New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-03-13
BROTHERS LETTERS
. FROM TWO CAMPS
ONE: IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND
THE OTHER AT CAMP
DODGE
BOYS ALL CHEERFUL AND ARE
ENJOYING THEIR NEW
EXPERIENCES

A letter from Columbia, S. c. where
Lawrence Neumann is a member Of the
Ordnance Supply School, University OF
Chicago detachment of Camp Jackson,
brings a Whit of the southland home to
his sister Phyllis, with smell OF peach
blossoms that he tells of picking during
the day. Lawrence says among other
things cit gets real hot during the after
noon but in the morning we are only
too glad to get into our sweaters. But
then the windows of the barracks are
never closed and it is real summer
weather, only nicer because it does not
rain, and is not excessively hot.
"TEere are 1O4 men from Chicago here,
some from the Augusta Arsenal and some
of Dartmouth College for the school work
and we are also expecting men from Mich
iaan and Cornell.
To-day l walked around camp for
little while and never thot it was SO large.
1t contains 81 square miles and is being.
built to hold 10000 men. There are
about 10000 here now Of whom 5000
are Ordnance men.
Trench Training.
I'VE went down to the trenches, into
the dugouts and thru the com1nunica-
ton trenches, the lookouts, etc. 1t is
very interesting as they are built to re-
semble those on the front. We went
thru some long passages, tunnels which
were absolutely dark. The men were in
them for three days and nights and finish
ed up with grand sham battle at mid
night. You should have heard the
racket.
20 yes, we also climbed up the look
outs in tie top Of big pine tree, 80 feet
high | have taken quite a few pictures
but have not had them developed.
Southern Hospitality.
"The other day we were all shot in the
arm against typhoid and it was funny to
see how many fellows fell over again.
Must have been about twelve. My arm
was pretty badly swollen and quite stiff,
more so than at Sparta. The fellows
called it 'Southern hospitality
yesterday we were marched out two
and a half miles to the base hospital and
back. Here we had cultures taken of
our threats for meningitis. If they
find we have any We'll be quarantined
until we get rid Of them.
I'VE have not received any uniforms
yet but expect them tomorrow. Then
III send my old clothes home. Civilian
clothes are known as ''beer clothes"
You know there is law prohibiting the
sale of liquor to man in uniform.
1--WE have dandy theatre here with
real shows. Then both the Y. M. c.. A.
and the K. of C. show moving pictures
every once in while. We have big
library, a postoffice Of our own, lots of
canteens and the Y. M. C. A. maintains
a Hostess House" where you can go to
meet your best girl, eat ice cream and sit
on the porch in rockers.
by the way, l met New Ulm boy
down here to-day. Also in the Ordnance
department with the Company right
across the street from ours. A Kiesling
boy. They moved to Minneapolis some
years ago. I didn't remember him but
he knew me right off.
Training The Darkies.
"Say, Phyllis, it's lots of fun to watch
the drafted negroes playing leapfrog.
Some of them haven't uniforms as yet
and they wear everything that was ever
made You can hear them for miles.
They sure have a big time. That's
part of their physical exercise every
morning and afternoon.
"What do we eat? Well, this morning
we had corn flakes, coffee with sugar in
it, bread and liver and potatoes. We
get meat three times day. This after
noon, Sunday, we had beef, corn, pota-
toes, bread and bread pudding with
rasins and coffee. We have not even
seen anything like butter or milk, and the
sugar is always in the coffee, so we don't
see that either. -.. :-~.
> ''As for work, we have done but little
so far and expect to get started Monday.
Our day starts at 6:15 A. M. and all lights
are out about 1900. We are about six
miles from town. -
Lawrence closes with the admonition
to write me all the news and send me
the last two Reviews" and asks for his
brother Vic. re-
In the same mail with the letter from