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lr'.PAOE SEVESr.uents. W.» i week, pic-ck, and I lie 517 Co. 5t5i Tr. Ualtulion, 158th Ilcpot Brigade, 1/ 21 Camp Sherman, Cliillicollic, 0.od chaplain I Ver Keister of Sevenmile, Now liO us a good' catcd at Isrowusvillc, Tex. id ColoradoJ M. Keisler, of Sevcnniilo, is in rercipl ot tin- following mlore.stiiK • '! wwvl letter Irom his sou Ver W. Keister:clothing ii BrowusvilJe, Tex., Sept. -'ti, 11*17. ell lined Uj|My |,Mr Hot her:—The box enme to-day in good shape and 1 am sure ,,M' ‘-'’•'ipnn.iW with the contents. 1 htink 85 Iioii‘‘'Iyou all for the presents and couldn't hoys all «•»'-1 nnine anything that wmmi please me much andj,JtlU(;1. t|,.m w],:li y0U :l|l sent. s.cm-iy wasi l)0|iP( eamc mi Moinhiy andto the hovs. |Kj1(n, ,|int (illlc. |hc hoys have worried consisted nl |,|K, a|HlUt ||„ box until now the eon-.k and ‘orn i,0|lls a|lt;. S1|)(lul a|] |,ri)i„istd.little sou I’heii we :*a‘, .'uliformn we other fruit' n I lie peoplv ile.s from the •I miles from us is mostly :d willi sage s very dusty cool at night, t! hoop Imy* cow liny s I ron lies, Colorado it ),Oiill a lt;i« evel and henop and like il singes to coo'; shower hat!'.-, rub. sneli I*' spuds, onion*, lies, dried np-lircnd, eol'fcl-re allowed $IS iiieh is enough 1 and managed, iotdiers in this Icloher. There ns working in carpenters, ou-is my Imm Inil wherever t me when I a in Ohio hoys are we may un: . it’s Inrewell France.luck lo the vol-yonrs,hi llnrhorn, y, California, ilvery, Troop .1The expressman gave il lo me smea dinner time and Ilu* cakes are nearly all gone now and supper is an hour away.You know anything from home tastes so milch Imtler than what a person can gel here. The candy didn't lust a minute. The only tiling I can keep any length of lime is I in hath towels and the pi|K‘. Tim to hueeo will go in short order. All 1* hoys I rial smoke pipes have sampled llm inlinceo and pronounce il hotter tlmn llm kind Hint can In- hough I here.The idea of il coming Irom hone* makes it seem lift ter. Don’t know why hut il is a fact. We have jellv lice a week hut nothing cipial If what mother sent. 1 hi l when sun-jkt coin -s there will he a dozen hoy? ready lo sample il. I can't refuse.1 have everything in my locker fo? sale keeping and am going lo kiep as much as is possible for my iwu use. This day is one 1 would like to he home lor a meal.To lie frank a gift such as you folks JM-iil me is enough to make a person homesick. Il don't pay «: get in that eondilkin so will have to brace tip.Once again 1 want to thank you all from llie depths of my heart where feelings exist.What words can't dcsnilic is a something that suys you an* all wit!: me in this tvouhle. I lee! Mire I will get onl of this war O. K. and ! pi ay that Cod will spare your lives at liomn mil i: we meet again in n glorious reunion.Ver W. KeisiciHiIs Now InGordon Lclsche Is Now At Quan tico, Virginia.Mathias l.etsche of 1712 Ml. l’irn-to liis parents: letachniciit al Training, Men.) H. F C-Sept 21, 1H17. r, Urol her, Sisn ’fell here 1 nm anglaiul. . .iul has written avenue, is in r.veipt l.u* to lowing interesting letter Irom In:, son Gordon who is now a member -if I he new national army and is stationed at Qunnlico, Vn.:Dear Father:—I received yoar letter after corning hack from l.iln-rij Saturday and Sunday. Kildie Sicin,i:n enjoying the «d* 1 wt'“' «' K,'w,-V i:' Wa!,S,‘ildn't led heller inglon and Baltimore, and we. sure suppose by this bad a fine time. Both towns we,.