The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-07-12
TACK JENNINGS
WRITES INTERESTING
LETTER TO HOME FOLKS


ferred to Memphis, Tenn, but they
wouldn't take him because he was
ruptured. When the army physician
saw how disappointed he was he tolt
him that he would be glad to operate
on him for the rupture which he
thought could be easily remedied
Zach was on right now and following
the operation came home to recup-
crate. As soon as he was able to &c
into service, he Joined a st. Francois
| Co. contingent and was sent to Camp
Funston. He is now at Camp Mer-
rift, N. j., en- route over from which
place he writes the following interest
ing letter to his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
l. J. P. Jennings, under date of June
25th:
"Dear Parents:-We reached our
destination at 2:30 this morning.
Like our new home fine. 1t is just out
from a small town by name of Du-
mont. We have everything much
nicer than it was in Kansas. Our
barracks and mess halls ar, very nice
indeed and the Y. M. c. A. is dandy.
We have many more privileges than
before. Best of all we haven't these
hot sandy winds and dirt which was
so disagreeable in Kansas.
"0ur trip was simply grand. l
wouldn't have missed it for the world.
We travelled through eight different
States: Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, In
diana, Ohio, Michigan, New York and
New Jersey and also Canada. Had
beautiful scenery all the way from
Springfield, Ill. ! liked Indiana fine,
and Ohio and Michigan had some nice
scenery, but New York has the most
beautiful scenery have ever seen.
We crossed the Niagara River over
the bridge you will see in the souvenir
that | sent Fannie from Niagara.
Was then within quarter of a mile
from Niagara Falls. Had it not been
for the heavy mist we could have seen
them we'll. But as it was we couldn's
tell so much about them. After we
left Niagara we travelled along the
Erie Canal for several hours. We
didn't come through Buffalo as we ex-
pected but were within about IL miles
of it. We came through several good
towns in New York-Rochester, Cti-
ca ard Syracuse are all good towns.
We struck the Mohawk River soon
after we left Syracuse and about the
same time the southern end of the
Allegheny Mountains. 1t was then
about five o'clock in the evening and
we travelled along this river and
mountains until night, and / certainly
wish you could have been with me for
no picture could compare with the
beautiful scene that lay before us as
we travelled along this pretty river
which was as clear as crystal with the
mountains on each side. We could
see barge way down the river and
as / looked ! could see a great
freight train winding its way along
the side of the mountain on the oppo-
site side Of the river from us. | was
standing on the back platform of the
rear coach of our train so l could see
it all plainly, and as gazed upon this
beautiful scene as We sped along the
mountain side at the rate Of forty
miles an hour, | felt confident that !
would never witness more beauti-
full sight, though we were soon "
come to the Hudson which is known
as the most beautiful river In the
world. We reached the Hudson at
about ii o'clock last night. Of course
it wasn't nearly so pretty as it would
have been in day light but we had
fine moon which was sure appreciated
nv all. for had it not been moonlight
the latter part and some OF the most
noted mart of our trip would have been
,nnrtb n,th;no whatever. We crossed
the Hudson about 100 miles. from here.
It's certainly swell but Of course 1t
wasn't appreciated like the Mohawk,
as it was night and we were getting
pretty tired. We also Travelled along
the Catskill mountains as we came
down the Hudson. We reached here
about 2:3O but never left our. train
until day. am sure / am gong 10
like It here. / like the eastern peo-
pie. too. All the boys liked Syracuse,
n v. for their Red Cross treated rs
rovally. in fact we found the Red
Cross at all the larger places along
the road with something for US. But
Moberly, Mo-, received more praise
than any other, for we came through
there at 1890 Saturday night. We
found them AT lie uePoe "osse
ms with sandwiches, cakes, fruit, ci-
parettes, matches and candies. a new
er imagined before there was so much
to the Red Cross. Even in Canada we
were met by two men, members OF the
Reception Committee, who came on
our train with post cards all ready
stamped to send home, also women
with candy and cigarettes. One OF
the men talked all the time as be
came through the train, telling us how
glad they were to see us, for they
had been helping hold the Huns back
for four years. / sent you cards from
several places along the road. Trust
chew reached you O. X. u,
We are now only fourteen miles
from New York City, can ride over
for 25 cents. / don't know how long
.ve will be here, but l don't expect 70
90 over soon and ! would be pretty
well, satisfied to stay here for awhile
at least.
VIII close for it is near supper time.
You must write just as soon as you
pet this for it will take week TO re-
ceive a reply at the best you can 40.
Tell the girls to write. tt
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