The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-04-12
Word From Ingvald Aas

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Puget Sound, Wn.
Kendrick Gazette:
wish to thank you for your
paper. l enjoy it very much.
When came here they put me in
Detention Camp, where they made
me shed my clothes, land all the
Potlatch soil on me) and gave me
eighty-nine dollars worth of clothes
instead Of my old rags. 1t seemed
to me like l looked something like
couple of bean poles with two
hoop skirts on. But now feel as
SALTY" as any sailor that ever
lived.
stayed in Detention Camp three
weeks where they vaccinated US and
gave us shot in the arm every
week with drilling as a side dish.
l liked the drilling fine. 1t was the
same as the army drill, but not so
much of it. We were not allowed
to leave the ground except on special
permits and no one was allowed on
the ground to visit the boys.
The detention is tent camp,
two men occupying each tent and
the tents furnished with cots,
stoves and electric lights. At the
seamen's barracks the quarters are
better, having spring beds and
steam heat. Almost every other
building in the camp is a bath
5 house and don't you forgot. they
e are used.
One day we were lined up for in
. spection and one sailor showed that
he was afraid Of water. 1t showed
on both clothes and skin. A guard
was placed over him and he was
! marched to the bath house and when
e they let him go he was clean thru
4 out. They always let them off easy
t the first time.
e The eats here are very good.
d Last Sunday had chicken dinner
It as good as any ever ate. And
$ beans-well l thought they raised
q lots of them around Kendrick but
e believe we have more here for
). breakfast every morning than are
o. in all the warehouses in Kendrick.
h But as long as we have plenty of
beans we are all right. So. if every
;. one will raise lots of beans and
wheat | know Uncle Sam will win
- this war.
,e Almost everybody in the Potlatch
is works faithfully for the Red Cross
and Armv Y. M. C. A. and am
, sure that there isn't one in hund-
70 red who knows how much good they
os are doing. l never realized what a
~ great thing they are for the bows
- until | came. They are the life OF
the army and navy. spend most
of my time at the Y where they
have piano, victrola, library ane
tables for writing and places tt
play checkers and dominoes-nt
ad card playing allowed in the Y.
ed The armory is fine place too
re where we play basket ball etc. ant
nv have motion pictures three times ;
he week. 1t Is all free.
ct Have been guarding at the ship
RI yards the last week. 1t would d.
.ly your soul good to see the prepara
he tions that Uncle Sam is making t
mt meet old Kaiser Bill, but am no
ue allowed to tell anything about it.
ce. An English cruiser landed her
od last week for little repair. Sh
of had a crew of 400 men. Thos
bloody, bloomin Hinglishmen seen
ale odd, but otherwise they are fin
of bunch of fellows. They have bee
to ashore twice in two years and the
.ed sure were happy bunch when the
Sc landed.
1t is about chow time. TIE
~ everybody hello. and that Ingval
,ho thinks there is no place like the [
,rL S. Navy. Ingvald Aas, Naval Trai,
vi, ing Station, Puget Sound, Wash
-, Seamen's Barracks.