Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1919-01-01
DEvULUP BATTALION
First Provision Co.

Dere Paw, If had rote yu sooner i
wud hav posted this letter earlier and
yu would hav a chanel to let me kno
quicker in yuF anser Wether yu could
spar me IS fiv dollard or knot. 1t may
seam strang that soldiers should ever
kneaed money or go brok when their
weigh is paid with nationals, shelter and
30 wheels month and seconds to wear
though it may appear there is always
those that if civilian suits was Sellin
for scent APIECE he wouldn't hav money
enuf to buy the arm hole of a vest.
What they do with their dollar eighty
they have left after their lotment and
lnsuranc is paid God only nose.
When the war busted l was one of
the first million that stood right be-
hind the Pres. OF course some of us
was quite a ways behind but just the
same he knew where | was and If he
wanted anything special done he had my
number there in his offic and knew what
1t was and that's moar than l ever done
unless / look at my steal tag.
hav been remoted fast since my re
duction into the service. I was only on
the Monopolization Camp ground days
before was made into a craporal with
a sqab of my own to drill. When come
her on the Dixie Flyer at miles an hour,
! was made into an NJ. p, not a men,
Der of Parleyment but a mounted police
TO stand on a soap-boX and to tell peo
pie VI didn't know anything when they
asked VI Ii was also yur duty to find
out what way they were going and make
them turn around and so the other way
AS soon as ! learned the way Augusta
lay the Captain thought I was gettin on
| to Military Secrets too fast ad this time
he promoted me to X. Z. This job is
next to mess sergeant but not quite so
much money or influence and yu don't
eat with the men.
There is a great deal of revalry be-
tween Augusta, Ga, and Aiken S. c..
and felar from Augusta said he liked
10 lott
fellar from Aiken said his town was
dead all right but 1t wasn't laid out yet
This is an old one Paw but l never heard
1t before. They say when Sherman
marched through Georgia he went around
thiS town. II yu ever lived here yud
know why. OF course yu heard what he
said about war. He got that impression
down here and we're all strong for Sher-
man They say at first he intended to
burn the town but later decided to let
Nature take her course
/ drew an overcoat the other day but
] never was lucky on the draw and
fits me IS when l look in the glass and
then | have reel fit The pockets are
so far down that I have to get on my
knees to get my makins wanted to
get something out of them pockets in
the tent the other night and the boys
quit swearin until l got up. They thought
l wa ssayin my prayers.
met the supply officer the same night
and he stopped me and asked me where
! was takiu the tent The U. S. Govt
is certainly the most generous to its sol
diers in the world. There is enuf cloth
in sleeve of that coat to make me a
uniform. still the Govt says we don't
have to keep them when we go back to
be civil again and that's good news
One Of my bunkies thought he wud
nav got his discharg if he listened hard
enuf so he pretended to be def and got
away with it until the Doc threw a half
dollar on the floor behind him when both
of his cars turned rite down toward the
sound. It's hard to fool the Medical Osi-
fers The cook dropped my bread In
the sand YesdaS and I didn't no it ontil
got a few pebbles between my teeth
Then 1 hit him with both of them and
the Is. o. had me on the karpet an when
tole him that [ enlisted to fight for my
Country but I didn't agree to eat it, he
thought l was so smart that | needed
more developing SO I'm here. This is
where they send fellars that show I'm
usual intelligence.
Well Paw, / see the Kinl1 of England
just to show he amt favorin him because
he's a relation wants TO hang his royal
That wud be Iettin him off to easy, Our
Pres is a forgivin man but just, an he
says i'm in favor of sendin him to drag
out the rest Of his miserable existence
in Augusta and to ride up Walton Way
every day in a Mule Ambulance. This
seems too severe to me but as i say Pm
behind the Pres Woodrow he knows.
anser the more viii be glad to hear
from home.
Yur lovely son, doe Benor.
Casual Co.
Deyullup Bait.
Camp Cancoch, Ga.