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Show JAMES E. KHHT IS READY TO GO OVERSEAS o A letter from James E. Knight, of Slaterville, a member of the 34th engineer en-gineer corps, has been received by the Weber county exemption board and shows Knight is having an interesting inter-esting time on the "big adventure." It follows: 4 "Camp Upton, N. Y Aug. 9. 1918. "To My Local Board and Friends of Weber County, Ogden, Utah. My Dear Friends: While here in Long Island, N. Y., and only a few more days Jn this good old U. S. A., will endeavor to write you many letters all In one. I have witnessed many great sights since I Jeft my good old home and Scgo Lily state. "I haven't seen anything to compare com-pare with iL I left Ogden city on May 27 for Camp Lewis, Wash. Had a very pleasant trip with the rest of the Utah boys. We were a lively bunch of rookies. I was in Camp Lewis 21 days, then was transferred to Fort I Benjamin Harrison,- Ind. I landed there on June 23. We traveled ten states. It was a hard , trip, four days and five nights, but I enjoyed it for I always longed to travel. We marched through many large cities and the Red Cross treated us the very best. They are the soldiers' best friends, and the people as a rule are also, "When we landed in Fort Benjamin Harrison it was in the middle of the night and we were all tired. When wo got up the next mrrning, we were all turned around, and did not know east from west, and we were all disgusted dis-gusted and did not like the camp, and that was only half of it. "While at Camp Lewis we had some hard knocks, but the time was short and we were wild and had to take It all and say nothing, and when we did not do just ns they told us we heard about it. If we did not listen we would get kitchen policed; that nieant washing dishes and other jobs such as scrubbing the floors and waiting on 250 men, etc. But we don't begrudge the time that is past, but I would like "Here is a list of the stales that I passed through: Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Montana, Wyoming, Wyom-ing, South Dakota, Nebraska, Missouri. Mis-souri. Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Pennsyl-vania, New York, and New Jersey. I am now In Long Island. "We rode along the Mississippi river riv-er about 75 miles, saw large boats and ferry boats by the dozens and bridges that are too large for words. We were transferred from Fort Benjamin Harrison Har-rison ou August 5, and had a tiresome trip for two days and nearly three nights, as we rode in chair cars all the way and could not take our clothes off. I was on guard one day and a night- They would not allow the soldiers to get off the cars or to take anything frpni people, nor to mall any letters. They were very strict, although al-though the officers would allow us to have anything that came from the Red Cross beacuse they knew it was good. Tho officers have to be strict because be-cause there are men in the army who would take a mile if given an inch. "On our way hero we had baths which the Red Cross had furnished for the troops, and It was appreciated by the boys. One carload of soldiers went to the Hudson river to lake a bath. One boy was drowned, he belonged to the same company that 1 do, the 34th engineers' corps. I knew him by sight and he was a nice fellow There were five train loads of us thero. There are lots of troop trains. About twenty pass through here each day lo different camps along the coast, "We ferried from Jersey City on the Hudson river lo the great city of New York and saw the Statute of Liberty and many largo vessels and battleships, battle-ships, machine guns and hundreds of small boats. "We are having inspection today, getting ready to go to France. Tho Utah boys all rank high in this regiment. regi-ment. There are quite a few Utah boys here. We were quarantined for a short timo for measles but we never lost our cheer. "Well, I will close this letter. I am going across the pond with good intentions inten-tions of coming back, and, while I am over there I will try and do my part and live a good clean life so that I may be worthy of my parents and my people. I will say farewell to you until un-til me meet again. "JAMES E. KNICtHT, "Co. F. 3-lth Engineers, Camp Upton, Long Island, N. Y." oo |