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CAMP PIKE BOOKS RFXON'G b IN' ‘OLD LADIES* HO.MK’ :pRoss E. Morrison, Co. 47, 12til p : training battalion. Camp Pike, Ark.,, e who went to camp with the 481 ' c Waterloo selects, writes that the it ! men there need interesting, up-to-.n | dale fiction and reading matter, jf ‘Nothing preachy or religious is;? needed, he says, since the men are;rwell supplied with that class ofjjpublication. Most of the books in; I camp belong in an old ladies’ homej or orphan asylum, he says. jl“I see by the Courier that,Pri-;lt; i vate Parris was the first soldier bur- i j ; fed in the new plot in, the ceme-i itery.” he says. “He was in my!' ! company and was game to the last, ijThe last day he was alive he \[marched about a mile, supported; jby two comrades. His death was I a surprise to us. j“A number of the Waterloo hoys ■ have been sick, but think it is caus-j ed by the food and water. Most of; the companies have very poori cooks and consequently the mess is: a mess. You have to be hungry to' eat it. The water is full of germs! and must be boiled before using.; Half the time they forget to boil! it so we have none. Ice water is 1
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Waterloo Evening Courier
Waterloo, Iowa, US
Wed, Aug 21, 1918
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