The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-01-01
GRANDSON OF CIV
IL WAR VETERAN
Edward Camp, Nephew of Mrs.
G. S. Gardner. Enlisted In u.
S. Navy When He Was II
Years Old.

Mrs. Georgia Sargent Gardner OF
Stephensport sends an interesting
letter to The Breckenridge News
from her nephew, Edward Maurice
Camp, a midshipman of the u. S.
Navy and who has been in European
waters since last April
Midshipman Camp is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Camp of
Owensboro. So full of patriotism was
he that when America became engag-
ed in the world war, Camp ran away
from home and enlisted. But his faith
err brought him back on account Of
his age; then several months later
the parents gave their consent and
the young sailor boy, who was only
II at the time, enlisted again.
History repeats itself always, and
this sailor did nothing more than
his grandfather, Captain William H.
Sargent did when he was boy. Mrs.
Gardner said her father enlisted be-
fore ne was 21 years af age, in the
Civil War, July 1861 as a private in
Company K. e5th Regiment, Indiana
Volunteer Infantry, serving until
April 25, 1862 when he was discharg-
ed for disability contracted in SER
vice. In May 1864 he formed a COM
pany for the 100 days service. was
made Captain and merged into the
1856 Indiana Regiment, serving the
full term of enlistment"
Camps Letter.
Following is Camps letter address
ed to his mother:
~. S. Ship Downes, Queenstown,
Ire, Nov "a, 1918 Dear Mamma: 1
received two interesting letters from
you, and six packages of Greensboro
papers from papa, also my Xmas
present, for which accept my thanks.
| am so proud of it. The box of
sailed peanuts you sent reached me
just before we started on pleasure
trip, that Admiral Sims gave all his
boys. AS the censor was raised today,
| can tell you of the places we visit
ed while on our cruise. We were all
out for fun, pleasure and a good
time, no worries and no hunting and
watching for submarines. Our first
stop was at Holyhead, Wales; we
stayed there three days, spending
most of our time at Liverpool and
Chester, and then back to the ship.
From Holyhead we sailed to Glas-
gov, Scotland, where we saw them
bringing in the German feet that had
surrendered and that was a grand
sight, we enjoyed seeing the subs,
that we had searched for, for months
in European waters. There we're
some missing and several that our
ships could account for.
"Our next stop was at Belfast, Ire
land. and it is some city. The largest
ship building company in the world
is located there. We saw two ships
launched, one was sister to the I'll
tanic. Leaving Belfast we returned
to Queenstown fol- OIL
"As the great war is over / suppose
you think all of us are coming home
soon but we won't all get back for
a few months. Ships from II to 40
are going back at once, but from
4s to sO5 will stay over until the
grand review given in honor of Pres
ident Wilson and Gen. Pershing
Tomorrow we sail for Baer Haven
in Bantry Bay, the Nevada and Okla
homa are there at present. 50 l will
probably see some Owensboro boys.
Then we will go back to France and
down and around to Turkey from
there we join the other ships and are
going ont TO meet President Wilson.
This will be something ! will never
forget, they have been making pre-
partitions for Il for weeks
my next trip will likely be for the
good old u S. A. If you ever see de-
stroyer As. in the moving pictures at
the Empress, you will know il is the
Downes.
"As want to take bath and scrub
my clothes tonight will close. With
lots Of love % all Your boy. Ed
ward"