Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-03-07

ports oa seEea other ucn.
L has bosn clear ana verY pleas
HHi here uHta today. vhoa Il beg4H
raining. Net a Missouri shower a
rniH. hui = heavy foE vih rsindrops
ahQut the EiEe of a PIN head.
Many q us win hear Harry Lauder
In the Auditorium of san FFaneises
Sunday a. $50 pm ANY man in the
U. S. uniform gets a FREE tiekot. Some
are afraid to take the tire. bat I
think Il is better to 20 Il It = only
10 relieve the tension.
Our squadron numhsr has been
changed from IS 70 Sc. owing to the
fact a new flight was made this week
called C-X.
Il is almost time to fan in at ESQ
,. m. SO must close.
Sincerely your friend.
NED o. MILLER.
The following interesting letter Is
from Anderson Gibbs, son Of Mr. and
Mrs. c. X. Gibbs. who Is stationed At
Kelly Field, San Antonio, Tex;
Kelly Field No. /. So. Antonio Tex.
Feh<uary II, 1918.
Messrs r. NJ. and L. NJ. White,
Mexico, No.
Dear Friends
received the fine recommendation
you sent me just a few days ago, and
most certainly say that Il was a dandy
and that l highly appreciate it, /
got the Recommendation a little late
10 put in for quartermaster commits
sion but I understand that the ground
officers school will soon be open again
for applications, so will use them TO
advantage then. l thought for awhile
that ! wanted 10 90 in as flisr, but
have changed my mind. Not enough
Of them ever get out Of this field, and
/ would like to at least get started
"over sea-"
have certainly had experience in
all kinds of work here, from digging
bitches, ehopping wood, unloading
trains of wood, working in the kitchen,
being on guard and then a month in
office at Supply Headquarters. Most
every one was assigned to a squadron
inside of three or four weeks after
landing here, but l had the misfor-
tune of having my service record lost,
and as it was just located a short
time ago, / am still unassigned. At
present ! am acting as Supply Ser
geant on line 80. This is a temporary
job to help handle the new men who
are expected in right along now. At
ter the men are here few days, they
are given a trade-test, and are then
assigned to some line which repre-
sents their trade and then when
squadron is made up they pick their
men from these trade lines. This camp
is just now getting into shape. They
are completing the bath-house, mess
halls and floor for the tents, so from
now on the accommodations will be
much better. suppose the camp life
here is much the same as in all camps.
In the evening we are free to go any
here within mile of camp, but are
supposed to be back at o'clock. The
Y. NJ. c. A. furnishes the big enter
tainment for the boys. They try to
have some kind of program in all
of their buildings every night. Of
course, boxing and wrestling are en-
couraged quite a bit as the army
is asking particularly for athletic men.
We hardly ever are allowed to go
down town through the day. They
have too much for US to do here. Get
ting the all-day pass is about as much
trouble as getting a furlough. You
have to first have it signed by your
line Commander, then the section
Commander and last by the Regimen
tai Commander. The after-retreat
passes are much easier to get and
can be gotten more often. The great
fear Of all now are the Military Po-
lice-San Antonio is full of them. If
a soldier gets out of car, steps out
Of store or restaurant and has one
button unfastened, they arrest him
and lock him up. 1t takes a good
sized force to handle the soldiers from
all of the camps around here and |
think there must be about as many
officers as privates. About nine
tenths of the people you meet on the
street in San Antonio are in uniform.
Our right arm works just like machin-
cry whenever we go to town-salutine
officers. have tried to locate Sims
Potts several times, but each time ]
have called up for him he has been
down to their ranch which is about
one hundred miles from here. think
though that shall get to see him
one day this week. l don't happen tc
think of anything else interesting sc
Will quit Its been long time since
I've seen Mexico Ledger, though
mother says she has sent me some
This is one place where mail or new,
is certainly appreciated.
Again thanking you for the recon-.
mendation, l am,
Sincerely yours,
ANDERSON B. GIBBS.
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