The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-26

Field, San Antonio. Eight out OF
thirteen Carter County men have
been retained in various depart
ments and are now in Headquarters
Company. Those retained were:
Ben c. Scott band; Les Kitto, in
structor; +. B. Stigler, drill ser
geant; Lucian Hoard and Arthur c.
Hall, quartermaster corps, in cloth
ing department; w. A. Martin,
Eugene Cruce and myself in the per
sonnel office, doing office work.
1--WE are located on the bank of
the Colorado river, about four miles
north of Austin. and the climate is
fine We are all well and in good Spir-
its
From Robert T. Christian
Robert T. Christian. L. S. n. Bal
boa Park. San Diego. Cal, writes the
following letter to his sister, Mrs
w. T. Robson, at Wilson: "You
don't know how glad | am to be in
the service of Uncle Sam, and | will
tell you all about it, We have to
do everything with snap. We go
to bed at 9 o'clock, except on lib
erty nights. Get up at 5:30, wash
and fall in for muster at 8, then take
morning hike before chow; we
walk about a mile and half. After
breakfast we fall in with guns for
daily drill and believe me, we drill,
TOO. everything at quickstep or on
the double We march around on
the plaza and pass the captains re-
view, then go through the manual
of arms with band music. There are
about twelve different exercises with
sixteen counts to each exercise. We
have from four to five drills during
the day, but do not drill every day.
We also have other training, such
as swimming, boat drill, etc. We
come in at 1 so. We make a fifteen
mile hike every week and do fancy
war drill the skirmsh drill, chang
ing trenches going over the top and
capturing prisoners 1t is lots of
fun and makes me feel as if | am in
real battle. You see we have some
thing happening all the time. For
recreation we have band music, NOV
ing pictures, lecturs and boxing. Co
ing to bed. rising in the morning
away up in hammocks six feet high,
falling out OF them at night Our
happiest moments are when we are
having chow but, oh, our washing,
that is the saddest! We have to do
it though or go on the bully squad
and do all kinds of work. We have
captains inspection on Saturday
mornings, our collars and handker-
chiefs have to be perfectly white. |
guess it is the making Of us though !!
IS | wish ! could be in France
today with the boys in the trenches.
\ talk heard from y. NJ. c. a.
man lust back from there makes me
want to go more than ever. Save the
sugar and flour; they need food. |
haven't seen two pounds of sugar
since | have been here and if we can
live without it, ! know you people
can. Eat less OF the things they need
so that the boys and our allies over
there will not suffer for lack of
it.
Letters have been received from
Theodore {. Haynie, first sergeant,
10th depot brigade, Camp Funston,
Kansas, and G.. II. Thompson, 45th
Artillery, Camp Eustis, Virginia.
Wants The Ardmoreite.
From the boys overseas comes
letter to The Ardmoreite signed by
Sergt. Joel c. Crosby, Sergt. Thomas
p. Ratliif, Corp. James w. LeBow,
Corp Roy Scott. Corp. James NJ.
Harlan, Pvts. Ben 5. Stephens. Frank
Stephens and Charles V. Dunlap.
The letter follows: I'VE the under
signed men from Ardmore compose
a part of the force of one OF the
American military postal and ex-
press offices in France, which is To-
cate at q France! Allow us the
privilege OF stating that France has
been wrongly named; Sunny
France-thiS morning we are thank
ing the Red Cross for supplying us
with sweaters. We also desire to eN-
press our thanks for the Y. NJ. c. A.
which has furnished us with the only
reading material we have. We sin
cerely express desire for daily
copy of the Ardmoreite. Not one
of us has seen a copy of it since
leaving the States. We certainly do
want it and will assure you that a
copy OF it will be carried over the
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