The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-18

AAttNN 4 ne MNAAs AN' ftAffH nun
ilshed in Jhc star. by a soldier
from csmr LOWS. asking why are
the soldiers hold in campo and stat
ing the way they are treated. was
read with great interest hy tho
-haga" in the naval training eamp.
so g. lfrmrfton.
when the boys" both soldiers
ard sailors. get home there are going
"a be- great number 81 questions
hsked
We do not expect 10 receive the
same comforts We so a. home Int
there j. such thins as getting a
raw deal
am asking YOU. how would you
uke ca 50 seventeen hours without
faod. eight hours ~ which s. guard
duty az night ana then have Ice
COLI hash mostly potatoes az that
ard coli coffee ana have To figbt
tut that placed before you. whom u
Is absolutely unnecessary But t4e
breakfasts. anyway. arc usually SO
.smptng that th' fellows wou'i
rather ntay IN bed an extra h4lf aour
thau set up and eat them.
Hut I DO NOT wN1t >ou 81 think
that We 90 not eat well For We
have shirkrn once ln a while on Hpe-
cai holidays.
llruther soldier mcn'ioned low pay.
I admit that We gsi nyr dollars a
month more. bot We mIst huY cur
0Wn clothes which averages inafe
than five dollars a 'upnta AMI the
beauty - IL h that 'io'h"s have ad-
wanted twice ~ price during the last
six inonths The n-st tine governed
b. tie closing ~ enilatmentn. ihe
srropd time it vas caIHci by the
ceat.nr ~ war trfiv.t'rF Wi7ter
uf dorNesr from tloo to tif9. shoes
from s. 90 o. % 40. and other neces-
stiles the same way.
Are the large clothing manufaciuf.
ers afraid that their war profits are
Euing 90 stop or u Il that the gov
eminent ls 10 "a poor financial posi-.
ton and needs our extra prcunhrY
support besides.
also might ada here. while W
are speaking from financial stand
point. why IN 10 that tho fellows who
we're Transferred from our camp and
other training stations 90 'he [ al.
ysraity % seattle station % pursue
college studies in addition 10 their
naval training. have been sent home
without even bciug required g. hand
IN a request. supported b. affi iatlts,
and being released with the 30 Ter
cent quota. while W.. many ~ whom
have wives and children or aged
parents who are sorcly In reed %
our support. must remain IN srrv-
icof Il Ia that they are supposed
TO have too much brain matter.
which la not needed here. or. II u
that money n again concerned
Also. az our Camp Lewis friend
stated. why D. there not n law Or
a regulation allowing mrn IN aery
Ice O. rifle on trains on the ouc-csni
rate Can wr afford 10 pay ihr FUN
rate plus War tax on about $500
month. especially az Christmas time.
when the average pas received was
from one % eleven dollars How
far do you think a person could 80
on that 90 $50 relatives or friends
n couple Of hundred miles away.
One poin; brother soldier has in
his favor IL thai be has AT least re-
csived orcdl, for what no has done
and gone thru. But tho sailor Their.
Ia mighty little said % him. How
about tho eighty thousand or 40
sailors who have been In the war
zune and those who were Killed
Nothing q known. But that is get.
Ing of the subject
what We want IL 90 Ko home
Why keep as In service 20 run IN
with shipping corpora. /
lions who are getting well paid Tor
their services
have stated n few reasons why 4
camp life has become unbrarabic 4
Iut when the boys get home they I
viii have plenty 60 say.
The topmont IN our minds Il 90 Fo 4
home. for like the soldiers. Il L. not (
merely that W. arc homcslck. but 4
that We are sick % living this way 1
when We arc greatly needed nj home /
FROM ONE or THE MANY /
WHO WANT To col
HOME.