The Bourbon news., 1918-10-11

water from an artesian well (and you
know how cold artesian well water
is) to another, who stood on top of a
rock wall, which had once been The
foundation for house, but now be-
ing used for a sheep pen, the other
stripped and inside the sheep pen
calling the fellow on top of the wall
(who, in turn, was emptying bucket
after bucket of cold misery upon the
Dather) everything but a gentleman.
1t was some bath, and I will swear
on after the next one for the rest of
the winter.
Il have written enough now to
last for another month, so I will
close. 1 will wire you just what
time we will arrive in the United
States on our way back Love to all.
We expect to come back pretty soon
after we have cleaned up the Boches.
Good bye for this time.
SERGT. LAWRENCE H. JAMES,
IN. G. Co., 143d Inftry, seth Div,
American Expeditionary Force"
Wayne Cottingham, THE NEWS
special correspondent at Camp
Zachary Taylor, in his last letter
from the Camp, writes, in part, as
follows, under date of Sunday, Oct
6, being somewhat delayed in trans
mission:
Camp Taylor, Oct 6.
Dear NEWS: This is Sunday
again, the day to write my weekly
war letter. This time have a start
ling bit of news-the war is still go
ing on, according to official advices
just received. Perhaps your readers
will be interested to know that On
account of the military censorship
and the dignity of my rank as pri-
vate, l cannot give out anything for
publication on the exact date when
the darn affair will end But you
may say in your valuable columns
as free-advertising-Seekers say, that
l will shed as few tears as anyone.
Il am indeed glad that old BouT-
bon county has gone over the top in
the Liberty Loan campaign before
the people read about my working in
the Finance Office at this camp. That
might have destroyed their morale.
But you may tell them not to worry
i don't get to handle any of the
money. All do is to typewrite the
pay-rolls. A tremendously response
BILE job, oh, yes Sometimes when
run across the name of one of the
bunch l used to go to school with
ann about tempted to scratch it off,
because l am sure he didn't do
enough work to earn the princely
sum of $50.
Regardless of the fact that
called myself year older Monday of
this week, / feel so young 1 have
gone back to the old game of play
ing Indians am living in a tent.
One of my 'bunkies' has written to
his girl to send him some paint, and
soon we will have our wigwam all
dolled up in stars, moons, war
hawks, scalps-and everything. l
think there is a movement on foot
to get Bourbon county stock dealer,
teach us the war whoop. Bill seems
to me the only one qualified. And,
believe me, after living in tent for
several days one had just as we'll be
at home ..
when do you think that next
bunch of Bourbon draftees is going
to arrive? When they do come am
going to show them how really hard
boiled one can get after being here
six weeks.
LAS you know every new bunch is
green and when an old-head asks
one for a cigarette he pulls out a
package. 1t is the same way with
cigars, chewing gum, tobacco and the
like. So one of the first moves when
a new bunch comes to the camp is to
go 'souvenir-hunting,' and get
enough of all these things to last un-
til the next draft. However, after
one is here a while everything that
is 'his'n stays 'hiS'n.
knowing full we'll the paper
shortage, I will do what Germany
will soon do.
Respectfully,
WAYNE COTTINGHAM,
Finance Office, @. M. Detach., Camp
Taylor, KY"
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