Show I 59 WITH fH THE ORS COMMUNICATIONS S Ol S FROM FIlO- THE TIIE BOYS SERVING S CAUSE OF or 01 J CY l CY J Editors Editor's Editors Editor's Note Letters fron Iron camps and und at at atthe the front r are ahva l vav We Ve urgently request r readers aders of rj fic lice fice any communications they ir m n serving ser their country t. t j Marines i E Enjoy Service iVi j I 1 The Enterprise received a I this week e fr from lU Kimbal Peterson n and 9 Calvin lv 1 Christenson both of of t this lis city t who are serving erving atM re Ish Island ia California with the Marines n n They enclosed the he following poem Only a Volunteer Why didn't I wait to be drafted l And be led to the train by a band ban And put in a claim for exemption exemption- 0 O why did I hold up niX my hand hy Why di nt I wait w it for the banquet tl Why didn't I wait to be cheered For th the draft drafted d men get all the h credit While I merely volu volunteered 5 And nobody gave me a banquet Nobody said a kind word The puff of ot the engine the grind of of the wheels Was all the goodbye I heard hear Then off to the train training camp hustled l d To be trained for l the next half a year And nd in the shuffle f forgotten forgotten- I was only a volunteer i And perhaps some day dar in t the e future When my little boy sits boy sits site on on my knees And asks what I did in thia this great war Ya And his hie little eyes look loot up at me me I will have to look back into those eyes That at atme me so trustingly peer And tell him that I wasn't wasat drafted drafted- I was only nl a UNITED volunteer UNITED D STATES MARINE C. C CORPS R S S Ap Appreciates r c 10 W 1 0 Bill STo To the people of Ephraim 1 Busy Busy and alid l neglectful egl as s a a a soldier may be beat be at times he a always remembers remembers re re- mem members bels bel's the t a and n d friends that he left at at home and appreciates tl the e remembrances that he receives from them Regret Re Ke- gret that I have not expressed my ply appreciation at at- atan tin un an earlier lier date for th the New w X Year t expression expression sion sUm of good will which ch yO you sent me me It was was well used and much valued u not t. t only ony as s 's a t ten dollar l dollar I bill bil and that tha comes comes om s' s in in mighty handy for a soldier soldie but as the sentiments of the h pe people pe of theold the theold the theold old home t town wn The gift was prized many times beyond its value as s the expression of off the givers and as as car carrying caryn yn g its t load foad of wishes well-wishes from all ll of of off you you And you may b believe lieve that t h t means much fo to toa oa A soldier boy along a along long ong long way from l home om I r am enjoying th the work here R. R i 1 the s in iri inthe the tra training ys rs s of intense se i t. t to everyone ne he lio l e Enterprise f to send to this tins ofay of of- If- If ay y receive from th the boys hOW now like t-like like it better all the The b officers cers are areas s fine line a set sett of i men menas ll li lis as s one n c could uld vj wish h M to mee meet The They y have a personal Interest in the needs and welfare of their menI men men- I Which vh ch makes t the e work 1 pleasurable pleasure able without which h heling feeling eling ap any routine Jl must be b drudgery My 1 ar army l y exp experience thus f far r ha has been a big hard good strange g school o ol l The he disc discipline pline the clash of r religious ideas ideas ideas' and nd ideals s the th comp competition and d all the of of the kl knocks O and aud nd bumps help to test and strengthen en the man man who is a ma man An And that includes es es s' s practically every every one of pI our l Mormon boys I do dOl not t know of ofa a tt single c case se of failure among them It It-is It ti is very strange to observe observe ob ob- ob serve serve even ven these many m many ity t thousand thousand l S and miles fr from m the firing fi line men studying the scriptures s who vho never before before- opened opened the covers covers ovel's of 01 of the Bible The Wt war r is chan changing i g the tile wo world l in in ma many y ways y ways ys It might night be btu b ilter interesting sti to yo you you to l know no the religious statistics of f the Camp Lewis ewis soldiers The Ron Roman all Catholics s. s are strong the Methodists number ber Mormons Mormons 1114 There are also 36 infidels 6 agnostics 6 G 6 ud atheists 1 I fa fatalist fatal fatal- ali al- al i t 6 6 Holy Rollers 4 Mohamed Mohamed- ans ns 6 Quakers 1 l Abraham and nd 1 an and varying large numbers bers from the mallY many protestant protest- protest ant lt fa faiths hs Religion has strong a individual l- l ual play here but ut there here is 11 not t. t much ch r roe room nI for col collective study for all religious ll the religions s Army work takes up nearly ly all the time tilie Of Officers i ers er's and rules are are- of pt necessity essl strict but it is j just st as easy to live within vit in m military law as civil law when one becomes accustomed accustom accustom- ed ell to it And the regularity of this lif life is is' v very vry ry beneficial physic physically phys phys- ic ily I saw in Tacoma Taco- Taco ma last Saturday and would bet that we b have ye gained on an average average av av- av 12 pounds each That speaks well weil for the cooks and th the mess mess s sergeants The winter weather here is very disagreeable rain rain rain fain and then for a change hange a heavier rain Would surely appreciate appreciate ap ap- some U Utah t n a- ah h winter weather eather but at that am learning learning learn learn- ing to shed h water ju just like a areal areal areal real Washingtonian Well Vell its it's its getti getting late ate n and d I must be lH at it headquarters Jn in 11 the tho mornin morning uL at 7 o'clock to squad drill and physical exer exer- cise Thank jCu you all n again ain n and i best wish wishes s from one one of Uncle U fe feS S Sam's Sams ms m's boys at Lewis Oo Corporal l At Adolph L. L J Jensen i |