The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1918-08-22
Letters From and AbOst Soldiers

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In d letter 10 his aunt. Mrs. H. F.
Davidson. Paul Sosey. formerly student
# the university Of Oregon. Medical
department, who is now with field
hospital IN France, writes that he has
seen MS first American hospital train.
The train Is equipped 10 carry l,50O
sitting patients and $50 bed patients. %
'ald Mr.. S0sey in his letter. 1t Is
amazing 10 one who has never seen
such a train
Mr.. S0sey's contingent, formerly at
camp Lewis, contains many Portland
BOYS. tie says all are we'll and in good
spirits. Nurses assigned for duty with
he field hospital had Just arrived when
he letter was written, and Mr.. Sosey
'ald all was activity preparing for ac-
.ual work.
In letter to his parents. Mr. and
Mrs. W II Corey. Glen Corey, recent
graduate of the Oregon Agricultural
College. who is attending an officers
raining school al Camp Zachary Tay-
or. near Louisville, Ky, states that
between 5000 and 5000 men are now
attending the school
1T IS the largest officers school in
he world, he states in his letter.
They will soon have 0.000 men un-
lergojng intensive training. The stu
tents are fine type Of good clean
men. with high standards. and the in
,pection officers have accorded the men
he highest praise for their moral
cleanliness and physical manhood. -
MIR. Corey writes that the heat re-
emily has been terrific in the south.
thermometers at the camp registered
from l03 to lO6 degrees, and in the city
d record of ll2 degrees was reached.
In letter to his father, Judge
Blowers, Paul NJ. Blowers, driver Of a
truck with the overseas
forces, declares that he finds France q
most interesting country.
The people are as fine as | ever
saw, and they are very hospitable to
the soldiers. Nothing is too good for
the men in olive drab. and we return
their courtesies with a spirit that is
good to see.
Mr. Blowers marvels at the cheap
ness of living in France. He recently
mad his clothes pressed for the sum Of
a half-franc. or 10 cents. Ok teams
and burros, he says are in evidence ey-
aryWhere as means of transportation,
and light wine is drunk 10y everyone.
Army athletics are on big scale,
according to letter received by Miss
Betty Epping from G. X. Mclntire,
now an athletic secretary Of the Y NJ.
G. A. at Camp Lewis.
Il am in charge Of one Of number
Of large buildings" writes Mr.. Mcln-
tire. Il have three large rooms for
basketball playing. just ordered 80
footballs.
Il had hoped to get away from
teaching for awhile, but | am now con
lucting two classes in mathematics
In one Of them have POO students. "
Thurston Laraway, who enlisted
while taking a medical course at the
University Of Oregon, was at home
from Bremerton navy yards last week
visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
f. LaraWay, before leaving for Hamp-
ton Roads, Va. Young Mr.. Laraway
will be accompanied by three other
Bremerton men of the Medical Corps
Of the navy. one Of them, Bert Woods
a Portland boy.
Arthur c. Lofts, Jr., in a letter to
his parents, writes that he is longing
for some Of the autumn sunshine of
the Hood River valley. He says that
he has been experiencing endless fogs
and mists lately. Young Lofts, first
engineer aboard sub-chaser, is on
patrol duty in European waters.
He writes that the commander of the
craft has told the boys they might get
home if they got sub.
Ia letter to his sister, Miss Irene
Lancaster, here last week on d visit
with Miss Pearl kaesser, Paul Lancas.
ter writes that he is in excellent health.
Mr. Lancaster, high school graduate,
is "a member Of Battery f, 65th Artl-
lery regiment.
- had a hike of u miles yesterday,
he states in his letter "and tomorrow
we are going out for an all day hike
This is part Of the usual program. just
tell Dad to get a car, for will have
had sufficient walking when the war is
over. /"
In letter to his father,J. F. Thomp
son, Of the Upper Valley Orvillt
Thompson, formerly member Of the
65th artillery regiment sent oVersea.
from Fort Stevens, writes that he anC
his schoolmate and neighborhood chum
Pearl Perkins, are attending a French
tractor school The young man say:
that the training is so thorough tha
graduates are able to take their car.
apart and then assemble them in tn,
dark.
Within twelve days after it had beer
written by her son, Delbert, membe
Of an artillery regiment in France
Mrs. f. J Slutz received a letter tn,
first of the week telling that the young
man had Just successfully completed {
course at an ambulance school. Tn,
young man writes that his brother hat
completed course at French truck
driving school.
Mrs. w. G. Weber has received
letter from her brother, Robert Muir
ray, stationed at Camp Fremont. Cal
who announces his promotion from sec
ond to first lieutenant in infantry Ser
vice. Mr., Murray, well known in Ore
gon athletic circles, won his commits
sion at the second officers training
camp at the Preside.
Harold Nesbit has received a lette
from his former partner in the Tir,
Shop, Herbert S. Field, who recent,
was transferred from Camp Lewis T.
Camp kearney, Cal, to the Sunset Di
visions, who announces that his regi
ment had arrived at an Atlantic por
Of embarcation.
John Sutthof. formerly a student il
the Hood River high school, who en-
listed in an ambulance corps while
student at the University of Washing
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