French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-10-31
JASPER LAMBRELL
PLEASED IN SERVICE.
Editor of Hlfstler:-

Editor of H1tstler:-
Will you allow me space in your pa
per to say hello to the people of Hen
dErsOn county. 1 also wish to say to
the parents of boys who are in serv-
ice, who have heard dreadful tales
about the way the boys were treated
IN Camp that l find it very different
fnom what I1expected to find it when
L was drafted July oath l left home
with Transportation of being treated
Like a balky mule, l had heard SO,
much about the way that the boys had;
I'D drill aandiwOrk in the Camps, grub
bling and all the like of that if they
IiSObeEed >onlers, but / find it better
than l had ever expected to find II.
When was drafted / went from home
to Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga. 1 stay
led Ee~4hEut two weeks. l was fpd
good. We did not suffer for anything
to eat. We had good tents, and as to
fun, We had all the time we wanted to
play football, basketball, and go tathe
Y. M G. A. at night, and to moving
picture shows. We had II nice time.
Then 1 was transferred 10 CampJos.
E. uIDhnStBn, Jacksonville. Fla. There
l struck it a little harder, for / was
placed in a detentfan camp for two
Weeks, land was NOT allowed to go
q "~S AN Oo44R GILL nAk&OO " ASAtOuI
four hours per day Inc had to go to
QnartermRster. Lectures, sas it was a
Quartermaster camp. Then we were
placed in barracks or houses where we
made it easy until we were started
away to G1me to New SJeTsey. Me got
most of II Over Seas equipment in
Camp Johnston and would have got
the remainder here if / had not kbeen
Siidk Wire1. I arrived hare, and placed
IN the hospital. Out of our company
of $50 men about 20 took the .infuen-
"a and were placed in Camp Merritt
hospital. We sick ones were left by
Our company. 1 suppose they are in
France by this time, as 1 have been
here three weeks. Now. dear readers,
l just want to say that you all know
the feeling of seeing some very dear
friend go away 50 your "a ina ginc |
how 1 felt when the boys gathered
aEsund the ambulance car when they
came to carry me to the hospital, for /
very we'll did | know that soon they |
would be gone across, and the last /
words my best friend said to me when /
the car rolled a way with us was to
cheer up and hurry and get out of the Il
hospital and go with them. But [ am
still here | hope to get out for / had
ratahr be doing something, although, /
raLG6r De doing SOul6LQl0S, although, l.
go with strangers altogether, as all the
boys that cam in the hospital with 1
me have been gone a week. l don't
suppose they have gone across yet but
1 won't be likely to find them any
more. So it's up to me to make new
friends.
IN conclusion l will say that a man
dressed in citizens clothes looks like
a Deal With a calf skin on UP here. il
is simply grand to see a company Oh
soldiers with their h~aVersacks on their
backs and their guns prepared to GO
across. There is bitters to all sweets,
for | saw a real sweet girl bite a CRAB
apple once, so it happens once in q
while that a soldier gets a crab apple, |
especially when he goes to buy any
thing out Of a cafe or a fruitStanG:
They seem to think that money grows
soldiers instead Of apples on trees.
It appears that they think that & sol
der can multiply $50 per month ana
make $100 out OF it and spend 4 deI-
per day. l don't know how this
would set with the TeGt2uE-
ants around where the camps are TO-
Gated, but ! don't suppose it would be
any more bitter than the prices taste
to us. So with the best of wishes 10
the people OF Old North Carolina, l am
AS eYerkz
JASPER O. LAMB.