The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1918-08-29

reived from hm was written 81 dAt
H. was with Ross iu the battle ar.lr.
Chateau Thierry when the village
XauN ana 500 Germans were caHtur.
ard Stree the7 nothing more utfr't
known than that sgt Metrt.. ,rr
the nrst Portland boys DO at s-.iei
action. gave his lie lu the turn.
TIDE Of the great war
Federico Il. Shere. of Hood Rive,
has reported for d.ty az he - y. Ma
xaI csmp AT Seattle He enlisted a>
second class seaman IN the NAVAL r.-
serve force and VIII 6e trans terfe1 #"
a seaman company 10 receive training
as a man o'Warsman after three Weta~
in the detention camp. during tae
period all the new ue.
are vace.nated and antl-typnold Ir.-
rhylaXis is administered them
With voluntary enlistment n .
branches Of military service Haltrl
pendlng the outcome Of the new arat
law, all naval reserylsts who hatr
been awaiting call to the tratM
camps have been summoned.
While actual recruiting mas ceased.
the enrolling department at Seattle
registering all those who apply m per-
son or write. and viii call upon them
as soon AS the bars are lifted. TINS
promises a speedy movement ut re-
cruits to the training camps when The
present restrictions are removed.
The following was sent home hy
Frederick a. Thomson, Battery l.,
65th regiment upon his return 20 m>
battery after long siege of illness lH
the hospital
mo more ham or eggs or grapefruit
when the bugle blows for chow no
more apple PIE or dumpllnes for I'm
back To the battery now. And they
feed Us beans for breakfast and at
noon. we have EN- too and at night
we fill our tummies with good old army
stew. No more hZzeS, beers or high
balls when we I've got an awful thirst.
If YOU re thinking of enlsting, best
get used 10 water first, for the nd on
tight all over and the Dir Hing makes us
warm. but we can't cool oil with hquor
cause we wear unifom. No more
shirts of silk or linen. we all wear the
10. ID. goods. No more night shirts,
for our pants are good enough. No
more mattresses. but We re glad To
thank the Lord that we've got a tick
and blankets when we might have Just
a board For they give US beans for
breakfast and at noon we have EN-
too, and at night We fill our tummies
with good old army stew. But by
links, Wen lick the kaiser when the
sergeants teach us how, for hang HIM.
he's the reason were in the army
now
A Samuel has received a letter from
his son, Ernest who has been at Mare
Island navy yard training as marine
for the past year, who announces his
transfer to Quantlco, Va, where he
will train with an aero squadron. Mr..
Samuel is a corporal He was in
charge of one Of the Il carloads of
marines moved across the continent at
one time.
The people at all points en- route
treated us royalty writes Cpi. sam
uel, land We feasted oil fruits and
| vegetables.
Lawrence Schetky in letter to his
parents, Mr. and Mrs G. L. Schetky,
Writes that he is now in active service
in patrol duty in European waters.
The day following his graduation from
| Annapolis the young officer was mar
ried, IN the Naval Academy chapel. to
Miss Ethehaue Mcdonald, a school
mate OF the nigh school Mrs. Schetky
is residing now at Providence, r. /.
| Ensign Schetky has two brothers in
the service, Lionel and Bernard Schet-
| ky, both in the aviation corps. Lionel
Schetky is in France.
Henry Blagg and Roselle Crone, son
ard adopted son Of Mr.. and Mrs. +. II.
| Blagg. are both in service in France.
The former is with the Both Engineers,
known as the Gas and Flame unit,
while the latter IS member of 65th
Artillery regiment
In a letter home Henry Blagg states
that the big guns and almost constant
air fights furnish plenty of diversion.
| He is In charge of a contingent of men
near the front line trenches.
An older brother, Roy Samuel, also a
corporal, remains at Mare Island.
''lf live to get back home, writes
viii Parker to his mother, Mrs. Will
lam Parker, the sights that | have
already seen are more than enough tc
repay me for what ever sacrifice may
have made for leaving home. New
York harbor at night was one of the
greatest sights | ever saw in my life
Young Parker is now with the eXpe
ditionary forces in France.
Lieut. Bliss Clark, who recently re
ceived his commission at an artillery
offers training school at Fortress
Monroe, Va, is now training com
pany of men at Fort Columbia. Mrs
Clark has gone to the fort to be will