Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-01-22 | Page 5 | Joseph Raleigh, Jr., at Asiatic Station

JOSEPH RALEIGH, JR., AT ASIATIC STATION Salt Laker Writes Letter Describing Experiences on Board the TJ. S. Ship Brooklyn. Joseph Raleigh. Jr., son of "Deputy Sheriff Joseph Raie-ich, 334 Coatsville avenue. Is now in the United States naval training service. Tie is 19 years of age, left Salt Lake City in January, 191.5, and is now on board the Brooklyn at the Asiatic station. A letter from the young man was received re-ceived recently from Shanghai, China. It reads in part as follows: The life is wonderful. We hqve been 3.11 through Japan, whose scenery scen-ery is cliarmlngly picturesque. The Japanese treated us royally. Everywhere Every-where they gave us the use of the trains, the street cars and the moving mov-ing picture houses. They also gave a reception in our honor. In the island of Guam there was little to do but ph k cocoanuts and breadfruit. bread-fruit. Guam is nothing but a junsrlp with a small dock and breakwater on one side of the isl.md. The island Is governed by marines and their officers. of-ficers. Shanghai is distinctly Oriental We travel In rickshaws, eat in diminutive Chinese restaurants and listen to Chinese bands which sound like a crew of torn cats. Life In the navy is not very easy We get up at 5. holystone our decks and scrub paint until breakfast at 7:30. We turn to at Sn5 and clean up the decks for inspection. Then we go to 13 Darters nt 9:."i There we have Swedish exercises and drill until U:3i We have dinner at 12 and listen to the ship's hand p!av until 1. Then we turn to and luive school for two V."i.rs. When retreat from school is si-'iuided .e work until U'iO mendin rnnvas. splicing lines, rm-incr. rm-incr. chipping i-;t off steel p.te me.rdin rising and a thousand oLher things.