Show how our boys boy s spend time at camp lewis 0 mrs geo 11 brooks st george aith dear folks t tonight is thurs day I 1 am fit at the Y AM 0 A about a quarter of a mile from our barrack the crowd is beginning to gather with the expectation of hearing and seeing something new you know these institutions aro are organized and operated for the soung young men along christian lines it is 19 as its name implies young mena mens christian As it does as the name sug rests there are about six in the camp every bl night i there is a pro gram grain either in the form of a vaud ville musical or lectures aside from this thoy they are giving courses in french mathematics and literature am thinking some of signing up for one of the courses if a person doean t care to hear the program he be is at liberty to read play che checkers ker the phonograph phonographs or read or urite letters everything is free excepting and some books which are sold to help defray some expenses I 1 realize this is a good organization for it helps a roan man who is in the army to spend his time profitably last evening a lecturer gae gave very interesting discussion dip on the life of I 1 paul the apostle and nicodemus both new testament characters today a bunch of men among which were some washington conn coun ty boys moved into our barr barracks aels tonight all the space for cots is occupied and contains about men you see ue e are all subject to move on very short notice some of ot the dibi i lles in in our battery have been receiving fruit from home would be anxious to receive a small package of pomegranates nates and almonds just a taste am going to send my suit home in a few days do what you wih with to with it would rather iu nu mend the tile cat clein and press it and put it away I 1 well ma mal im 8 still till drilling aff an on some advance work in field artillery such aa as becoming familiar with an army rifle and the ia various riou parts of heavy field guns while we ive any real cannons in the regiment we use old fence rails and try to imagine them as the large howitzer cannons this together with frequent lectures makes me begin to feel feet the atmosphere of modern war really I 1 felt dread of going to battle on the other hand I 1 would like to see how those large cannons operate field artillery is next to the safest branch in the service bervice and if I 1 can stay in it ill be satisfied with my lot our lieutenants and captain tell uc u the real situation so we are getting both the bright and the dark side of it each cannon is covered with a large thick piece of steel which serves as a protection for the men wont take time and space to explain field artillery in this letter but will wait until I 1 como come home As to food will say im sati satisfied fied with it we have meat and vegetables bread and coffee every day I 1 have bed warm clothes a clean place to ankh wah and shower bath my bed is about ten feet from a large stove also near a dow which admits plenty of fresh air while I 1 sleep once a month we fill our ticks with clean straw which makes males sleeping fine at nine p m all lights are out and men are in bed 5 0 45 finds everyone except those detailed for various duties getting dressed sweeping washing and preparing tor for reveille Re vellie which is at six oc lok after that breakfast is served our next formation is about 7 80 we march to 0 o our pa rade ground where all kinds of movements in military tactics are practiced both wednesday and saturday afternoons are holidays sunday rest besides answering to reveille vellie re and retreat which come at morning orning in and night respectively and to w it goes saturday momma eich bodier so dier and awl hia bis bed und undergoes erves a in 4 1 I 1 each bed is made a certain way and no other floor swept sv ept clean men shaved and hair cut out clean in a certain way all these are things which I 1 admire about our government well so much for that yesterday being liberty loan day we bad had a holiday there was a big track meet but due to the fact that were so go many present M cottam and I 1 stay to see the finish while the meet wa well way the throne thron of people was attracted by an aeroplane sailing over the north side of the camp thit interested men it waa was the first I 1 ever saw oh yes I 1 yesterday the camp was favored with a vi zit from madame alma gluck she is considered one of if not the greatest bt soprano singer in the world bhe pin quite a number of aoa OMON amon which was carry me back to old and down on the swanny river A round bunch of about 6 5 men stood around the open air egand and drank in the beautiful notes of music am sure I 1 enjoyed it een even though it wag was somewhat hat classical I 1 see tom lund quite often last sunday he went to tacoma to L D S conference guess I 1 have gone had I 1 received my uniform well mother in looking back over this I 1 gee see I 1 have written ao some in e words and I 1 hope thoughts I 1 see sea lorrane ivins and find teele need quite often tia ti nearly bed titue time BO so will cloe clo e for now As alever ever I 1 wit with love iove tu to all hami |