The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-05-02
WALLACE BOYS LETTER
is IN ENGINEER CORPS
JUMP IRONS NORTH CAROLINA
TO NEW YORK AND LIKES :.
THE CHANGE.

Friends of Harold Scheave, son of
city, will enjoy reading the letter from
him to his family, which follows. Har-
old is volunteer soldier, having en-
listed in the engineer corps last July
He is 20 years old, stands feet 8
inches in his socks and when he en-
listed weighed 1856 pounds. AS an ev-
idence Of what army life is doing for
him, it may be stated that he now
weighs 21O. He entered Berkeley sew
eral years ago to take a course in min
ing engineering, but left school before
completing the course. Every line of
the young mans letter shows that he
is thrilled with enthusiasm and ready
for any service he may be called upon
to perform, and at the same time he is
not overlooking the opportunity to see
his own country and to form very
definite impressions of the heterogene-
Gus character of the American people
in the different sections of our glori-
Gus country. He is member of Com
pany D. 4th Engineer regiment.
Mr.. Scheave's Letter.
Camp Merritt, N. j., April "a, 1918.
Dear Folks-It seems a year since
! have heard from you. We made
such jump and covered so much ter
ritory that l can hardly realize it, We
came from the worst part of the coun-
60 hn bac
SO of course does not compare with it,
but as far as the south is concerned
never again. You could just see the
people wake up as one came north and
by the time we hit Washington, D. c..
there was all the difference in the |
world between the people. Believe me,
we travelled some, coming through |
Washington, Newark, Wilmington
Philadelphia and Jersey City and right |
to New York, all in the short space of
thirty-six hours. These famous places
have wanted to see all my life and |
now l have seen them; and l am still ,
in the dream, | guess it all went so ,
quick. We had a clear track on the !
sure sport to travel on train going
about fifty miles an hour. Never even
stopped for water. They have water
troughs built right along between the
rails and the engine picks up the wa +
ter with a scoop going full speed BY
goly, I~see lots of new things. Our
trip was regular triumphal process
sion. Every whistle, every bell, every
horn and damn near every person for
miles on either side of the track cheer
city the noise was enough to make
one deaf. The people here just simply
go crazy over the soldiers and can't
do enough for him. In Charlotte it
was, they couldn't do him enough"
"At every station there were Red
Cross workers, and others with APP
pies and pies and smoking and we
were all well supplied along the way.
Everybody, factory workers and all,
turned out and gave us hand as we
went by and it was really inspiring.
When we got to Jersey City, which is
the same as New York, the boats in
the harbor and the engines and factor
les all blew their whistles and a fell !
low had to hold his ears to keep from
going deaf.
Il am well satisfied with our camp /
here. 1t is regular summer resort,
situated in the pine trees and about /
nine miles from New York, up the
Hudson river.
"The barracks are two STORY frame |
buildings with spring cots, so we can't
kick on that. We are having fine wea-
Their here too; sunshine and every
thing, although we notice the cool in
the air coming up from the SOUTH"
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