The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-11
WOODBURY.
Ellsworth Bates Tells OF Life at Kelly
Field, San Antonio, Texas.

Field, San Antonio, Texas.
Ellsworth ). Bates, who Is AZ Kelly
Field, No |. Line us, San Antonio, Tex
wrote thus 10 his mother March 3Oi
II have been going TO write 20 You eN'
cry day since | have been here, but
have kept putting Il of until now. Ev'
erything j. going finely with me so far
and guess il will keep on going The same
way All the matter with me Is, haven
heard from home since | left, and that
seems quite a while ago. | have written
YOU quite few cards ON the way down,
! dropped about five each for You and
Mildred, but | don't know whether you
have received any OF them or not
How Is everything going on up there
] have been away from home since March
] and | don't know If any of you are
alive or not. OF course Il takes quite a
while for a letter TO reach fellow when
he first goes into the army, as they move
the fellows around so much, but ! expect
when my mail reaches me il will come
all in a heap
ut is terribly hot and dusty here. IL
rained the other night, say five nights
before am writing, and when we went
out you ought to have seen how thick
the mud was on our shoes. II would stick
until il got about two or three inches
thick, and then we would have to stop
and kick il off.
You would laugh to see the way we
eat down here The food is cooked out
in the open and they have bench where
the food Is put on after it is cooked.
Three times day each line lines up and
walks by the bench and each soldier
holds out his plate and the food is put
on and he walks along and gets out of
the way. Then they don't care whether
YOU stand and eat or sit down. Most
of us sit down.
There are roads and streets off from
them, and there are from 40 to 90 tents
ON a line and eight men in each tent.
Ont of my wages there won't be much
coming to me, as there is Sl5 month !
taken out for Mildred, $3.50 for insur
ance. took out $4,000 insurance, one
half for Mildred and the other half for
YOU But to tell the truth, | don't be- |
leye either one of you will get chance !
TO collect it, as there isn't chance of |
getting hurt.
Sometimes am sorry that took out |
an insurance, as | need some money and |
what / have left is small. But if | get |
hurt and hadn't taken one out, ! would
then be sorry, as the government pays
S52 a month if you get hurt Well, | am
soon to be moved to No. 81 Aero squad
ron, Brooksfield, San Antonio, Tex. Send
my next mail to that address,"
Mrs Gertrude Jones of Roekland, Me-,
is guest of her sister, Mrs. Bert Park
err
Mr.. and Mrs Mac brennan of St. Al
bans were guests Sunday of Mr. Dren-
mans parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r. f. Dren /
nan.
Rev. n. NJ Shaw left last Saturday for {
Greensboro, where he is to preach the {
coming year
Harold Ross of Portsmouth, n H., is |
In town for few days stay.
Harry Gallop has purchased farm in !
and has moved his family {
there.
Charles Carson returned Thursday to {
The Soldiers home in Maine.
Mr. and Mrs. Z. d. Baldwin and daugh- I
ter, Jettie, of Barre were weekend l
guests of Mr. and Mrs w. B. Thomas.
: Judge c. H. Dana has completed his |
.cuft duties at Montpelier and has re- a
turned home a
Mrs. Anna Ross. who has been quite Sc /
-ioiisly ILL., is convalescing. t
w. c.. Peck visited Mrs. S. Sabin in
South Woodbury. Tuesday. f
Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Merriam and Mrs.
]. w. Ward of Gilmore were guests on /
Thursday of Mr.. and Mrs. b. j. Morse. h
Miss Alice Hannigan returned the first
# the week from her work in Winooski. o
Mrs. Glenn Parker and son, Silas, are n
nests of relatives in Fayston.
Mr. and Mrs. John Hanngan and fam 4
" motored to Burlington Sunday. Fl
Carl Thomas motored to Waterbury 5,
unday. n