Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-06-03
OTHERS VIEWS

glorious trip down To camp-collcct-
rd lots of candy, flowers, ana lftilo
from ElrlS along our rQM,C by usihs
1 llllr strategy which | VIII cNpi'hi:
| just wet my pocket handkefchlel
with water ,.nu when the troop lfalll
pulled INTO Il station ana StoPPco'
would stick my head out the WlhooW
and prrlrnu lual WAS crying anu
squeeze the handkerchief, ana out
came the tears, and in came calluy,
flowers, chewing gum, ana lrulI'' iotS
CT sympathy winch | enjoyed nlo'I.
Stayed in Camp about thirty Gays.
The tWSt thing that happened 10 me
after arriving in camp. | lnNeSleu NY
limited amount of capital III crap
game and lost us usual. Having no
razor and beng badly IN nced Oh d
lltlIr barber work, WAS approached
by an officer as Ia why / ulu llol
shave. iUld INN that ana not nave
Il razor and he plUnpt.y HnoWtu Ills
where the company barber Sllop WIS
al and / politely luld hnn | llad no
money an. ne asked me where WAS
my nIul.tI and | told nIm lIi"t mao
lost il he said that | should have re-
purlCu !. 10 the UIilCr because tlldI
,nry mInll be able 10 help me locate
1t. and ne wanted to know why lntl
| had not done SO. told him that L
lost il in crap gamc and that the
fellow won it fair and that lhouSnl
that he ought to be allowed TO keep II
but if il would be all the same 10 nm
II, Ill .,,,1-
would forget about the other ana
maybe that | would have better luck
next 1imC-Which cost me plenty OF
work in the kitchen to my sorrow
We had nice time at Camp jack
son lots Of hiking and drilllng' boxing
and exercise took ON several cham
pionS myself, knocked out few OF
them and also got the lard knocked
out Of me on several bouts.
We left camp Jackson and went to
GreenvlIc to Camp Sewer, ). L.
stayed there a few days and then
went from there to Camp Mills, N.
Y. and sailed for overseas from
Brooklyn. n Y, July 10Th.
Arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
the fifth day OF August, and il
was 4 terrible snOWSiOrm on. we
liked to frozc and from there to
Liverpool, England. which took us
eighteen days to make the crossing
which came near finishing me up,
was | ScaSick-I say that | was.
The only time that | laughed on
the trip over was on one afternoon
l was standing by the rail feeding
the fish and there was little red
headed fellow standing there too and
he was also feeding the fish and
sailor come by and patted him on
the back and said To him Hey. Pat,
your stomach is kinder weak isn't
it," He said, 20 l don't know, | am
throwing ii about as far as anybody
else is.
We arrived in Liverpool after a
stormy voyage. 1t was d large crowd
at the pier to see us unload and the
English girls sang Hail, Hail, the
Gangs All Here, SO What the He'll
Do We Care Now" Also there were
a plenty Of little boys there and in
England every American soldier was
called Sammy. Also, they called pen
MES cents over there One little boy
said to me Hey. Sammy have you
got any cents" told did not think
so. to come way over there to fight
for England. They wanted American
pennies for souvenirs.
And now | will get back to our
stay in France They told me that II
was sunny France, but if you will
believe me | liked to froZe. It got so
cold over there IN the Swiss Alps
mountains where we were stationed
that it became necessary to break
day with an ice pick and prize the
sun up with a crow bar to ever get
it started. yet somebody said that it
was sunny France. It rained all the
time. 1t was real duck country and
believe me we had to do some real
ducking when the Germans started to
shell US with those big guns.
The French mademoiselles were
most pleasing to the eye, there was
no ugly ones.
In France | spent several days in
the French capital, had most glorl-
Gus time, lost my head and went wild
for all the French queens were there.
We all stayed pretty healthy until
the influenza epidemic, which jump
cd on nearly all of us, so 1t finally
got me and when they asked me if |
wanted TO go 10 the hospital, | said
yes. for | had heard 4 lot about how
good looking the American Red Cross
nurses were, and kinder looked for
ward to that trip, although l was
mighty sick.
So here was my experience with
the beautiful Red Cross nurses:
Before | fell victim
To the Wilcs Of Spanish flu.
I'd gathered from posters.
And certain movies, too,
That when it came to nurses
You always woke to view
Some peach from Zicgficld's Follics
Who slipped the pills to you.
I've read the artful fiction
About the angels fair
Who sat beside your pillow
And stroked your fcvered halr.
And made you kind Of careless
How long you fingered there
In the radiant effulgenC2
Of lovely baby stare.
That may be true in cases
The way it is in lays.
But mine was no white lady,
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