The Delta independent., 1918-03-29
A LETTER FROM
CHARLES C. LINN


mesa. The young man is now in
training at Camp Hancock, Augusta,
Georgia. in the signal corps of the av-
delighted to hear from our own lads
and we cheerfully reproduce his letter.
Camp Hancock. Georgia.
March 90, 1918
The Delta Independent,
Delta, Colorado.
My Dear Sirs:
| beg of you for the privilege to
write few lines in thanking the peo-
pie of Delta for their great kindness
when sending us boys away. 1t seems
that l am slow in doing this. but bet
ter late than never.
Never shall the thought vanish from
me of the thoughtfulness and patriot
ism you people showed. and here's
one that's going to try and level Tire
balance. I'm going to uphold the part
have to play for you people.
first want to thank the women for
the part they did. wish could show
my appreciation more than just
thanking. Indeed. women. you GER
mans heart all right. viz: By way of
the stomach. The flag, to. we still
have to remember you by It was
still at Camp Kearny when I left. an
being cared for by one of the boys
who is proud of it.
Now to the men of Delta You
! are all right. You certainly know the
art of making programs and carry
! ing them out just right You sent us
away o. X. Men express their CRATE
| fulness with cash. just like father
sends his osn away with a slap on the
shoulder. | must say that the s5 gold
piece did not wear hole in my pock-
ct as conditions in army life are diff
ferent than in civilian life l sent
most of it back in the mail bags, two
cents at lick. and sending news
with it,
When we left Delta | was entering
an entirely new kind of experience. l
was anxious to get into the service
and I am still anxious to carry it
through. am more than glad that
am in the game with the rest, and
wouldn't be out for anything. not as
| long as our country is in war. As
we passed through the different
counties and were receiving their cho-
sen men. we could notice the patriot
ism the towns showed. Gunnison was
right there with the spirit. all right.
but so was dear old Delta. At Den
yer the Red Cross ladies' succeeded
in filling our interiors mot with
beans). and had flowers and tobacco
on every hand.
My stay at Camp Funtson was just
three weeks. but | enjoyed the life
of rookie" The first thing was to
march us down a long runway and
check us. Then came the cold show
er bath. and then we were each given
a pair of brown coveralls. hat, {
shirt and a pair of big hob-nailed
shoes just three-quarters of an inch
too long taccording to regulations.)
about twenty from the two hundred
the barracks and we stayed together
pretty well until they divided us up
into squads according to our height
Well. | have found out that in the
army of today one is constantly part
ing with friends and new ones are
found. II seems that | was the only
one sent to the motor mechanics from
our bunch We are handled by our
names alphabetically. by our height
and our education and trade.
The last week in October our com
pany was bu'sted up, leaving only
obtu twenty from the two hundred
Some of the Delta county boys stay
ed and the rest We're transferred To
Camp Kearny, California. Some oil
| those that stayed were put into the
field artillery. At Camp kearney we
were again checked according to our
means and the boys were placed in
different companies of two regiments
Arizona and Colorado infantry
Verde Mcmillan, d. Ray Miller Dan
]. Mccarthy Dutch Paulicheck and
myself happened to be placed in Co
VI. of the l5Sth Inf. First Ariz) anS
the rest of the boys were sent on
down the line and placed in other
companies
| will not try to describe Camp
Kearny, but l will say that it is
wonderful camp and in typical
| place. Everything was fine. We
were fed great. we lived in good tents
and had well trained officers to make
MS soldiers, These men were down on
the border and nearly the whole com
pany of men were made either cor
| porals or sergeants when we arrived
and filled up their companies Well,
we tried to snap into 1t and learn the
best we could. At first it was lit.
tie hard for some OF the boys to rec
ognize their superior men and take
their commands. but we buckled down
and soldiered After few weeks
difference could be seen and the old
trained men said we were coming