The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-11-01

the service and was sent to the Great
Lakes Naval Training Station, has
been transferred to Hampton Roads,
va, where he is to be assigned to one
OF Uncle Sam's ships. In a recent let
ter to THE NEWS, Mr.. Clark says:
Hampton Roads, Va, Oct. "a.
Dear NEWS:-Uncle Sam has had
big game of checkers since / last
dropped you line. He has moved
me from Great Lakes, ILL.,, to the Ma
val Base Hospital, at Hampton Roads,
Va. II had the Spanish influenza
for about one week, but as the nurses
and the corpSmen were very scarce
they Kept me there for about four
weeks. During that time had a very
unpleasant duty to discharge to the
best of my ability. had to talk with
fellows who were delirious and on
the verge of death. If someone wasn't
there to talk to them they would get
out of bed and run around in the
ward. Some of these fellows talked
and talked until the last breath had
left their bodies. One fellow asked
me to get his mother, and 1 had to
tell him that l would. l would get
out of his sight and soon came back.
During my absence he would forget
his mother, and when / came in he
would ask me if / was the man who
made glass eyes. So many curious
things clear up when a fellow is near
death. 1t is an awful sight to see
the brave and willing sailors die, but
only God calls them.
Il am now in fine health, and after
lc1n n;ro IN aal 60
can imagine how glad / am to get
back to my hammock. 1t isn't home
until 1 get into the old hammock.
Sometimes / get in and during the
night get out and the next morning
1 am very stiff and sore from the fall
But, however, it all comes in the
days work in the navy. Tomorrow
night 1 shall swing up my hammock
on the U. S. S. Kearsage. She is a
third-class battleship and is a sister
ship to the U. S. S. Kentucky. Two
crews went out to the station to-day
one for the U. S. S. Kentucky, and
one for the u. S. S. Illinois. / leave
in the morning on transport, there
| fore / expect to see France.
How is the old town progressing
1t must be going right along, as
read of the results of the Fourth
Shot at Kaiser Bill Keep THE
NEWS going, and / am sure Pari:
will go over the top every time il
everything.
well, l must close and get some
chow, or else l will Starve. Hoping
old Kentucky and Bourbon count!
will roll up an overwhelming major
ity for the Fifth Liberty Loan, / am
yours for this war,
IRENE CLARK,
Unit B., Co. $50, U. S. Naval Ope
| rating Base, Hampton Roads, Va
! First Lieutenant Philip L. VII
| liams, a native of Greensburg, Ky.
who is a personal friend of Sergt-MaJ
Earl Curtis, of Paris, now in France
has written to Mr.. II. &. Curtis, O
this city, enclosing a postcard photo
of Sergt-Maj. Curtis. The photo show
Sergt. Curtis standing in front OF
"dugout" with another officer. Lieut.
Williams, in his letter to Mr.. Curtis
said, in part:
ct is with a great deal of pleasur,
i that 1 take advantage of this oppor
tunity to write you and enclose
card from your son, who is now II
France. and is the Regimental Sergt
! Major of my former regiment. He en-
i trusted this card to me in the hop
that / might get a chance to see you
and tell you some of the things tina
he is not permitted to write you, bu
that is neither here nor there.
fact. I could not feel free to tell 20,
much of it even if it were possible t
see you.
"Our regiment has been in on
scrap with almost no casualties
Earl is we'll, and is contented and a
happy as any healthy, red-oioooe
American can be away from nome
and is fortunate in being in posi-