Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-05-23


proper, so barracks are to be built
on the Cambridge Commons, whore
military organizations have been
quarteyed during three wars. The
Washington Elm now a little the
worst for wear" is in the middle OF
the street bordering this common
Across the street is a slab marking
the site OF the church where Wash
ington worshipped and two squares
distant are the Lowell and Longfel-
low homes AS you stroll through
the Harvard yard" observing Its
historical markers. your flow OF his
torical reeollections is given a Sc
we're Jolt when you observe, that the
washington slab" above mentioned,
Is at a subway exit and with thud
YOU come to earth again, with It's
jostling crowds and war excitement.
IA N ~
J. NJ. Carver received a message
from his son, Leroy, tina he had ar
rived safely in France He was the
18th one OF 200 receiving commits
sions from the third officers training
camp at Lem Springs, Texas, drawn
for overseas duty. He is in the 21st
artillery.
DR.. o. f. Stark, a Solomon man,
writes from Camp Merritt, N. Y,
May 81 just finished my washing,
consisting of two piece suit OF I'M
derwear, five handkerchiefs, three
towels and two pairs of socks.
rather like washing clothes OF
course there's a reason. We went to
town OF Englewood on the road to
New York and we surely met lots of
cars full of people going both ways,
people coming from New York City
to visit the camp. The camp looked
just like a city, the streets and side
walks Just crowded with pretty girls
galore and we had to stay in form
alton. The large lawn around the
hostess house, as we passed was full
of ladies and their soldier friends.
I'm getting so big my buds don't
hardly fit any more.
We are going to the Hudson river |
tomorrow or next day If all is well, |
that's about miles from here.
certainly wish you folks could visit |
this place for a few days. We have
not had but a couple Of cool nights
and they didn't get down as low as
30 degrees.
We will probably be out of quar-
antine next Saturday. Here we can't
get outside of the block except in
with a corporal in COM
nand of the bunch.
Everything here is greening up
very rapidly and / imagine IL the
weather. stays good IL will probably
,e the same back there. The wind
Doesn't blow nearly so much here as
t does out in sunny Kansas but
Kansas is great old state anyhow.
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,eant A. II. Forney wrote to the Re-
lector. Somewhere on the Atlantic,
Nay Who would have thought a
,ear ago | would be on mid-ocean of
he Atlantic trying to write letter
o ones at home. We did not have
much of stay at Camp Merritt, as
rom Camp Doniphan and left dur
ng the night the following Tuesday, (
week ago tonight. We are days
nut at sea at the present time and
he first two days have been excel
ent weather, but since has been t
tormy and rain. SO far have been {
bile to hold my own and have felt y
Inc,
We were fortunate in getting one
f the best and fastest boats in the a
service. About four days G
more and we will be in France. We '
lear lots of reports on the war but ]
.uess it's all bunk" We have the \
epoTt today via wireless, that Aus t
ria has broken with Germany; so \
it is O. X. we're not so far from I
he worlds news at that. Our col {
mel is the commanding officer of I
he troops, about $500 in all, and of G
curse we engineers reign the boat, t
IS we have all branches of service Y
board We police all stairways and I
lecks. We have abandonship drill i
vice daily. Yesterday we made
ecord in minutes.
We enter the submarine zone to- a