The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-10
From texas to New Jersey.

| Corporal Ben Moody of Co. H, Gath
! infantry, writes an interesting letter
describing the trip from Waco,
Texas, to Camp Merritt, N. j., en-
route to France. His train left Texas
one Sunday afternoon and reached
New Jersey Friday morning, with
ovations at every stop along the line.
He writes:
Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas. Mis-
souri,, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michi-
gan, Canada, New York. Pennsyl-
vania, New Jersey.
Some trip to make in Pullman
car for nothing. Left Waco Sunday
afternoon about 800 p. M, and ar
rived at Dumont, N. j., where this
camp is located, about 8 a. M. this
morning, Friday.
! And if there is one real good worthy
cause in this country it is the Red
Cross. On this trip, at Paris, Texas,
FIT. Smith, Ark, ST. Louis, Mo-, De-
troit, Mich, Niagara, N. Y, Geneva,
n. Y, we were met by the Red Cross.
At st. Louis and Detroit we We're
| given coffee and cake, and sand
wiches at all other places, candy,
Icigarettes, stamped post cards, apples
and oranges, magazines, flowers and
lit sure did make you feel good
And don't forget to say good
word about Canada. What little we
saw of it we crossed the river at De
troit on a car ferry, and landed at
Windsor, Ont. was met by wei
Icome committee who distributed post
Icards and cigarettes. One lady said
lin the last six weeks they had dis
Itributed over 10000 post cards to
American soldiers going east, sc
Uncle Sam is sure shipping some men
over. Only saw one city of any size
lin Canada, that was ST. Thomas
where the usual crowd was down tc
shake hands and say goodbye. Ar
rived at Niagara sometime during the
might and the train was held until
!7:OO the next morning, SO everybody
could get off and see the falls. Ger
ItainIy was mighty nice to give every
body a chance, for lot like myself
lhad never seen them. Canada sure
lis a bully country-no great direr
ence from the states, only you see
English flags instead of American
but there is quite number OF Amer
lean flags, too, scattered around. Inc
only real objection that l had to the
trip was that night would come anc
YOU couldn't see anything
Were taken OF, for exercise, parade
around town every day and the towns
we paraded in were Cleburne, Tex.
Ft. Smith, Ark, st Louis, Decatur
I'M. Montpelier, Ohio, Windsor, Can
wagona, Can, Sayre, Penn.
The incest, or should say pretties1
scenery of the whole trip was follow
, ing the Susquehanna river in Penn
sylyania. 1t sure was some place
mountains on one side and the r1vel
, on the other. Must have followed il
for fifty or sixty miles, full of sum
mer resorts and campers, although
the east as whole is lot cleaner
and heater looking than the south
l west. There is not near the waste
, land. farms, farm buildings, roads are
in lots better shape.
The camp here is just an embar
kation camp to fit troops for over
/ sea service, and how long we will be
here is hard to say, probably arounc
three weeks. 1t is at Dumont, N. j.
a suburban town fourteen miles from
= New York, and believe me, if there j:
any chance l am going to that man;
town. Got to see a little of it from
: the train this morning going through
, lHObOken.