long jour-
ney across the pond" where we as
machine gunners expect to make it
very unpleasant for Kaiser Bill and
the Boches!
/ saw the statue of Liberty in New
York Harbor, and crossed the Hud-
son River under Brooklyn Bridge.
There are only three boys from
Bay st. Louis up here now, namely,
Corporals Brown, Johnston and my
self.
The weather is lovely up here,
fine for sleeping. i am gong TO
New York tomorrow on 24-hour
pass to take in the sights. I sent
you a number of post cards while en-
route here. / suppose you have re-
ceive them ere now. There are about
$4,000 or more soldiers in this camp
waiting to be equipped for overseas
service.
Well, / am pretty nearly exhaust
ed for news just now so l will bring
this letter to a close.
Will let you hear from me soon
again. Sometime ago while at the
EBAY" l called around to see you,
but unfortunately for me you were
away at the time. With kindest re-
CARDS to your family and self, beg
to remain, very truly yours,
HENRY F. EGLOFF,
Co. D, 142 Machine Gun Bat.