Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-21
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Breezy Letter from
WellknOWn Salem Man


Dear Mr.. Sargent: l received youi
letter in due time, also the circular
letters sent out to banks in regard to
membership in federal reserve sys
item, and correspondence with the de-
lpartment, etc. My address for some
time to come will be in care of Re
leeiving Ship, San Francisco, Cal, and
II shall surely apDdeciate your kind
ness if you will remember me from
time to time in sending out reports
and abstracts, etc.
l have been bhsier'n the dickens
the last thrhe weeks-running on
Ieight cylinders the whole time. / like
the work very much because it is so
interesting, and am doing my best
to make good, for | hope they will
ceive proper instruction.
Last week two young doctors from
this station were sent to the far east.
An order to move comes like a thun-
der bolt from clear sky, very unex-
Ipectedly
The fellows with whom / work here
in the office are fine men. 1 thought,
as l am a reserve officer, that the
regulars would sore of "rub it in, =
but it is just the opposite, they do all
pay master is a good fellow, he has
done lot for me in seeing that L re-
ceive proper INSTRUCTION.
The day 1 reported, / was assigned
to the U. S. Ship Rainbow, then serv-
ing as receiving ship, and as all the
rooms ON the ship were occupied, the
executive officer of the ship inform
ed me that l would have to sleep in
the ward room-with the sailors;
told him that was the least of my trou
bles, or words to that effect. About
twenty minutes later he came to me
and told me that l could occupy his
lquarers, that he slept ashore--pretty
soft, for he furnished me with sheets,
blankets, etc, which otherwise would
have had. to buy. The meals on the
Rainbow were the best | have eaten
lin a long time-with the exception of
la roast duck dinner which Carl and
| ate at Clay's The meals on the Rain.
bow cost us about $17 per month Talk
about the service-three Filipinos did
the honors, and darl1y cook-the st
Francis WASH t in it. The Rainbow
was ordered away in December, since
then I have been living ashore.
Ten days ago one of the poys--a reg
ular pay elerk-was ordered to San
Pedro and | was assigned to his desk.
/ have charge of the ship Is store or
station store. I have to draw up the
proposals, assist in awarding the CON
ltracts-new contracts are made every
quarter-order the goods, pay the
bills, take an inventory occasionally,
and watch things in general. L just
finished the quarterly inventory. Dur
ing the quartersEiust ended we sold
over thirty Thousand dollars worth Of
goods, namely, tobacco, cigars, can
dies, toilet articles, etc expect to be
transferred to other work soon. This
lis the busiest time of the year. which
is very fortunate for me. Two moro
linen from this office-pay elerks-go
ito Mare Island tomorrow, which means
more work for me- As / said before
the work is very interesting, although
somewhat complicated to a beginner
like myself.
AT one time, two weeks ago, we had
over five thousand men stationed here
All recruits are held in quarantine for
three weeks, and are not permitted to
leave the detention camp. Being fenc
ed in for three weeks is rather hard
on some of the fellows who have been
used to doing pretty much as they
pleased. Five fellows from the First
National bank, Portland, are station.
ed here and just got cut of the deten-
ton camp l was surprised to see
them
/ receivuE letter this morning tell
ing of the departure of Fritz, Jim and
Dan l hope they like the work. | was
clerk and stenographer in the ordnance
department of the 3rd Oregon while
on the border-they will always be in
the midst of shot and shell, OF where
the bullets are thickest.
How is the assistant superintendent
of banks-give him my "love'; also
IT. Hooper, | received a Christmas
card from each of them. l certainly
enjoyed reading "Long Live the
King al of Mary Roberts Rine-
hart Is books are "thrillers. - 4 thank
you and Mrs. Sargent for the kind re.
membranee.
In a recent issue of the Capital
Journal which ] received yesterday,
quents,' or those who failed to re-
turn the questionnaire to the board. l
never received QUESTIONABLE. They
will be shooting me for trying to
Ieyade the law.
Please remember me to Schramm and
Miss Holcomb. l thank Miss Holcomb
for the card and kind wishes.
Please write me letter-when
you re not playing golf, examining
banks, etc. My kiudest regards to Mrs
Sargent.
Sincerely yours,
-RARTH