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Show DON SMITH HEARS FROM LEWIS EDWARDS , Plck-A-Dltty Arsenal, Dover, N. J., April 29, Dear Don: Received the calling cards and thanks very much. Was sure glad to m hear from you even If It was Indl- I rectly, I don't mean the cards you know, but Leo let me read the let-I let-I ter you sent to htm. I Well, I suppose you fellows are I all planning the June 16 trip. I know I I would be If I were there but you I can't make me Jealous as I may have I a' hunting trip myself. I This is a very pretty place here rather quiet only at times when they I are testing out a new kind of a 6 I ' inch shell or something like that. I There are all kinds of people em- B ployed here, kids getting $4-60 and E five big dollars per day, but they are all under'the draft age, or over. I Well I am not doing so bad, I am 1 getting saxty cents each time the sun I drops over the horizon and am get-I get-I ting honest to h white flour bread, I and butter ( T ) and plenty of sugar ( T ) H - and salads ach! throw a cabbage in I a ten gallon boiler, two carrots, a I little meat the mascotMiappened to I leave, plenty of red pepper and a I little corn starch and say boy, we ft eat It like a Booster show banquet. I am only a short way from New ' "York, but as yet have not been to the little burg, but expect to be lucky enough to go one of theso stormy days. We are playing all the time and have our other duties to look after and are kept pretty busy from 6:45 a. m. until 9:00 bells. I think whon I get out of the army I will try to get a Job running Hutabelly's press. I know I could hold that Job down as there would not be anything to do. We have played out to Morris-town. Morris-town. Dover, and most of the adjoining ad-joining towns here and have had a pretty good time, but we have suro been tied up since landing here. They keep us on hand all the time In case of necessity, fire or anything like that. We were called out the other night and had to double quick for a talle and a halt on a hill to put out a brush fire. We are on regular field service and they are very strict with passes, etc. You almost have to get permission permis-sion from the colonel to take a gas Pipe. v So Lea Is thinking of getting In the big game. I wish he was with us, it Is very nice to have friends with you at times. I suppose the old town is pretty well cleaned of young fellows. You see I class myself with them as I was in the sixty day limit. I'll bot the joung fellows aro having the choice of the land. You see I put it that way to mnko It sound right, not saying anything about the older fellows. fel-lows. I suppose the recent war news gives the curb stone llxards plenty of fodder to ram In their gas tank. We generally keep a little In touch of the news ot the day here, take all the New York papers but the war news Is glanced over like the advertising pagos and want ads. It gets rather old and stale and although al-though It would sound rather strange to you at home, but the soldiers do not take much stock In. it, they Just get used to do what they are commanded com-manded to do and let nature take .its course, like the hired girl said when her foot slipped. The people around here are quite interested In this Western bunch. They all think we aro broncho busters bust-ers anil can do all of the stunts of Douglas Fairbanks. They think wo are all Mormons and have ten wives and not being especially harnessed har-nessed In the church organ vehicle, we can at times have plenty of sport in lottlns: them believe it. I am sure there were tlmeB when you was down In the South that you wished you were in a position to Just call some of them well Just put on the uniform and they approach ap-proach you In a little different style. Give Jual, your father and all of the boys in the office my very best regards not forgetting your wife and the kiddles. I suppose that oldest boy of yours is the office devil by now. The boys all send their regards. re-gards. Yours In the Olive Drab, until until Luclfercnc escorts his Royal Lowliness "Old Dill," through the singeing gates of hell and feeds him pineapples vice versa until he learns the Star Spangled Danner In English, French, Belgian, Japanese and Washakie. LEW. |