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Show CampiSan A Visit to Campi Camp CampSan Camp\San Camp San \ San Luis Obispo ObispoBy By MRS B R . . L L . . CALDWELLFor CALDWELLFor CALDWELL CALDWELLFor For tht the t he " benefit bM1efit of parents of o1 the theboys theboys theboys boys of thp the Vernal Vemal National Guard GuardI I would like IIkt ' to tell a little uttle about aboutthe aboutthe aboutthe the bov bovs boys and Camp San Luls Luis Obis- Obis Obispo Obispo Obls-po Obls po - - po We went down the week of ofJuly ofJuly ofJuly July 4th for our son Hugh who whohad whohad whohad had a seven da day v furlough and we wewere wewere wewere were pleased with our visit at the thecamp thecamp thecamp camp and glad to see the Vernal Vernalboys Vernalboys Vernalboys boys feeling feeHng so fineWhen fineWhen tine fine tineWhen When we reached the campwhich camp campwhich campwhich which Is four or five miles from fromSan fromSan fromSan San Luls Luis Obispo the boys were wereout wereout wereout out of their tents and Clifford CliffordCaldwell CliffordCaldwell CliffordCaldwell Caldwell In the cook house knew knewour knewour knewour our BertiCaldwell car and called caned There s a Berti Bert BertCaldwell BertCaldwell Caldwell and the boys cam caml camt < from fromI fromall fromall fromall all directions We were surely surelyglad surelyglad surelyglad I glad to see them and enjoyed our ourshort ourshort ourshort short stay there very much Theywere They Theywere Theywere were all glad to see SPe us . too as most mostot mostof mostof ot of the boys are anxious , to hear hearfrom hearfrom hearfrom from home We were welcomed welcomedby welcomedby welcomedby by the boys andofficers and officers who glad gladly gladby gladly ly by showed the camp to us It is a afine afine afine fine level place where the tents are areand areand areand and the surrounding hills are very verybeautiful verybeautiful verybeautiful verybeautifulThere beautiful beautifulThere There Is a tine fine hospital where we wevisited wevisited wevisited visited some of the boys Karl KarlCaldwell KarlCaldwell KarlCaldwell Caldwell and Lorenzo Bodily BodUy are areboth areboth areboth both doing fine tine Karl Is now sit sitUng sitLing sitting Ung Ling up in a wheel-chair wheel chair wheel-chalr chalr - - Captain CaptainHugh CaptainHugh CaptainHugh Hugh W Colton Invited us to hishome his hishome hishome home for dinner but we ate with withthe withthe withthe the boys the day we left Their Theirdinner Theirdinner Theirdinner dinner consisted of roast meat meatvegetable meatvegetable meatvegetable vegetable soup peas pea.s . cabbage cabbagepickles cabbagepickles cabbagepicklea pickles and apple pie All was well weil wellcooked weilcooked wellcooked cooked and all the boys are well wellfed wellfed wellfed fed and they tl1ey look it I think ev evervone evervone evervone ervone has put on weightTheir weightTheir weight weightTheir Their tents are walled up with withlumber withlumber withlumber lumber and about one and a halt half haltor halfor halfor or two feet of screen around the thetop thetop thetop top of the wall so the tent can be berolled berolled berolled ' rolled up for ventilation ventUation There aree are'e are " ' " -e e -'e 'e - - ' e cots In each tent furnished furnishedwith furnishedwith furnishedwith areI I with sheets and pillow plllow cases ber bec bes be bers r ' c r-s r s + ' -s s - < ; mattress blankets and ait a , " K lt it Their shoes are polished polisheda a ' ed I'd Id and tied setting under ther'ot thefoot the theot r'ot rot foot " ' ot of their beds Their clothes clotheshung clotheshung clotheshung hung over the tl1e bed A little gas gasstove gasstove gasstove stove is in the middle of ot the room roomI roomwhich roomwhich roomwhich which Is lighted every night as asthe asthe asthe the breeze from the ocean is at at a I I t is 1 " . too cool for fOT comfort It Is 1 & a asight asight asight sight to go into the kitchens so soc soc soc c ean ran and white They use lye to towash towash towash wash their dishes with or In the the"ater thecater thewater "ater ater cater " then scalded twice with some somedisinfectant somedisinfectant somei disinfectant The grounds are very sanitary sanitaryNo sanitaryNo sanitaryNo No papers ro"ks roks rcrks ro-ks ro ks " - or trash of any anykind anykind anykind kind Utter litter the camp Althoughthere Although Althoughthere Althoughthere there is nothing growing the theground theground theground ground Is raked smoothlyThe smoothlyThe smoothly smoothlyThe The Vemal Vernal boys live Uve In the first firstcamp firstcamp firstcamp camp and just over a small ridge ridgeare ridgeare ridgeare are three or four more miles mUes of oft.ents oftents oftcnta t.ents tents . making a small tlmall town own Be Besides Besides Besides sides the regular routine of train training trainIng ! Ing the boys enjo enjoy } > musical pro- pro prorams prorams pro-rams pro rams - rams - sports F-JXrU F JXrU } and In the evening"ev evening evening"ev eveningj "e-v "e e v "ev ev " - ev mpv mev R attend ttRnd school A good"how good'how good goodhow how "how 'how " ' ; house also provides d1vers1 diversithn diversithnfor diversionfor n nfor for the soldieraChurches soldl'tIsChurches soldiers soldl/'tIs soldl 'tIs tIs soldiera soldiersChurches / ' Churches Including the Latter Latterday Latterday Latterclay day Saint Church are conducted conductedfor conductedfor conductedfor for the boys and an organ1zaUon organization organizationla organ1zaUonis organizationis : is ett effec ed In the COL Co . . B 115th en- en engineers en engineers - . gineers g1neers gineersThe g1neersThe The dally routine regular hourssubstantial hours hourssubstantial hourssubstantial substantial food rood . , . orderliness ord.erUneas orderUneas . and andtra1n1ng andtraining andtraining tra1n1ng training are a.re . doing dolna the boys boya BOOd good BOOdMany goodMany goodMany Many of them are benefltting beneOtUnc benefitUng from fromthe fromthe fromthe the courso coursea courses : given ilftD . . , a at & the camp . . |