Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-03-07

The following interesting letter
from Mrs. Lizzie Marmaduke Esk-
ridge, former Mexico girl, will be of
interest to her many friends here:
R. NJ. White & Son:
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Feb. 5,
1918. - Dear Mr.. White: Enclosed
you will find s1.5O my subscription
for another year.
You can see by the enclosed letters
that | am up to my eyes in work and
in between times knitting. ! feel that
| am doing my part in this great war
struggle, having knit fifteen full sets,
including sweaters, helmets, scarfs,
wristlets, bed socks, knee caps and
slippers and socks besides undertaking
to edit Army, Navy and Club News in
"The Wasp" one Of the leading
weekly Magazines Of the Coast. My
work is in keeping track Of all the Cal
ifornia boys who are in the service.
| have the endorsement of the Wes-
tern Department of the Army and also
their assistance and | trust / can be
the means Of giving the mothers,
wives and sisters at home news Of
their loved ones "over there" and give
My son, Lieut.. Marmaduke Esk-
ridge, is with Co. NJ. 363rd Regiment,
now stationed at Camp Lewis, Amer
ican Lake, Washington. My other
son, Meredith, who is not yet q
years of age, expects each day an ap-
pointment in the "Field Service" of
the U. S. A; he has been and is now
with the Standard Oil doing so well
and in line for fast promotion, but he
wants to be near his brother.
/ read with interest each week Of the
Mexico boys who have received COM
missions and it is with pride that
notice they are sons of my girIhood
friends. While l am looking especially
after California enlisted boys, l never
forget when visiting the Preside and
CAMP Fremont near this city to in
quire if there were Missouri boys
hearing there were quite a number of
troops sent to Fremont Camp from
Jefferson Barracks. ! expect to visit
the camp this week and look them up.
The women are doing such wonderful
work all over the country for the hap
piness and comfort of our boys and
California and San Francisco is on the
record of doing even more than her
share in comparison to other cities. Ny
best wishes and kindest regards. Sin.
cerely, L. NJ. ESKRIDGE.
Ned Miller, Of this city, who Just
left to enter the flying school Of the
U. S. Army in California, writes the
following interesting letter to the
Ledger. His many friends will be
glad to learn he has been given an
acting non-commissioned office.
Mr.. Mitchell White, Mexico.
Dear Friend:
The School of Military. Aerohautics
of Berkley, Cal, is a wonderful place
1t is now different from any other
school in that it takes 9 weeks to
graduate provided one never fails
There are 4 flights in the Junior
Wing-A, B, c and C-X weeks. This
change was made so that A, B and C
Squadrons are relieved from guard
and police duty and C-X Squadron has
only few classes that are extended
! from the proceeding week.
We are all 1st class privates,
though some Of US were fortunate
enough to be appointed acting cor
porals. This has been my good for
tune. So far have no dement's and
find the course very interesting, as
well as hard-sO that it is not diff
cult to concentrate.
Some idea Of how busy an acting cor
poral is here may be gained from the
fact that the knot in the string of nv
right canvass puttee worked out Of
place early one morning. / had no
opportunity to take it off and read
just it. At night on retiring about 10
p. m. found a blister the size Of a
dime had been raised and broken. We
had drilled 4 hours at more than 12O
steps per minute, besides 80 minutes
Of calisthentics. All the time we are
not being lectured or drilled is TAX
en- up with marching to and from one
place and another.
Some Of the boys claim they shave
walking at quick time. Shaving must
be done every day. We all wear num-
bers which are very conspicuous and
and a mistake is very quickly caught
and put in each mans service record.
Each corporal is responsible for re-