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SETH CARLSONMADE CORPORALOur Boys at Gamp 'Dodge Are Doing Nicely —One a .Corporal and One a Musician.rlB\\aeooOur seven Mills county boys of the second quota are all nicely located, and one of them, Seth Carlson, has already been made a corporal. Six of the boys, we learn from -a card to Sheriff Edwards, are members of Battery E, 339th Fie.ld Artillery. George Fred Schoening has been selected as a member of one of the bands. ,_ Extracts from a letter of- Corporal Carlson to.,his'home people at Hast-drill oii Monday, September 24, ana he liked Ut well. They drill with dummy gnns, instructed by a second lieutenant. They have plenty to eat •and good beds to sleep in and all of the boys like it better every day.Seth tells that he became so interested In the drills-^gun and semaphore—that the' lieutenant conipli ■ merited him on his skill, and then made him a corporal and put him to drilling a squad.On their way to Des Moines the re: eruits ■ received rousing receptions at every .town.Isn’t It most pleasing news to hear of the spirit in which our boys take up their duties? It bodes welt for our country and brings joy to our hearts. Such young men will sure bring us victory.No other land under the sun can' produce a liner class of young men. I read in the stars that they will win, •and no other thought will we harbor than they must win. .•sii
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Mills County Tribune
Glenwood, Iowa, US
Mon, Oct 01, 1917
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