The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-11-06
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4 BASE HOSPITAL
lie Lad Writes About
a Trip to Chicas
go.

From Fort Sheridan. Ill, where he
Is attached to Ease Hospital 142, Ho-
BART Sbcrcer writes to his mother.
Mrs. j. J. Spencer. OF Rivesville.
Hello at Home:-This leaves nae as
well as usual aad hope you are all
the same. The quarantine has been
lifted and glad bunch there sure is
around camp. for being Guaranteed
IN and no place to go Is no fun, be
neve me. The '.influ" is growing less
every day, there being very few new
eases DEVELOPING, and none in our
company of late, and understand 1t
IS the same up to the Great Lakes
Naval station as here. Was sorry to
farn It is becoming SO prominent in
West Virginia, but I hope the situa-
ton viii be soon mastered and the
disease wiped, out so extinct 1t Will
never be heard of again
when I get back to Rivesville It
surely will be some burg" with all
that new industrial Development
which you speak OF In your letters.
From the way in which you speak
you are fixing up the new home It
surely will be coy. and hope every
day which you spend there will be
happy one. You surely hit a lucky
streak in being able to take your time
about moving. But in the army you
get orders to move one minute, ana
the next minute you are packed up
and moving. It is surely done with a
snap'' and lots OF pep" as you
Know everything is done '-snappy" in
Il am In the Y. NJ. G. A. trying to
write this letter. Preferred it to my
barracks. The piano Is going. VIC
trola running, about twenty singing.
I'VE or six dancing. about so to IS
writing and the rest arguing war and
the girls they left back at home. In
front Of me Is a big cardboard picture
Of 4 soldier writing and under it is
written In big letters. '-He is writing
Home-are you?" and Of course I can
say am.
There sure has been some heated
arguments in camp about this peace
talk. Some are getting ready to tear
the barracks down; say the war ts
over. and others say they are prepar-
Ing TO stay year or two longer. But
Ifael It Is near an end from mill
tary standpoint II not by peace nego-
tiations.
They are building all the brick bar
racks into base hospitals and men in
Ef9101QK are Qud1SSIe0 Al WO0NS0
barracks now. They have all the nee
essary !. accommodations and things
me as neat and clean as they were in
the bricks, except they may not be as
classy.
n was over to Chicago on my 36
hour pass last Saturday and Sunday
ma time I surely had. Ny friend
and I met Jackie" William Phil
Hpf by name. from the Great Lakes.
He telephoned to. his aunt that he was
coming out tossupper with two SOL
der friends. She had a swell sup
per for us and In the meantime had
arranged for little party for US.
Three girls came over and one
brought her violin, and the one I
Claimed a ukelele and they could all
pIay the piano. I learned to round
lance real well this special night, and
time We had dancing and singing.
Zee cream. cigars and the sweetest
little girl apiece. This lady gave us
her big Paige car tostake the girls
home. william drove It. and so I
1--we got a standing Invitation at Wa
bash avenue any time I am In Chi
caro- But the hardest thing Is to get
the rest Of the boys to believe this.
none OF them hit . lucky streak
IKE rsBtrd and Z did 1tswas seven
1lteS until hen wei got TO our
iS = tie & 1t Chicago
k8ifSkes and I'VE m ~ Il surely
1,ee e11c6 EQod