Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-02-07

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still remembers them.
Lieutenant James ID. Edgar writes
from Camp Grant, Rockford, Ills:
"on January 9Th l was assigned 10
special duty as instructor in'the Third
Officers Training Camp. This was a
complete surprise to me and made me
feel grateful for my years at old W.
NJ. \. where | had instiiled the funda-
mentals of strict discipline to a great
er extent than even | had imagined;
also for my experience over men IN
River and Harbor work in Texas,
which developed confidence. This
morning at A.. VI. with a tempera-
ture OF 5 degrees below zero ! tramp
ed with my men three miles to shovel
snow from S feet trenches. When it
came to jumping down and digging
out those trenches they were just as
ready as they have been to help the
cooks, wait on tables, go on guard
duty these cold nights, and perform
many other mental tasks. 1t was
irritating no doubt, for there are many
fine men i'll the company, but they
learn easily and take an interest in
everything. Ninety per cent of them
are s~ergeants and corporals and SER
geant-maj0rs in the draft and regular
army-the remainder all graduates of
colleges and military schools with
special qualifications. We are being
issued new rifles to-day--the 1917 En-
field Springfield model. ! have no
idea where | will be after April 5tb,
but II war is never worse than this,
well and good"
Charley Pruitt whom we last men
toned as being with the 3l4 Engineers
at Camp Funston, has been assigned
to the 443 Truck Company, Fort
Meyer, Va. He says they had a fine
trip from Camp Funston to Fort
Meyer, but found it a great deal cold
er there, with more snow. On their
trip they were given ''hard tackn for
supper, which Of course they thorough.
~ enjoyed. They are an unattached
company of 50 men of the Quarter
masters Division.
Captain George Gay, Troop c.,
Second Cavalry, Fort Meyer, Virginia,
writes: We buried our Colonel Sat
urday; he died very suddenly. was
a member of the Guard of Honor.n
We had a line or each side of the road
from the chapel to the grave. Troops
A, b, G and ID formed the escort.
The cajsson followed them and we
followed it, ID fred the volleys. 1t
was quite Impressive
lawson Henry, writes TO his par
ents from Ellington Field, Houston,
Texas; Don't let anything You read
! in fhn purtgrE EnaFn ynyt ltfu su,,a
we have had three boys killed i'll two
weeks, but VIC have to expect that
and stand for it, 1t is hard to see the
boys carried away when we are so at
taehed to each other. The last two
were killed Wednesday afternoon in
a collision in the air. They are just as
brave as ii they had died ON the front
lighting for their country
DIR, William Il Patton, formerly AS.
sistant superintendent OF State Hos
pitaI No, 4, il now a First Lieutenant,
Medical Corps, at Base Hospital,
Camp Travis, Texas. Before going
there he spent ten weeks at John
Hopkins University, Baltimore, max
ing a speciality Of diseases.
He writes that they have forty thous-
and soldiers at Camp Travis. That he
is pleased with camp life and especial
ly with the weather. That il is Just
like spring and he is glad to be away
from the cold and the snow.
Harry Kendall writes that he is now
located in France. He has fine Off
} GERS, and the food is just as good as
auy to be found in the United States.
Roland II. Hill, of the 312 Engineers,
Camp Pike, Arkansas, was operated
on for appendicitis on January %. His
parents are both with him. The re-
ports received here say he is doing as
well as could bo expected.
Stanley Backer is with Battery G.
10th Field Archery, Fort Douglas,
Arizona. He began as fifth horse
shoer, but is now second horseshoer.
He says they have had all their equip
ment in full pack for six weeks aud
/ their guns have been shipped to the
coast, 80 he feels sure they will soon
go across. He likes the army fine.
Some OF the boys write us that one
OF the most popular men in bis com
/ pany ia John o, Clover, who plays i.
the band of the l2Sth Field Artillery
John began his career in the band o
the navy, so that when war brok,
, out he was somewhat prepared.
Louis Siebert Of Pilot Knob write
home from Camp Doniphan that hi
Battery, l29 Field Artillery, was in.
spected by q Canadian officer for hi
; body guard, and this soldier "must b.
0 COED, neat and good looking" Loui
. wrote he was mounted all last weak. 3,