The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-11-14

LETTER FROM HARRY sHAHAN
League Island Navy Yard
| Oct. 27, 1918.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Dear Aunt Gertie:
] will try and answer your most
welcome letter for this is Sunday morn
ing and ] am not going on liberty
until this afternoon. Nothing to do
but to sleep and | am not very sleepy,
so ! will write. This finds me all o.
X, as usual and hope that by time this
letter reaches you, that Fred will be
feeling better. Tell him to lay low
and not go back to work for a while
after he gets we'll for they say that
a person carries the germs for ten days
after he gets well and most all of the
people goes back TO work right after
they get well and then they take the
pneumonia fever and when you take
that after having the Flu-well il is
nearly sure death for they hardly ever
get well; some do, but not many. One
more of our crew took it the other
day. 1t is getting stopped here now
and they are going to open up every
thing Wednesday of this week and
| sure will be glad. They opened up
! the things in Camden, N. j., yesterday,
so me and my girl went to show
over there last night. Camden is
where she lives, but they had to close
the saloons again for all Of the people
from Philadelphia commenced going
over there for booze and the traffic
got so great that they could not handle
the people, so they had to close the
saloons, but will open up again We'd
nesday with Philadelphia. Well Kid 1
was on the rifle range yesterday and
there was only one guy in my crew
that beat me. got 92 out of 100,
and he got 90. Believe me am get
ting so ! can shoot with the army
rifles, think that could pick out
any German out of a trench. They
have got sailors over on the front line
trenches handling the large guns, may
be will get to have a chance at them
some day. | would like to get right
over there right on the front and see
what could do, think | could make
good alright. have not gone across
yet, but we are liable TO go most any
time now. will write and let you
know when ! start.
The weather is nice here today. not
too cold nor to hot-just right. Yes, !
got the cigarettes all o. X, and sure
was tickled to get them, but you spoke
about me getting the package that
Fred sent, no did not get il. What
did he send? will go up and see
why did not get the other package.
Well Kid am coming along fine,
so far. | will be in year next month
and have not got scratch on my
record yet. never have been on re-
, port or anything, and hope can keep
, a record the next three years as good
; as have this one and the years go by
as fast as this one. Well Kid ! am
/ getting to be man now, this coming
Saturday, November 2, ! will be nine
teen years old. Say am getting to
be an old man, what do you know
about that? Ha! Ha And / weigh
ed last night and ] weigh l5l pounds,
but think ! have room to put on
some more flesh if I ever get to anoth-
er place where you can get any thing
good to eat. We get plenty to eat, but
not the kind ! like. You have to eat
some things that you don't like, or
starve, so ! generally eat it for don't
want to starve yet, but they are get
ting to feeding better here lately than
| kn, Il oknz
Tell the people there that am not
dead yet, and | will come home some
day and show them. sure got a
swell letter from Mrs. DeOliviera the
other day, it sure was great, it is the
first one she ever wrote me, | don't
know what made her write, but | sure
was glad to get it. Tell Herbert
hello for me and that ] can find any
thing that think he vii! like in France
! will send it too.
When get back from across guess
| will be gone about three months on
my first trip and | don't guess you
will hear from very often, for II takes
merchant ship about three months
to make the round trip. Oh boy! |
bet | will be some seasick sailor the
first two or three days for the seas
are awful rough this time of the year
and they expect great drive from the
German submarines this December and
January, and | will have to keep my
eyes open or they will get me.
Will close. Write soon.
HARRY.
p. Skid | am sending some let
ters. You can read them if you want
| IN. and nut them In my trunk Let