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Show HAL DOUGLAS SAYS MEW ARE TO GO TO FIK,DEC15 Royal Douglas, well known Ogden man now in the officers' training camp at Fort Sheridan, 111., writes to his father, Ralph H. Douglas, 317 Thirtieth Thir-tieth street, that he expects to leave for France by December 15. In his characteristic fashion, he says: "Ft. Sheridan, Ills., Nov. 21: Your letters received soni6 time ago but you know, dad, we are so darn busy we do not have time to answer letters. "We don't know for sure what commissions com-missions are to be given out here, but I have sorao reliable information thatl I am to be commissioned a first lieutenant lieu-tenant In the national army and ordered order-ed lo France Dec. 15. That isn't very many days away, is it? Gee. I'd like to go home and sec you all before I leave, but our equipment. Including clothing, shoes and evorythlng will cost each of J us between $300 and $400 and I can't: see where I can scrape a hundred dol-! lars for railroad fare from here to Og-; den and return. Of course, nothing definite def-inite is known as yet. I'll let you know as soon as possible. "Evervthing is going thick and fast here. It is reported that over 1000 of-, fleers from this camp will go to France, Dec. 15.. "Ogden high certainly got walloped, didn't they? I'm surprised at them making such a poor showing. That's! terrible. "There's a law in this state prohib-' iting every Tom, Dick and Harry band or orchestra from playing "Tho Star, Spangled Banner." The same law is in effect in most of the eastern states. "You can Just bet the war Is going to last three years longer and this country will experience a great deal of suffering before realizing what we are really ur agalnsL Our young men in the United States are too selfish All they think of is themselves. They never think of the state or government except as something they can graft off; not as something that they should uphold and save with their lives. The young men in this camp purchased over $1,000,000 worth of bonds." |