Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-08
LETTERS FROM OUR
SOLDIERS AT HOME
AND AT THE FRONT


Captain A. Il, Stroup of this city,
now in France, has written an inter-
esting letter to his brother, A. b.
Stroup. While the letter is a little
old, it gives a very good description
of Capt. Stroup's trip across the At
lantic and subsequent happenings,
and is very entertaining. The letter
follows:
We left Fort Myer about o'clock
September Goth and arrived at Camp
Merritt before daylight October LIST
but did not detrain until about s
o'clock We were guaranteed there,
not strict quarantine for we pro-
ceeded with our work though no out
siders were allowed ip or We're our
men allowed to leave camp. Here we
had TO undo most of our work of
equipping and requip for they had
different ideas than were those exer-
cised at Fort Myer.
1t took until October 9Th to get all
fixed up aud then we were ordered
to disembark. Camp Merritt is
where | came nearly being left be-
hind for I surely was pretty sick on
sunday, October 9th. Ny tempera-
ture went to 1903 10 but | staid in
bed and ate aspirin all day. The doc
tor knew how badly wanted to come
so in the y. m. he gave me some NOR
prime and again some more in the
evening. | do not know what did il
but | was able to ride to the Loaf in
! the ambulance 200 a. m, Monday
October 9TH and I come right out OF
| 1t, 50 that when we boarded our trans
| port at about 900 a. m. | was feel
ing pretty good.
! We came down the Hudson in a
I river boat. 1t was light enough "
! the time we reached New Fork that
! we could see everything and il was a
very pretty ride except for the ac-
comodations. At pier +, lioboken
1 we got some Red Cross coffee and
raisin buns which were very :s9od
indeed I think we were all aboard
| the transport by 1000 a. M, OCTOBER
! It'll.
! We let go of the pier at 800 n m
| October 18th and leisurelv wendell our
way out past the Wonderful Lady
and narrows to where the Atlantic
hreezes begin to blow Then we al.
most stopped our engines and drift
ed with lust enough steam to keen q
| course till y. m. when two Other
| transports, cruiser and two torpedo
| boats joined and we put out due
south. That night we silent with oIn
NE preserFers on. About y. m. Oc.
topper 9Th we Joined four other trans
| ports from Newport News From here
we proceeded on our journey propei
with seven transports. one cruiser
and one torpedo boat DESTROYER
can't tell you all the ms and out,
for hardly an hour went bv, but tina
either the destroyer or cruiser dashed
ahead or off 10 one side. Sometime,
she would go away out on the hill
top. We lost the cruiser ono foee,
night and she was gone all the nex
day but the day following that sh,
was with us when we awolee. Som,
say the DESTROYER did little large
practice one dav. I do not know.
We mad our real. sure enough hon
est TO goodness sensation at A. IN
October 10th when one of the trans
ports opened fire on what may hav,
heen submarine. I will not say 1
wasn't nor will I say it was. hut
know there was something sticking
out of the water lust like, I imagine
n periscope would look 7 tell vol
my blood ran fast. expected ever,
minute to see the white streak bu
nothing came. We were the best tar
get had it been sub, for the neares
| boat was too close
! The object finally disappeared
whether Of its own accord or by rea,
son of shot ] can't saw. Not mar
on hoard but me, seemed to be ev
cited They all wanted to see thu
! fin. The whole affair lasted proba
| bly, ten to fifteen minutes. We wen
! on our way as though nothing hat
| hauueHed.
| Nothing new happened again unit
! shortly after dinner October 1911