The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-06-20

just like the scenic railways, they
have at the amusement parks in the
them we couldn't stand up or lay
down as they We're so small and
crowded. Gee, but we were stiff and
sore from loss of sleep and exercise.
My dear mother, write often as
you can, because III, eannGf net, write VIII hi as
bye for now, with lots of love and
kisses. Give my love to all.
Dave McHarness.
Camp Merrett, New Jersey,
To Old Decatur County.
Dear Friends: TIL; Thought l ~ would naSi
know that l AN, am still a am9ngg the III liy-'
will find you all the same. 1t is
raining here now, so l havn't got
much to do, just waiting for the
word to go over" Well, | will
n ten you my trip since ..l lie. LETT Camp
Went from there to Camp Logan,
Texas, down through Missouri, Kan
sas, and Oklahoma, stayed at Camp
Logan two months, left there June
9Th, went up through Arkansas,
Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, De
troit, Michigan. There we took the
UOdL dCIOSS III " w lhuooi,
Run the train on the boat. Took it
across. Sure some crowd there to
greet us. We rode all night and
landed in Buffalo, N: Y, at $500
that morning, stayed there awhile.
We went It., from there into nto+t penn stSta
lot 60 down through Pennsylvania.
Good place to spend your honey
moon. Nv,
Well, I will cut this short: When
get INK NIX a maybe Gan ac fel YOU
was thrown into the hospital or ;!
would have been across. We are all
getting fitted out in new clothes,
SO you know what that means. am
in the 1872 Inf, Co. l, but my adj
casual SO Camp n Merrett, N. Y, and
anybody wanting to- write to me send
1t there. From a Woodland boy
going to get the Kaiser. l am just
IA miles from New York: Some
city, Yours respectfully,
Irl Beavers.
June 10. 1918.
Dear Folks: Well, have finally
pretty pleasant trip considering the
hot weather and the great distance
/ had to travel.
l left Jefferson Barracks, Wednes--
day afternoon about > O'Clock and
reached Yuma about o'clock Satur-
with Pullmans, etc, so we were
pretty we'll cared for you see. We
took the Missouri Pacific from the
Barracks to Ell Paso, Texas, from
Eel Paso to Yuma we Travelled over
the Southern Pacific. This is GER
fainly hot country and the temper
ature has been lowering around the
ITO degree mark for some time. A
few days ago 121 degrees was re-
corded. This is undoubtedly the
hottest and driest place | have ever
seen. The nights are reasonably
helps some. It very seldom rains in
this desert and all the water the
people use is taken from the Colo
RADIO river. This river flows north
and south and forms the western
border of the town. All OF f; us are are
sleeping out under the skies at
present. We are all under, quaran-
for about fourteen days. After the
quarantine is raised we will be
housed in regular quarters. am
in the regular army and not IN the
ed men are. They certainly feed us
thing. This is regular army
camp you know, and this accounts
for the good grub. don Know
how long we will stay here but l
think we will be stationed here. for
a long time. This town is about
eight or ten miles from the Mexican
border and it is necessary for a
guard to be stationed here at all
times We have a few drills every
days but the officers are very easy
with us, as we are not used to, this
hot climate. The Chicago conting-
emit is certainly a refined lot OF fel-
lows and | really am lucky in be
ing with than. We took swim in
the irrigation canal today; anything
helps to relieve the monotony. am
NV ANYTHING to keep cool. DID
my suit case and bundle arrive o. k?
This will be all for this time:
Love to ALL Your loving son and
18th INF, Co. K, U. S. a.
Camp Mills, Long Island, N. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. NJ. Freeman,
Dear Father and Mother: As !
have landed at my new home will
write We entrained at Camp Trav-
Is, Wednesday, June 4th, 1890 a.
M. and arrived in New York Sun
day, Gas p. M They unloaded us
and marched to docks. Here the
Red Cross ladies gave us sandwiches,
cookies and coffee. Then we got on
ferry boats, went across, took 40
minutes, then landed us. Took the
train again, did not get to camp un-
till Has. Don't know how far it
Il, but feel as if could rest awhile.
We travelled in Pullman cars on this