Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-01-14
e. 8. 4. Surveyor.
Care p. NJ. New York, N. Y,
November 2Sth, 1918,

Care p. NJ. New York, n. Y,
November 2Sth, 1918.
Dearest Mother:
l have just good many things |
to be thankful for on this day but
the most important is that ] have
such wonderful mother and that
your letter of October 2lst reached
me. the day before yesterday. am
thankful, and also the crew OF this
ship, that we are afloat and will be
able to leave for the State before
long. We had big dinner today
and am sending you one OF the
menus. viii tell you about 1t fur
ther along in this letter.
We have had few good changes
in the ship here lately and l want
YOU to know about them. Our old
! skipper has been transferred to
shore duty in France and that just
tickled us to a finish. He was u
hard crabbish guy and I'll bet that
he bowled himself out at times. Too
; erratic and conceited to be in COM
/ mand of any ship. To say that We
we're relieved to see him so woulo
be expressing it mildly. Our new
skipper, Capt. Dempwolf, oil th'
: coast guard service, is some skipper
: Doesn't believe in working at SCI
after standing watches night an'
day and takes an interest IN HI
crew. He is not much in carrying
out uniform regulations and treat
s us Just as fair and square as any on
l. lcould wish. Today at noon peior
a the crew was seated at dinner n
came down and made a good litti
" talk and we gave him three OF tn
loudest and longest cheers you eve
le heard. You could tell that he az
lg preciated il by the expression on nj
" face. Liberty was granted froI
$3.50 a. m. till 10 p. m. and all me
on the restricted list were allowed
: 90 ashore from l p. m. to p u
Every one was given special liber'
ne that could possibly be spared A
st hands are happy and like the cal
:, tain the most possible. You kno
most every ship has a drunk or I"
he on board. One Of our sailors was G
er the restricted list and went ashol
ce at 1 D. m. He would not dirk at
ar and said that he wanted to show h
appreciation to Capt. Dempwolf.
There we're boxing contes
ashore at the seaplane sheds whe
- the U. s. navy has its base. / g
III special liberty and went over. A
so miral Niblack was out as we'll as
jti- good many three or four stripel
q The old admiral was enjoying hil
self as much as anyone. When
came in the ringside everyone sto
10 to attention, but he motioned to
down as we were out for go
time and not to stand on ceremoni
All the bouts were good and much
It seems a sin to some people,
would have put every cent / e'
Are spent on one bout between the lig
. weight and welterweight boxers
'n the Philippine Islands. One capt.
Wv had a thousand dollars on the
md low that would have put my MOI
on. You should have seen this c.
Ius- tain when he won. Officers and
ier- were jumping up and down. T
ran has been good Thanksgiving I
ted and It won't be forgotten. AS Ca
he Dempwolf said, 1--WE are thank
io. that we are afloat today and be a
"'' to go back to the States someday
,ar.. Speaking of going back to
.ars States, when do you think that
lere are going back? 1t sounds most
lree good to be true but 1t seems that
ONT. are to- leave next week and ev'
iied one says for the. good old U. s.
90 Coming back from ashore this p.
the captain and executive on
,us. were talking about the dc
.ncb charges. They don't want to
t of them back across the Atlantic '
ls It us and are going to turn them in
morrow. According to them we