The Press., 1918-04-04
WELLINGTON. South wiIlinpton.


 few days in Bridgeport the past week.
 Holman Hall of the Choate school of Wallingfortl is home for the Easter vacation.
 Louis Service of the New Bedford textile school is spending his Easter vacation with his parents.
 Mrs Julia Burnham of East Hamp- ton spent Easter with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Denman. | On the recent drive here for books for the soldiers and sailors this town sent in ITS books and magazines.
 Henry Safranek left for New York last week where he will visit his lhrother. Charlie, who ia in the army and expects to start for France lin ! short tisne,
 Miss 0ndersaa, who has reoited patriotic selections in connection with the moving pictures at the Get. Together club this winter, spoke at the Red Cross meeting in Holland last week Thursday. She reoited a selection entitled Ships, Ships and More Ships. l"
 Miss Rosie Radla, who has been home for few days, has returned to the Norwich sanitarium where she had been for the past year. Sue will remain at the sanitarium until warmer weather after which it is expected she will come home for good Hiss Radla has improved wonderfully. ...
 The following letter was received by Master Willie Charvat from his uncle, who is with Go. H.. 58th Pione CT Regt., Camp Wadswolth, SpaItanburg, South Carolina. dated March p, l10t8.
 Dear Willie:
 Received your letter and was very glad to hear from you. Ithink owe you a long letter because you are al. ways so good to let me know all the news. You want to know something about the army life so I'll lot you know what we're doing since we left Camp Greene I used to kick like the dickens when I had to drill 60 much in Camp Greene, but found out it was easy to do what have had to do when we hit this place It made me wish I was hack in Camp Greene drilling. We landed in Spartanburg at 10 o'clock at night. Tine first thing done when we got off the train was to pick out a detail from each company to unload the stuff that was needed most. I was one of the lucky ones to escape it. After the detaile were picked out the rest of us were lined up and we started for the camp. We f0lloMsd railroad track for two mics, but 1t seemed like ten miles tc me; then we marched along a good road for another two miles. We then switched off to 8 narrow road and ploughed through mud up to our knees for three miles and halted near g forest. I thought they were giving us rest, and you can imagine my surprise when the command was given, unsling packs. For we had reached our destination and right there in the sWampy forest we had to put up; then some lanterns were lit and saw mess hall and a pile of tents. After I the officers found out where we be. longed we started to put up tents, officers first and then ours. After enough tents were put up it was Hl. most half past two in the morning. Everybody picked up his pack and that tine I was hungry, I had not eaten any snpper and was SO tired and sleepy that didn't stop to open my pack, just laid down and slept. Al 6 o'clock in the morning they woke us up At seven we had breakfast. We had beans, coffee and bread. Al seven thirty the company fell in lin' and we marched to the storehouse tC bring our hunks; not the kind we hat in Camp Greene, but real baEraok iroI beds with springs. That was the only thing liked about the camp so far After the hunks were brought and thu company streets lined up in straigh line we sailed into the forest witE a will and you ought to see the trsel come down and the stulnps pulled. kept us busy for three weeks. Gu daily schedule was: First call in tn morning, except Sunday at 5.45 Erevellie, 6; mess, 6 30; sick call E7; call for drill. 7.15; (but instead of drill in those three weeks) they armed us with saws, axes, piokaxe and shovels and we were cutting dowl trees, pulling stumps, digging hill and filling up holes) l 30 is recal l when we stop working and wash ul for } o'clock mess; call for drills recall, 4. 30; retreat, $50: mess, 6 tattoo, 9; call to quarters, 10. A taps, II, and then we lay down ant think of home, sweet home. Now W, are all settled down again and believ me there is some change in th is plac, to what it was when we landed here The schedule is the same now, exoep pulling stumps. We are drilling l again. The weather is as hot as 1T July. I take cold shower batl every night before go to bed exoep when am on guard. We'll, thint I have written you about everything that is going on around here and hope you will answer soon and follow my example.
 | With best regards to all, from you uncle, John Smith, O.. H., 5stl Pioneer Regt Camp Wordsworth spartanburg, South Carolina.