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February oath, 1913.
Dear Molly:
Since my last effort to beat you
out of piece of cake or dodge watch
ing the baby. / have been into end
come out of few experiences.
Some of the experiences would q.
muse the baby and at other times.
your cake box would look mighty
good. Keeping in mind "The better
the day, the better the deed, = / am
going to use this Sabbath morning to
tell you about few of the things
recall having happened since coming
into service.
A thousand of us left Omaha on a
special train for Denver on the night
of Dec. 18th; with snow storm and
fifty mile an hour wind as good
s, omea. After we were loaded on the.
train Red Cross girl went through
the train and kissed every man in the.
same. The girl by the way, was very
good looking and as / remember the
incident, there were not many men
who refused the offering Of the girl.
At the time thought the girl might
reconcile herself by bearing in mind
Omar's If the wine you drink, the
lips you press. ends in all that Starts
and ends in yes. then today you shall
be what yesterday you were. and to.
morrow you shall not be less.''
The day following the night we left
Omaha we, arrived in Denver, remain
ed there over night and were taken
to Fort Logan the following morning
Fort Logan is ten miles out of Denver
and is considered a very good western
army post. All the time we were
there we had the best of weather.
On a day in January there were TWEEN.
| ty of US sent to cut wood and it was
SO warm that we all went to sleep on
the wood pile in our shirt sleeves.
However,, we did but little work and
had a great deal Of fun The Fort
soon became 50 cong ested with recruits
that they took 5000 of us into Denver
and kept US at the hest hotels for two
weeks. During the two. weeks we
enjoyed continual round of dances
and shows. If having good time
and living we'll will preserve democ-
racy, think during the two weeks in
Denver | made it safe for the people
at home for all time to come.
December 14th, 1917, I had the
fortune or misfortune, as it may end,
of seeing the worlds greatest magi-
clan. There were twenty five of us
in room at Fort Logan all standing
with our right hands raised and try
ing - make out what certain man
was reading to us, and do not be-
lieve there was man in the room
who could understand him. re-
member after he had finished reading
he said You are now enlisted men. .
He should have said Presto Change !
for this was an instance of aWhen
the hand is quicker than the eye. "
When we raised our right hand that
morning. quicker than our eye could
see or our mind realize, our status
had been changed from civil to mil
itary life, our individual identity had
been lost and in a bunch we were
thrown into the same social class
from an environment Of equity and
equality we had been changed to one
where democracy is not the ideal and
the fundamental theory. but the indi-
vidual man who represents certain
rank offers to You, and you are requir-
ed to respect it, his conception OF
what theory you should govern your.
self by.
On special trainltof fifteen pull
man coaches we loft Fort Logan 70,
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