Show PEOPLE TRAVELED 15 MILES TO SEE TROOP TRAINS PASS BY amp merritt now new jersey july 10 dear father just a few lines to let you know I 1 arrived here safe e and had a dandy time on tile the way we were on oil tile the train seven da ilaya aye and we ne caroe came through about ten dlf dif forent states they would stop hours every di in different towns and take us off and drill us ua in main street people would crowd around by the thousands find and watch us drill and clap their hands we sure got a good send off people came fifteen miles and more to the railroad to see the stoop trains go through 1 I 11 dare say bay I 1 shook hands with ten thousand people rho rhe camp here at camp merrelt as large as camp lewis 3 but it Is much pr prettier ettler there s lots of shade trees and pretty lana lawna and mowers flowers in camp we are only se ventoe i miles from new york but I 1 don t think they will let us go there on our leaves as we e tire are only here for a bhart time we will be on our way again in the near future we got get new clothing issued ua its today and turn all our old junk in well I 1 would like to write more about army life but I 1 am not cot allowed to tell much I 1 will close hoping these thebo few lines find you all ax ae well as it leaves me your loving son ERVIN RICHENS co A int am ain ex forces |