Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-02-07

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a from the sea and a better locatio
lcould not be found The country
It surely beautiful At present | al
+ with the receiving company, but eA
}. pect to get out of 1t soon. Severa
3 OF the boys have been In the receiy
ing company for over a month.
=, Il Here is some bad news-Howar,
Hoffman has been i'll with spina
: meningitis since he was located here
He was released from quarantin,
Saturday and he is looking very well
So you see l know about az much
about this camp as he does"
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Irwin Sampson. who enlisted in
the navy a month ago. is now locat-
ed at the Great Lakes training school.
He likes the work and says he is feel
ing fine
Following is a letter from Ben
Johnson. Harrington boy, written to
his brother in Harrington.
Somewhere in France, Jan. 10
So you are having some cold wealth
er now-yes, we are having some.
also IL gets pretty cold here-the
ground is all covered with snow now
stays cold all day long. They fig
ure the cold some different here than
in the United States. We are all
equipped with good supply of win
ter clothes; also have good winter
quarters We have a hut fixed up.
a good stove in it, also an oven con-
nected with it, so we have our own
meals at time. There are 8 rails"
in here.
I've been chief cook the last few
days I'm some cook, believe me;
am sure there on the cream gravy.
But we have kitchen with the com
Dany and are supplied with British
'ations. They are very strong on
heir tea, and they've got me low !
ng il now; once in while we get {
.offee. /
We were issued Australian ra-
ions for few days; they all drink 7
once and are fine lot of boys. They
re about the same as the American '
oys, also, the Canadian boys are 7
ne, they are always glad to meet us "
oys and have chat. The Austral- II
ms are good fighters, they take very U
w German prisoners; they eat EN-. q
You can't believe everything you II
lad in the Kansas City papers. but
ITS of 1t is good; that was pretty al
BOD Just the same. If you look in IL
ie Trainmen in December. 1917. OF
Ear the front page, you will see our
tp across the sea. 1t was great. but r
'lieve me, | was ready to unload
hen | reached our destination. 1t
rs an awful jam.
Il wrote you the other day, don't pa
low II / mentioned about the Ger sa
IN flyer we landed the other day; sie
was about 2200 feet high when DO
ay hit him with piece of shrap- ay
| hit the connection on his oil $40
lk. 1t was some sight to see him 9e'
ming down-he came down head sol
'f whirling around until he got pa
ne hundred feet from the ground, ne
en- he got his plane under control iiri
landed safely. The Australians an
tured them, two Germans. When
y landed they set fire to the plane ~
Dnce-they are required to do so. eni
Some of the big planes are so terl
from tip to tip that's some ma ST..
ne, | tell you. They are a mean -
lg when you can hear them over .
d and there's no place to go. The
lbs they drop make some hole. j
ngs are very quiet here now OF
rise, things are not as noticeable
Z as when we first landed, but y
IN you see the shells dropping all lie
und, it makes you wonder where on 81
next one is going to light. To1
We are all going to get a seven
leave now, starts first of the VA
d. | will get to go about March W
b. Am going to Paris-I know it com
be some trip. ! am saving my inc
les so I will be able to go when
turn comes. 1t may be my last -
nee to see Paris-they say it is Q
e city; the town is alive with com
orleans. A couple of our men of
e gone now, also our captain, Nc old,
han. So you are getting another ing
started 3
You asked my opinion of the war mou
& over. Nearly everyone thinks ing
will finish it. You people don't 3 We
erstand all about the war-only old.
t you read"
H ~ ~ 1.
ajor Sam Robertson of Wichita, Il
known to many here, writes 81
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