Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-05-23
Our Soldier Boys.

Chas. B. Pruitt, 4i3 Engineers
Co., Camp A. A. Humphreys,
Belyoir, Va, writes: sin the gov
erpment contest held at Washington,
May 18th, for all makes of trucks to
see which was the best, one OF our
'Macks' driven by Mcdowell OF our
company cleaned out everything. Be-
lieve mt they have to go some to beat
one of these Macks. They are the
best trucks made.h
Lawrence Aldridge, Base Hospital,
Camp Grant, Rockfon3, His, Ward
l6, writes: II am getting fat. Weigh
III lbs. They sent ten nurses to
France from heret to-day. That makes
us short on nurses, 80 ! am now ward
master and nurse all in one. | have
to give the medicines and make out
the reports all by myself. We do not
see any girls here but the nurses ana
they are not allowed to go out with
~privates. So you see it is rather
lonesome"
Paul Keith of Co. G, It'll Regiment,
Camp Perry, Great Lakes, writes OF a
pleasant Sunday on which Billy sun
day preached to the Sailors in the
morning and Harry Lauder entertain
ed them in the evening. lie says
| Billy Sunday is wonderful and he can
now understand why thousands are
converted under his preaching. "Be-
sides the Radio School the Aviation
school is here. They have about a
dozen aeroplanes. Bert Shy is up here
at Camp Boone attending the Quarter
masters school. Had a letter from
Miss Duval to-day. If | can keep on
going regular to SCHOOL, hope to be
able to pass the Harvard test in about
a month. We have to be able to take
is words a minute before we can 60
to Harvard" In a letter OF more
recent date he says: IL am now Mess
Sergeant, and am on duty from . A.
NJ. to 8. p. NJ. ! am writing this while
the BOYS are eating chow. Am always
glad to get the Iron, Reynolds and
Ripley County papers to find out
what the friends are DOING
Dudley Riggs writes: "Have re-
ceived orders transferring me, along
with the rest of the "Oficers Candi-
dates" at Funston, to Infantry Re-
placement Camp, Camp Lee, Virginia
I'VE report at Camp Lee May oath
Will wire you if we are TO 60 through
st. Louis"
Cards have been received in lrontoi
and Arcadia this week from Louis n
Robinson, John r. Boswell, and Yer
ma j. Yount, each of the l3Sth lnfan'
: try, saying their ship had arrived
safely overseas.
Mrs. James Newman tells us tina
they have received wire from Sal
Francisco, that her uncle, Mr.. Win
Anderson, had arrived there. MI
Anderson has been in Y. M. G. A
work in Russia and had to escap
from Moscow. So it is a relief to hi
friends to know that he has at lat
made his lengthy journey throug
Siberia and across the Pacific to tn
country. He viii! go at once to h
family in Oberlin, Ohio.
II. The family Of Corporal Ed Reed ar
his brother, Private George .. Reet
have letters from them dated Api
/. Sd, saying they are well. The DO!
are undoubtedly in tho thick of Il
" fray. =,
no Everett J. Meyers, with the y.
u. Marines, somewhere in France, writ
a. that he ia well, although they are III
+ ing like rats in o hole.
.. One of our boys from Annapolis,
r. @. Simpson, of the Y. s. Navy, h
been for four months on the 9th
=; side. but writes that he is now on
n. transport, and is suffering with a dl
al located arm.
.st Winston Whitworth writes fro
v. somewhere in France that ee Is vel