Show WU THE PAPERS OF PRIVATE PURKEY dear mom I 1 did not write you before because there Is more work to be done in an army than I 1 thought so this Is C just to say I 1 am well except lor for a little flu some trouble with my arches and the fact I 1 cant get used to not being able to say okay later when I 1 am told to do something training has started and I 1 guess iam I 1 am being trained to be a letter carrier from all the walking they make me do in all kinds of 0 weather A modern rifle arrived in camp today and attracted wide attention we expect to have several in time if there Is no strike trouble only the top ot of my uniform was ready when I 1 got here but the bottom has arrived now I 1 am well and hope you are the same do not worry about me mom as I 1 have to go to bed early and am too busy saluting to get into trouble although it 11 being in the army aint being in tio trouble uble I 1 dont know what Is love oscar dear mom I 1 thought I 1 would drop you a few lines to let you know I 1 have not seen no fighting yet I 1 heard funny noises last night and was very nervous but everything was okay this morning so I 1 guess it was all imaginary they do not get you up by bugle no more in the army they use an electric buzzer I 1 kept getting up and looking for a front door on my tent because I 1 thought it wa was s the th m milkman or some somebody body where I 1 made my mistake m was going back to bed when I 1 found no milkman and just yelling nuts to the buzzer the rest of the morning the guardhouse is not a bad pla place ce and I 1 will be out in a few days love oscar dear mom 1 I am out of the guardhouse which I 1 mentioned in my last letter but I 1 stul dont like buzzers buzzerd buz II if the bugle g i e was good enough for grant lee sherman teddy roosevelt and pershing it Is good enough for me I 1 was talk talking ng this over with a buddy and he says he thinks the buzzer is being used just to make the army mad an army is no good unless it Is mad he says well the buzzer will do it A bugle would make me mad at 5 a m too mom but it is sort of romantic it kind of stirs you up and makes you feel like you was a fighter A buzzer just makes you feel lik like e you was a stenographer we have a couple ot of mIllion millionaires alres in my company one of lem cm is a rockefeller it is a funny thing how no matter whether you are rich or poor your feet hurt just the same the photographers are always taking pictures of these rich guys but none of me but you know how I 1 look anyhow so do not worry 1 I am well except tor for that buzzer I 1 cant help hollering come in whenever I 1 hear it could you send me some warm socks a homemade cake and some dice love oscar dear mom well just a line to let you know everything is still okay at the arsenal of democracy as it Is called in the newspapers I 1 am getting a long along well except the coffee is lousy and the cream is plain sabotage another modern rifle arrived today so I 1 guess things are speeding up in the defense program I 1 nearly got in the guardhouse again 1 I asked the captain tor for a typewriter so D I 1 could arl write M my y letters that way and he said why should I 1 think I 1 rated a typewriter 4 I 1 said well this is a machine war aint it he got very sore never mind the dice I 1 ask asked ed you to send me the camp is now full of lem em dice are the ones one thing w which aint behind schedule love oscar THE DIZZY PACE from the conneautville pa courier greses girls have measles mel davis called on harley haciey hills monday mrs ruth inman amna n is up with an attack of lumbago our roads are so full of awful deep ruts thatis is impossible to get by without a team along carl hills haiat was at the home of his parents helping with wood fox hunters were out every day last wiek week running foxes |