East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-05-30
LIFE ON THE DEEP
SUITS UKIAA BOY.
Faces From Home are De-
cidedly Good to Look
at He Says.

NAHUM AIai TN A%hfait iJOJ III NhN
navy. finds life on the old Atlantic
is pretty fine. everything considered.
The following is a recent letter to his
home folks
Aboard the U S. S. Ohio.
Dear Ones at Home:
AS l have little spare time to
write and also a chance to send the
letter out with home of the boys who
are leaving on draft, going to Bos-
ton, Mass, / will try and tell you
something of what I have been do
ing which is a little hard to explain.
have been on watch in the fire
rooms, where have four hours on and
twelve off, and so on. And ever 50
often we have two on and fourteen
off, as the sections happen to go on
watch and come off.
have got so l can handle fire
pretty good. was to leave and go
to Boston, but did not get to make
the change just now. But mother,
don't worry about me while / am
on this ship. for 1t is only training
ship and only goes on small voyages
around the shore. / have only been
out once where 1t was rough. and ]
sure fed kthe fish penty but / don't
think it will bother me any more.
But | tell you, my shoe soles sure
ratified for a while.
/ got the sweater, candy and CT
gars, and many thanks for them. /,
with a bunch of friends, made such a
smoke and fog with those cigars that
It has not cleared away yet, but as
soon as it does we will fog her up
~ fss. o. nd that
makes me three sweaters, one from
home. one given me at Goat Island
by the navy and one at Mare Island
by the Red Cross, so 1 am well sup
piled in that line.
Mother. If you knit me any sox,
knit them light weight and don't
send them till fall.
may get To ccme home by De-
Gerber on n furioUgh of thirty days
and ! viii strely try for it.
You told me what ship Frank
Simpson was on. Well, he is about
three hundred yards ahead of this
ship. We have been laying at an
chor for a week and so has the ship
Frank is on but won't get chance
to see him. unless on liberty and we
don't get much of that.
l have been on liberty once in six
weeks and will go again in a few
days. / did not like the life at first
but the more I see of it the better l
like it. We get plenty to eat and
plenty of fresh air to sleep in. so we
can't kick.
L got a letter from Harley Kirk
last night and he is still in Boston
where he found Henry Layman and
Noel Warden. / would sure like to
see them and perhaps will I will
only be on this ship three weeks long.
er as they take a bunch on and train
them three weeks, and then they are
transferred and another bunch comes
on. We sure have fun with the new
guys, watching them find the dif-
ferent parts of the ship. and they had
just as much fun with me.
Well / started this letter some time
ago but have now left the ship Ohio,
and am now In New York Was on
liberty in New York last night, and
believe me- 1t is some town. l eA-
pected to see something grand, but
Pendleton is clean town beside this.
Broadway is like a back street in
Ukiah. No pavement. We left the
Ohio last Friday and have been here
two days. Don't know how long we
Will stay here as they are going all
the time. We are now on Ellis Island
and it sure is a fine place, only about
ten minutes ride on the boat to New
York. There are swell buildings
here. We have good spring beds to
sleep on here and plenty of good
eats. so have nothing to kick about
Have just been to dinner and think