Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-10-24
PRIVATE WARD WITT
WRITES OF CAMP LIFE
Camp Fremont. Oct. IT, 1918

Sdulp Fremont, Oct. IL, 1910.
Editor OF Lincoln County Times:
Dear Sir: AS ! have hopes of be-
ing In France In the near future /
would like for few OF my friends TO |
know l am In the army and should |
not be classed as a Stacker. When |
we leave here we will leave a very
beautiful camp, and one in which
the health of the soldirs is very
well protected. We are only thirty
miles south of San Francisco and
surrounded by the ocean on one side
and Frisco bay on the other. A
person would not realize that this
is winter anywhere. by the vegeta-
tion which is growing here now.
Trees and grass are budding out
fresh and green.
On account OF an attack Of infu-
enza and a short time spent in the
hospital / have leave from all work
and drill as long as the present COM
pany is here. AS ! sit on my bunk
writing the boys are coming In from
drill. When in formation the drill
Is tiresome. We have a pack OF
sixty-fve pounds, also a stretcher
Our pack includes everything which
a soldier ever has any use for. The
sun is shining nice and warm here
almost every day. The camp is sur
rounded by hills of low elevation,
which. when we climb to the top, we
can see the ocean fourteen miles dis
tant. The great Stanford university
Is located close by. II is great mass
OF buildings and flower beds arrang.
ed by some foreign artist.
California Is a very nice state, but
never have run across an Idaho boy
who says Il is a serious rival for the
Gem state as an all around home
People who live here do not live here
all OF the time. They go somewhere
else to make the money and come
here to spend II. For tourist thi
country would be great, but for
soldier is just pure bunk. Thi
would be a fair place were 1t not tha
there are too many Native Sons
The majority OF them seem to hav
foreign blood in their veins.
We live in tent barracks here
six OF us in each tent Our compan
is now at full war strength an
ready for the word go" The boy
all seem about as usual-not ovei
confident or excited. AS would b
natural, I think that our compan
is the best one In camp. We belon
to the Medical Department and on
ultimate duty will be first aid to tn
injured and ambulance driving mo-
of the time. We form the Medie'
Department for the famous Pathhn'
er Division. Our boys are destine
to show the way to Berlin ana
the amount OF training and pei
which the bunch possesses, we su
will 20 over the top to victory. In
division numbers somewhere aroul
$4,000, more or less. The aeroplan
can be seen almost every day. sailil
around over the comp. practicing 81
nails and turning somersaults III
camp includes regiments OF machi
guns. infantry. medical. O. M. G. al
ammunition trains. One thing abo
the army life, as I see 1t Is: we ha
to keep our clothes clean, our bo
clean. military manners in use at
times and good disposition. Pro
ably this will do the majority OF
fellows a great deal'of good on
turn to civil life. Every day In !
week is wash day. Every soldier
his own laundry and he employs I
hands to work In his own laund
His two hands work free OF char
and he doesn't need to keep po'
keeper to keep track OF the amo'
they do.