Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-07-19
CREsCo HOWARD COUNTY, IOWA. FRIDAY, JULY 49, 1918

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With Our Soldier and Sailor Boys.
! C. H. Miller receives letters FREE
quently from his grandson, C. E. Cot
trell, who worked with him in Cresco
for sometime. Cottrell is with Camp
Hospital in France AMI one of his let
ters dated June 21st contains the fol-
lowing: ,...-. .y,..
Il am still on duty in the hospital
and still wish that could get hold Of
an ambulance and drive it. Just got .
bunch of fellows that have been up the
lines and they sure tell some fine things
about the boys up there. Some Of the
boys are from right around home, and
one from Oelwein. who knows lot Of
Cresce boys They will be out 10 .
few days and going back. Most Of
them are just crazy to get back up
there. 1t is fun to listen to them tell
the officers that they are in the best Of
health when some of them could not
run so feet without giving in. That
shows the spirit of l9l8." %
In another letter he says: ''Yoa say
the reports are that lots of the boys
are dying of sickness. Well l don't
know about that, but the place am in
is about all hospitals and there are not
many deaths here, SO I don't think peo-
pie ought to worry so much on that
line. and then the soldiers get such
good care when they do get in the hos
pital. 1t is more like a vacation for
some of them.
He also tells of q trip to one of the
most historical buildings in France. but
on account of censorship rules does not
give its name, and gives . brief men.
ton Of Memorial day observances in
France, and sOosSs this letter with the
following, Tell my friends not to be
surprised if they see me coming up
Elm street some fine day in few
months, because l think the Germans
are putting in their last licks.'' w
Donald Webster, at Camp Logan
writes of . trip to Galveston and . ssd'
swim as follows: I've got into Gal
weston and beat it right over to the
Crystal Prlace, the largest swimming
pool Of the south, got suits and dressed
for the briny deep. Then out we went
on the run. Gee! it was great as We
beat it over the long, sandy beach and
into the water to our knees. Yingst
led the way. All of . sudden . nice big
! S<aye came rolling 10 and just about
split laughing the way that Harvey got
it in the stomach. But he laughs best
who laughs last Harvey laughed last.
It caught me with my mouth and eyes
wide open. III bet swallowed bar
rel of salt water and how my eyes did
smart. 1t didn't take US long to get
wise to the system of surf bathing, so
out we went. 1t was great-wonder-
full. l never had such fun before. The
big breakers would come rolling in
probably 10 or IL feet high, pick US up
and give Us . lift toward shore. Some
times we were in under; sometimes on
top. J. guess we were in about IN
hour. When we came out We were
both so tired that we could hardly
drag up the steps but within an hour l
had more pep than ever and was hun
cry, you bet. So hungry We had fried
fish, shrimp, crab cocktails. and every
thing else in the fish and oyster line.
Haswel Rucker, who is on receiving
ship at Puget Sound, WASH, is still
taken up with life in the Navy Is the
following excerpts from recent letter
to Cresco friends show -
= II woke up this morning with the air
about 40 degrees below and the bugle
was blowing I can't get 'em up, l
can't get 'em up. I can't get 'em up in
the morning., md, looked out and there
were eight bssisrs bearing down on
that one wicked little tune. 1t gets
devilsh hot in the day time and cold at
night and keeps getting cold till the
sun comes up. I have not seen q good
shower nor heard it thunder since l
left Omaha. went to Seattle on my
first leave last Saturday and Is it was
my first time out simply looked the
the town over and took On few of the
darnedest feeds that man ever stag
gersd Under. The people of Seattle
treat Us fine and nothing is too good
for . soldier or q sailor. Am having
the time of my life and would not quit
for for all the world. We have . fine
bunch Of fellows in our barracks.