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Show Gunnison Veteran Likes Home Paper Soldiers' Home, January 24, 1925 Dear Mr. Cherry I've been thinking think-ing of writing you for a long time. I want to tell you how glad we are to get your paper and hear from home. It is sure good to hear from old Gunnison. Gun-nison. I wonder how you are all standing the cold winter? We have had fine weather so far. Our coldest weather was between Christmas and New Year's. The thermonmeter never went below 40 above so you see it has not been cold. The flowers are still blooming. Sweet Teas and all kinds of flowers and the humming birds are still with us. What a wonderful climate cli-mate this is. I don't know how I could stand to live in the mountains in the winter" again. y I will now tell you something about how we get along in the Soldiers' home. When you get here and are regularly installed you get 2 suits of clothes and 2 suits of underwear, 1 hat, 1 pair of shoes and 1 pair of suspenders, sus-penders, 4 pairs of socks and a good bed and plenty of good food to eat. There is plenty of hot water and we can bathe every day if we want to. Our washing is taken up once and a week. We get clean sheets and pillow 'cases once a week. All -you have to do is to take care of yourself. If you get sick the orderly notifies the captain cap-tain and he notifies the doctor. The doctor comes and examines you and leaves you some medicine. If you don't get better the doctor comes with the ambulance and away you go to the hospital where you get the best of care. I know for I have been there. In the way of amusements we have picture shows and other shows almost every night in the week. This is all free to the veterans. j Well, Mr. Cherry, this letter is get- i ting lengthy and I will close with the : best regards to everybody. If you care to' give space in your I valued paper, people might like to know something about the Soilders' homes in California. Yours truly, J. P. FJELDSTED. |