Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-07-11
Our Soldier Boys.

On Jnne 3Oth James E. Blanton, Co.
L, $50 Infantry, wrote from Camp
Dodge, Iowa: "Langdon and l are
both in the hospital with measles.
We are getting along all right now. l
could eat a skinned mule, but q few
ago I could not. l have not all
my clothes yet. Langdon has none Of
his. He il in the 339 Machine Gun
Ca, G. Be sur and send me the
REGISTER for two months. 1t 10 hard
to tell where | may be after that. l
saw Seals from Crane Pond the other
day, and he said he and Guy Miller
were in the same company"
Guy Miller, Supply Co., 339 Field
Artillery. Camp Dodge, was FORUM
ate enough to get a furlough home
for the Fourth Of July. The last scene
in the tableaux enacted on our "vil-
iage green" on the afternoon OF July
Atm, represented ourselves and our
| allies with our flags. A Red Cross
nurse, with Guy Miller for a soldier
boy in his khaki uniform, and Paul
Keith q sailor in his blue uniform,
added wonderfully to the picture. We
felt that they we're the real things.
Louis Miller, Jr., Battery E, 33s
Field Artillery, Camp Dodge, Iowa,
says their camp al accommodate
| fifty thousand boys. That their bat
terry is located near the base hospital,
which ia q huge affair, and is to be
used as q reconstruction camp after
the war. He is in one Of the special
squads. They drill mornings, after
noons and after supper, besides learn.
ing various methods of communica-
ton, viz, ~telegraphy, semsphore,
heliograph, signal flags, etc. Tha,
they have to have infantry as we'll 81
artillery drills. That drilling with
gas masks, give one queer feelings
The mask has to be replaced by
new one after being used "a hours
They have been on the range seeing
the effects Of shrapnel on the targets
He likes to work on the big guns, bu,
they are drilling at present on 3 incl
guns. When they 60 on artiller!
hikes they 90 early in the morning
and return late at night. Everything
ia high out there, even In the regi
ment c~anteens. He appreciated
pleasant call recently from Mrs. Jelly
Of Ironton, who is summering ut De
Moines. 4
Private J. E. Calvert, Go. B, 2
Brigade, NJ. G. Bn., writes from Franc
on June O "This is a letter you CO
say was written from q dug out. W
,, have just been relieved from tn
: lines and are now In the reserve. W
! are back near the heavy artillery an
they surely make music for US az the
! are pretty active. The boches thre
q heavy gas barrage on the arttller
last night which lasted from midnigh
!. until late this morning. We can sti
. smell the mustard and chlorine. W
had to keep our masks on most OF Ia
time. The shells, were falling Tx
. hail stones, so we had to stay IN u
dugout most Of the time. W
had Just come back with the oh o
: and had finished eating when the q
ca me, but some Of the fellows g
! their chow gassed. We sleep In It
: day and are at the guns ct night. "
!, have lots Of fun here especially att
. q night like last night, for 90 man
. thipRs happen. There are five OF
= = in . hut. Part OF us are trying
. write and the others are cooking the
. supper. My time 10 up tonight
. GET relieved"
Lionel Hartxell, 1e F. A. Band, ]
@. Co., writes that they are Ia . trail
Ing camp Ia France aud Bordeaux
their nearest large town. 1--WE r,
csived our first mail yesterday. A
our immediate organisation receive
"a letters bat four. and believe me tht
"a were some disappointed fellows. %
a fellow received q letter mailed
1. Camp Greene, from bic mother, sta
Ing that his father was dead and tn
% biz last brother had been drafte
- leaving the mother alone on the fari
d In reply to . question % TO what 9
81 duties are outside Of band duties, d.
% ierent bands have been doing diifere
70 things. Some do strstchOr bearii
Il, on the fighting line, some guard %
ur plies ~ The base. some are put
\, military police 10 towns througho
y. the surrounding country, some