Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1918-05-17
ARE THE BOYS
DOWN-HEARTED?
Arthur D. Mcintyre, Jr., Says
They Go to Work Whistling
and Return the Same Way
Kelley Field Great Place to Gain
Weight on a Rainy Day.-Says
Boys Are Well Cared For.-Urges
Each to Do His Bit.
Kelley Field Ne. ]
So. San Antonio. Texas


Dear EDITOR
1t IS really hard to express my Joy
on returning to my tent one evening,
after a hard days work with pick
and shovel, and finding Putnam Pa
triot laying on my bed Well, it al
most made me feel like home, and for
the next half hour l was good for
nothing else, but lay on my cot.
smoke and read the latest news from
home
] suppose that if one from tnam
were to come down here and walk
around, they would first of all notice
the airplanes flying. all over the SKI.
high and low, some turning upside
down, others spiralling to the ground,
making landings like graceful birds
Also on a clear day, ore might dis
Germ three balloons doing observation
work at Fort Sam Houston.
Next, think they would gaze at
the ground. If it was busy day
well, the dust would be blowing They
would glance down at the sunbaked
ground, just cracked from the intense
heat If it happened to be rainy
day, well, they would see new Kind
of mud. Mud that sticks! The best
glue you ever saw Walk step and
your foot is covered-two steps and
you have an extra pound-and you
keep increasing until you get disgust
ed and kick it off
The sun is hot, makes one enjoy
bottle of pop and an ice cream cone
at the canteen. But we work on fa-
tipue just the same. Despite all this
are the boys down-hearted7 | should
say not-they go to work whistling
and return the same way.
| overheard our line commander
talking to bishop of the southwesJ-
ern part of this state, and this is what
he said of our bunch: Il believe we
have the finest bunch of men in this
line that | ever saw in my lifen-;nd
believe me, Mr. Editor, they are
and the finest pals one would ask for.
Now word to the folks at nome |
believe the Liberty Loan Drive is
over, but there are a thousand WAYS
that you can help. If you know a
soldier in camp, write him. Send HIM
smokes, any token of home to him is
appreciated by him more than one
can imagine. But | was speaking OF
Liberty Loans Kelly Field over-sab-
seribed her quota by almost 100000.
as they had 1894, coo Think Of that
boys who are getting thirty dollars a
month, paying for insurance, making
an allotment to the folks at home, and
then showing this fine, real, live
American spirit. DO your bit now
! The boys are doing double theirs, ana
believe me, they do it most ungrudg-
ingly.
Another thing-do not waste yoar
food. Perhaps you will say we can't
get it. Let me tell you what they do
here. We get one piece of white bread
with our meals, if we want one more
we go back and get it, even two OF
three more, but only one at a time
Here is the factor-none is wasted
There is a guard standing at the re
fuse can and woe to the man who is
caught throwing away white bread
When each Of US do our bit, hen
the war is over. One lone ant can't
move very big object-but when
bunch Of them get together some
thing stirs.
The news Of Dana Johnson's death
came as a great shock to me. Dana