The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-07-25
Bryan Gresham
Writes of Trip
Across the Ocean

Bryan c. Gresham of Headquarters
Company of the 103rd Engineers.
since his emharkation at an Atlantic
port for overseas service with the
American Expeditionary army in
France; one OF them written while
on board ship and the other since his
arrival .'over there" He says:
Il have been intending to start a
long letter TO you every day since we
left the good old United States, but
there is lots of time for writing yet
before we reach French soil. l will
"-Ssite little now and add few lines
k'ery day till we land on the other
side
we left Camp Mills. Long Island.
last Saturday and have had nice trip
so far am enjoying 1t fine. altho
occasionally it gets bit lonesome on
board ship. there is nothing to see but
water. 1t does not seem possible
there is so much water in the world.
We won't finish our voyage for sew
eral days and il is water. water ev-
erywhere overheard and not drop of
4, fit TO drink
I'VE remained In the harbor Satur-
day night and il was great sight.
We could see the lights of Coney ISL
and in the distance. have seen "a
shark and two flying fish. but did not
get a good look at the shark and hope
! VIII get to see more of them later
on. ] got passing glimpse of New
York city before We left. II IS sure
some town. but II did not appeal very
strongly 10 me Everybody is in too
big a hurry there and the crowd in the
street takes one along with ii. so one
does not get TO see much but people
and there Is certainly loi of them
We have a nice ship for n trans.
port and everything Is clean and or
derly on board. We have linen and
the beds make me think OF home. So
far have not been seasick and rsth-
or enjoy II when the boat Is rolling. II
Is doing that now. AZ first had
considerable difficulty In walking. but
can navigate the deck pretty well now.
Say. but the statute OF Liberty En-
tightening the World. which we saw in
New York barbor. is grand. We got
good look at il as We passed within
few hundred yards OF IL in going
out to sea. I am going TO turn in for
the night and will write more from
time To time until the transport docks
In France, II nothing happens.
Here am again. We have been
steaming thru heavy set all day.
My. but the waves do get biz on the
Atlantic, II is great sport to watch
them chase each other and suddenly
burst and throw spray IN every
direction. The ship is pitching in
great manner. but like the expert
cnce II looks tonight a. tho II would
storm before morning hate to have
10 20 in from the deck at night as I,
Is lots nicer to watch the sea after
dark than during the daytime.
"wh have been ploughlnG thru a
rough. choppy sea today. The boat
seems To stand first on one end and
then on the other and between times
rolls from side to side. Some OF the
waves dash up the sides OF the ship
and sweep the decks Tonight the
wind is blowing al great rate and
n Is densely cloudy as far as one can
see storm appears 10 be very like.
ly II would make n change in the
daily schedule. and besides would
like to experience little rough weath.
er before We land. 1, seems like II
has been a month since | was real
clean. one can take n bath In salt
water but one still feels sticky after
It. The cleaning up process will be
some job after we make a landing.
Il cannot think o! anything of in
icrcst 10 write about and II is hard to-
compose letter on board a. military
transport with throng of soldiers
about. We have been steaming thru
n smooth sea for the last forty-eight
hours. The sun In shining brightly
now, which makes everybody jolly and
good -natured We did not have any
very rough weather after all in spite
of the threats OF that kind. The waves
got pretty high. but nothing like they
do in heavy storm. haven't seen
a submarine yet and am not particu.
larly anxious to.
"Thapk goodness our VOYAGE IL