Show FROM A SOLDIER BOY aug 23 1917 ath co C A C fort t scott mr 1 editor and people of parowan carowan good morning mornine I 1 received your request neat lor for a letter I 1 also received d fifteen dollars that you people a s ne gave roe me thanks very much I 1 indeed deed feel honored in being remembered by the people ilove 1 love best beat who feel bono honored reds I 1 love pa carowan parowan owan and her people when I 1 think of her icart I 1 cant help but think of acres of diamonds a city where her people parris walk alit over a crea of diamonds every day dav and dont realize it opportunities Klitt glittering ering everywhere a wonderous wonder oua city of possibilities and the store house of health lag oh yo People of parowan carowan Pa rowan how blessed you are ana you know it not oil every real and precious jewel lies at the feet of her citizens sometimes I 1 dream dreams of a wonderful city to be when her citizens start to gather the jewels and build a beautiful city of broad clean streets stately homes with green lawns and fragrant flower beds bordering them oh ob I 1 see factories flourishing in her midst and her diamonds fashioned into useful arti clesa Is parowan carowan with her gushing wells her crystal salt beds her golden fields of wheat and corn her sources of mineral and lumber and her thousands of sheep and cattle worthy of admiration 9 Who yet a friend writes me that some of our boss boa have said that only the trash of the natum nation answered the cry of distress and thata that a real boy had higher aims than the army navy or marines boys had bad but I 1 often wondered if those these real brave liya with aims to too lofty to fight are holding the banner of mercy justice ustice and truth over the heads of th the a whole world does the scum of the earth think of the cause of all humanity or of them themar aeKes kesl it la is e easy a sy to detect the scum and selfish in the nation when a crisis comes come their acts and thoughts reveal repeal the character and aims line of such real boys who would hide behind the protection of the scorn yeu of the earth there are few boys in carowan parowan ft ho he need to be rebuked and to those these have I 1 written these tines lines in hopes the editor will publish them to the loyal whose boys are in army navy and marine forts flits and camps I 1 say bay C come and id tumble out of the barracks at reveille at 5 30 a in and feel the keen sting atin 0 of f the cool sea aea breeze come and feel the thrill of setting tip exem exercise less a and got bet your muscles stretched and developed come and listen with longing ears for the welcome tingle of the mess bell clang tingle there its ringing now hurry double quick and you can have bre breakfast alfast too get a move on or you will miss your fruit porridge bacon potatoes and buns buna listen to the clamor of 0 two hundred men with a sharp appetite as they cry out pass everything soon the platea plate are full and the platters are empty hello somebody wants something hear bear him yell ell K P over you can help police up then you can go with us and drill drift on ane big guns that shoot shells six and eight hundred pounds in weight better get a little action or we cant fi fire m four shots in one minute and fifty seven seconds 1 next you can drill on one of the field artillery pieces and then on a run gun its dinner time and ill bet not need to be eroded from one to two you can take infantry drill and learn squads right and left right front into line etc then you can pet get the flags flaga and practice wig wag signaling for every man must know how to send and take messages then you can attend a lecture on trench rench warfare and then supper of course ou can use your spire time in policing up your rifle wah h your clothes and writing to the girl and loved ones you left behind ohl you must not miss the sit sight lit of seeing the boys boya get their mail how quickly they form a circle and yell here when their name is called out every last jack one in camp camil is eager to see if the parents or the girl has remembered him them here is lots of good natured joshing some of it fringed with envy as some one draws his hia blue or pink missive thua I 1 beg bee you atheme at home to remember the boy bov in the ranks and it write him one two a doben letters and dont wait tor him toa ans first hes ever busy and have everything handy to write aith like ou on at home remember thereal here are many chwat who want thear to hear from born him and he cant answer every eiery etter send your boy reading ma end tenal of an inspiring nature and swamp him with cheery and uplifting W let lettera and he will more than likely come lack back to his hia mountain home a bigger and better man for having offered his alt for the triumph of the highest ideals ideal of humanity I 1 can see are my home now amid a silent sun kissed land a place of bright light and deep shadows 6 palette upon which nature in cubist m mood md d gorgeous gorfie ous and with abandon has spread her brilliant colors a terrain smoothed into soft gentle open places and convulsed with deep canyons and high moun tain peaks giving up its best and trueba manhood for the cause of liberty the world over ohr let lee us hope and pray hey wilt will soon return safe and sound to be soldiers of the soil instead of soldiers caldiera col diera of the sword my love loe to the people of parowan carowan and my sincere appreciation for the gift of money land the honor riven given me I 1 a am ED BENTLEYJR BENTLEY JR |