The Delta independent., 1918-01-25

and one-half hours late. This gave
us an opportunity to take in the
sights. There is beautiful noun.
tain stream running through the town
and l stood on the bridge and watch
ed boys catch mountain trout. One
of the greatest sights l ever saw was
the Indian monte game on the main
street An old Indian squaw was
dealing the cards and they were
playing on a blanket in the middle of
the street We retired at 10:30; the
train left at 1 a. m.
Friday, May 20.-We arose about
$50. We were crossing the famous
snow sheds of the Sierra Nevada
mountains, fifty miles in length. We
passed through Towels, Calf, at
$685. This is lumber town and we
scenery is elegant crossing the Sier-
ro Nevada mountains and the canons
are exceptionally deep. Our next
stop was at Colfax, Calf. Here
big crowd came down to meet us. The
town was decorated, cannons were
booming and the ladies had flowers
for the whole crowd. 1913 miles from
Frisco We arrived at Auburn, Calf,
and there was a large crowd down to
meet us with big baskets of oranges
and lemons. We changed engines and
went right on; the engines out here
are monsters. 1872 miles from 'Fris-
CO. We stopped at Roseville for or
ders and pulled right out. We arriv-
ed in Sacramento at noon and there
were thirty thousand people down to
meet us; the reception we had here
was out of sight. We arrived at noon
the bands played 'Lo, the Conquer
ing Heroes Come" and gave us fruit,
coffee and tobacco. They have fine
depot and the train pulls right into it.
We laid over thirty minutes and ]
was put on guard duty for the first
time-to guard the boys and keep
them on the train. We crossed the
bay four miles to Port Costa. We
arrived in Oakland at about 2 p. m,
and were again transferred from the
train to the ferry. Here Ward Kim
ball and l and eight others were de-
tailed to look after the baggage. We
crossed the bay and arrived in San
Francisco at 3:20 p. m, and the re-
ception we received was grand. The
ladies of the Red Cross society had
us march into the depot in room
about 100 feet square. Tables lined
the room and were laden with all
kinds of edibles and fruit. We were
then marched up Market street and
to the old Bay district race tracks
where we pitched our tents. 1t be-
gan to rain the next day and kept 1t
up for two days and nights. We are
camped Just one-half mile from the
ocean and one block from the fam
Gus Golden Gate park. Everything is
free to the boys here and they can
ride as much on the street cars with
out paying as they like. have been
the coast defense guns. The people
here are very good to us. They car
ry grub by the basket to the boys.
One widow woman brought one
hundred bushels of apples and one
hundred punches of bananas and gave
them to the boys. The officers have
given strict orders to the boys not
to receive anything from strangers,
for fear of being poisoned. Three of
the Colorado boys died last night
from poison and yesterday there were
thirty Nebraska boys on the sick
list. 1t is reported that six Mime
sofa boys had died and twenty-five
more were poisoned.
Well / will close as ! have already
tried your patience, I fear, by TAX
ing up so much of your space, but
hope to be able to write more later.
With kindest regards to my friends
in Louisville, ! am
Yours truly,
Carl r. Brown,
C. F. First Regiment. Nebraska U. S.
Volunteers.