Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1918-05-31

cause we didn't get the happy chance.
1.-THE fellows are in great spirits
today as we don't have to endure
the sensations created by million
bacil1i racing thru our circulatory
system.
ttThe panoramic picture was sue
cess and we are already waiting for
same. We discovered Walt Hayes Is
able to name off every man of his
platoon looking along the line of
faces and then some.
Jack Smith. claims to have dis
covered new scientific law, that it
is impossible to have two bodies &C.
cupying the same space The only
explanation he makes is try your
bean on a stone wall. Hayes AYERS
eyes right wasn't the command
-" One morning. we spied Lundberg
making double time from the mess
hall table to the cook with couple
of eggs. Of course that aroused our
curiosity and on conversing with him
operations of an incubator, so per-
haps you will arrive at conclusions
Identical to ours.
"Kirwin has the reputation of hav-
ing the prettiest bunk in the bunch.
To fact it looks nifty with the
adornment of a khaki laundry bag
depending from one end of his bunk
with two bright red ribbon rosettes
on each top corner. We threatened
to report him and warning not being
serious means. There is another
patent way of locating Billy in bar
racks and that is to make for big
bunch of fellows in his side of the
barracks or else scan the acrobatic
appliances above our beds. The 9th
er afternoon after cards were filed
out Bill reused up a base ball team
and challenged all corners, and who
should step up to Bill but the captain
of " team. Bill soon called his
minute. men base ball gladiators to-
gether and started things moving
There sure was dust in the air with
Gregg Crusen hurting /horse-hide
shrapnel from the pitchers mound
When the noise had died down we
heard the score keeper groan out
| to 1 in tones of anguish. Bill says
that's alright guy, don't feel bad
i this is Minnesota stuff
Saturday our auto ride came Off
1t covered approximately 40 miles
they said. We started at $3.50 and
rode till p. m, then we dropped of
at Chester Park for space, then
continued our trip, many of us going
in various directions. There are
ally of the Ohio River from Eden
Park and a birds eye view Of the
| downtown district from Prices Hill
A description would be too long here
to do the ride justice but on our way
we saw three aeroplanes manuevering
about to the north of the city. They
were from the Dayton aviation field
which by flight is about 40 miles
away.
Friday evening the Cincinnati
Times-Star came out with a note
concerning our ride which was to
come off the next day, read like this
Saturday afternoon the auto club
had arranged for 100 cars to take the
men in training at the 'U' in mech
anical corps for tour of the city
| That most Of us were from small
country towns and had never had an
opportunity of seeing a city. While
we greatly appreciated their gener-
osity we couldn't forgive their as
sertions concerning our knowledge OF
| things. A straw census of couple
platoons revealed the startling evil
| dence that nearly every fellow had
been outside Of his own state and
over so per cent had been in dozen
or so before coming here.
"But we will say the people here
have treated us fine socially and but
for taking an occasional swat at the
bugaboo across the brine we'd have
been pretty much of pink tea party
friends, and all we can say is that
we'll have to charge it up to the
folks back home and when you meet
the uniform accord it the same re-
spect and good treatment which we
have received.
Zone night the ~ secretary an
nounced 1876 invitations out and
many others to socials given by
churches, clubs fraternal orders, ETC.,
so you can see the people are trying