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triai notue at tne drug; store. 4-25-tfRalph Stearley, former traction station news dealer and son of W. F. Stearley, of East National avenue, who was recommended for cadetship at the West Point Military academy by ex-Congressman Moss and successfully 1 passed his examinations, is getting j plenty of action at Uncle Sam’s big war school.In a letter to his parents, Stearley says:“Dear Parents:“I had some firing on the target range yesterday. I got 41 oi*t of a f possible 50. The captain said it wasi pretty good. We have a sham battle every Saturday morning. We inarch-'up in the mountains about four and a il half or five miles and then we fight o each other.ie “Half of the corps has white band3 s on their hats. We use blank cart-.1 ridges. We also are taught to fire in 3 a line on the plain. You ought to see n me run sixty yards with full equip-1 il ment. and rifle and fall when going al-most full speed and start firing from a prone position. .-1 “It took all the skin off my chest and i- ( knees at first but a fellow gets so he k can fall without breaking his neck, d j “We have field artillery once each s week and you ought to see Stearley, r the popular news dealer, aiming one of y those big guns. I got the range and e elevation and everything yesterday in s sixteen seconds—eighteen seconds is , the time allowed for an expert, so I guess if I keep on I can make it.| “I go on guard tomorrow (Monday)-1 night and I sure do despise that stuff, n but I won’t have much more of it.| “When we get back in barracks I s will have to settle down and study very i- hard.• ^d “Rip Van Winkle and the Dutchmen h are still playing: nine-pins in the Cafc-e skills.“The grub up here is fine. Good-bye.“Your son,“RALPH STEARLEY.”’!e Woman’s, friend is a Large Trial
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Brazil Weekly Democrat
Brazil, Indiana, US
Thu, Aug 02, 1917
Page 9
Full Page
Clipped by
Lynn M.
IN, USA 24 Jul 2017
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