The Monte Vista journal., 1919-04-19
rypoN SCuAlL CONTINUES
nnepErNC STORY OF
TRIP ACROSS ATLANTIC
- 4 poeahontas. ~ SEA.
March ~. 1919,

Name anu ~ W. a.,
.,,.,,is am on duty now And VII
few spare moments to write
49,, ,ps,aiimen, Of this letter te
think I like this plan o'
!,,,.r horne very we'll. and perhaps
%, in a f,v more interesting
-. So far. our trip has bcer
.,n warm and beautiful. II s
...,,, hard for YOU folks to 'mas'n'
,,., tho great Atlantic can bc &C
.,u guess. but there wcrc days
-,.r a. far a. wc could 500 II
-.n,J b. iis. n sheet Of thin Ice. Fo'
-, Atlantic ocean that's what I call
tt..a.
-vc DAYS ago VIC passed within
A.. mile. OF tho Azores Oh tho ives,
,s.,, NJ Spain aEd as the sea wa
"a calm and the day clear We really
.o,ov,d passing thcm. had uscd
.,.,v Aim in my camera ! possessed
md 4 was so beautiful I had , mind
IN Try and draw Il. But ] know that
,,,p the hes, ~ artists could hard
IL do justice to It's beauty. The
,,rses, islard vas simply . moIn-
tain. something like "Old 0rceny
sticking up out Of the sea. But every
hing vas green and even the hill
,,dss wore under cultivation. The
lui,dinss OF tie cit. were Of some
white material. I don't know what.
and the city was tailt In = gulch
saieh looked very much like uppsr
Rock Creek Park. or course you
could see winding trails all up and
dova the mountain. or island. and
The greenness and those scattered
white buildings made very pretty
sesas. And then too. you could see
the great white waves OF the ocean
breaking over the rocks bordering
the Island. I said that II was calm
but you'll always have the rolling
uaves where there Ii something sta
,ionary for them to break against.
The islands belong to Portugal and
are about six In number.
The 3oth Division have q dandy
band with them and we have music
every morning. afternoon and even
ing
Last night we had . musical and
boxing match for the oficers. !
shall send you = program Of IT,
There were about eight bouts and
vn the last one. (Of course the
best they always save until the last. }
ha, Ia. Well. the army kind Of,
showed the navy up in all the bouts
ep 10 mine. and all the gobs and Of.
neen were anxious to see me come
'aek at them SO as to even things
up bit. Well. owing to the fact
mai am vegetarian and don't
Use Tea or coffee or tobacco. and
mat Tor the last two months l have
0een doing some stiff training. my op-
ponent found me in a little better
'Au''ioh than my shipmates, hence
'erened things up.
me bout was only three rounds.
ou' the soldier decided that It was
'.'' 'nree rounds more than he want
w. ! was gwen my decision and al
,O.ed my man to walk out instead of
u',1s carried out In a Stokes. But
". "aaht beea SO kind-hearted to
I he would have undoubtedly
A.as his exit in that way.
several of the army officers conn.,
pimen'ed me on my clean sports
nanship. "
"ell' have Just received the news
~. lam to be placed In charge Of
m ~, SICK Bay and its manarement
DIM, 'pohsioie Job and II things
Isn 20 exactly right. catch b
m peesed about 1t now but guess
ho.. Aa'e TO be a little hard with the
ss 'e'' and simply do IT. And bel believe ave
me- DO it right.
Inn make success Of this, land
lo,- ~ 'savins that IL out,) it won't be
ch,., 'H.'i get chance to make
os.a. \. guess the senior medical
rooA t. .nousht that as long as 1 was
ion., ~ the ring with the mitts on
n sA' .s TO make a good man to place
vl.h ~ Oh some hard Job. Well,
in, ~ 's well in it, because I am 90
q, Suay is calm and warm and T am