-i to think that L over-run willt marines, sailors aad f you, well 1 soldiers, hot at Hint we sure did en-inv first ehauee joy ourselves.write you for it There is a conscript camp between mutli and il days Baltimore and Washington and win*.., to d this far. reluming to Washington we took a of the 1 loval F!v- Dip «M»I» * SH' il ,luvhe with them foriwero ''uing treated. l'.vcry step I in nil to this nl- took I realized how lucky I am to he :m enlisted man, and not u con-script. Father I «io lidieve Kvereti and I joined I he two best branches of the service in l.: S. A. Kveivf. and I are having an argument in our letters now. lie says lIn- aviation corps are the best and 1 my that I'll pin inv hopes on I be nmri ie corps.It sure would do anyone grind to see our camp and parade grounds on a busy day. There are about 7th)J finished marines here in diffcreir branches. On n busy day you ran see the field artillery pulled around with big llolt tractors; signal men with various colored fmgs in live lops on lire hills; infantry men digging trenches throwing bombs, charging with fixed bayonets; hurdling barb-d wire entanglements; machine gun* rattling mi fast it runs like a shot.One look al this camp will show tliaj. the marines arc ready, lhat is the reason the marines were the first in France. Kvery other day the infantry takes a 20 mile walk in the woods and go through war maneuvers. I am in the artillery and 1 sure consider myself lucky.When we first arrived in Qunnlico they picked tl of us out and sent us to air auto sehooi to lenm about in* quad trucks, then we were sent to the llolt tractor school. Wo will most likely drive armoured cars and ti actors.I saw in the last Journal you sen: me, one drafted man wished the wr.r was over mi lie could return home. They won't get very far that way.W« want to gel lo France and do our share, so wo can have il over witu ■ ixI then return home. Father if you could hear some of the stories tbi old murines tell of their experiences in Haiti and almost every place on I he globe, you Would tiul wonder ho,v the marines get their names and it makes any marine proud to he nh!o lo pul F S. M C. after his name.One of the greatest helps here to I hit soldiers is tin* Y. M. O. A. where, we can enjoy Imselmll. tliO outfits for which are to in- hart there, huskc*. hall and almost everything to :inm-.e ns. Anyone llmt says anything against the Y M. A- belter mi',till il la a marine, lie sure would need the S. 0. S.So far I have met four Hamilton men here. Stcinmetz, Avcv, Schneider and l-osicr. If yon hear of any other Hamilton men here let me know and I will hunt them up.Three men from our Coni|»any wrote to a Chicago paper and told them I hey were lonely and wanted some girls to write to them, and they only Inive lmd about 200 letter?, apiece so far. 1 sine would like t'c job ut answering them (nix).We put a cake ol ice in a corporal's bed last night and lie ran us around camp till we almost dropp'd dead; when he got in hc-d again a bucket of water hid in the rafter.' was thrown on him. Tire old hoy is raving yet.Weil father 1 have a letter to write to mother yet, .*o 1 will close. Hoping this will reach you in tie: best of lieatlli.Your loving sonGordon.(Jordon J. I.elsclie,'.12 Co. First Field Artillery M B. Quantico, Vaco J. Wedekind I, School of Teel. ,.) U. F C\, Beadlt;• lire girls work-slrccl cars, milk hirig. The people f we were kings, ;)i for ns. i Imping that ‘his •on in the Inst of it't hear from mu oriv. because it is whenever 1 wantPEACE IS NECESSARY.Amsterdam, Oct. Hi.—In I'is s|i«K-li # at the Wurahcrjf convention Herr Illicit, president of the German socialist parly, said speedy conclusion nl pence was a vital necessity for workmen mid lhat the policy of the mailed list would disappear alter • tin- frightful horrors of the war.••If a ballot were taken today,” he added, “ninc-tc-nths of the people would approve peace by agreement.Herr Seheidemaini, roi'erring lo the* Cnpellc incident, said that unfortunately it could not be discussed in public.••The fad is’r Iil- continued, '*that if they wanted to catch all who wore connected with similar incidents, they would have to take action against 20U iK-vsous simultaneously. Kvery day soldiers come to us with complaints and wc have opened a special bureau to investigate them. The main thing is not lo talk or write ab.mi grievances hut to combat them.'*nl, X. S A. tt. F ( :c to nil,Writes An Interest i Camp Sherman, 'nhlc of Bhc.i avc .1 of the foth.wi.l:nan, 0d. S, 1017.received the pi p2 so thoughtful inFORD BUYS $5,000,000OF LIBERTY BONDS.Detroit, Micb.j Oct. 10.—Detroit's liberty loan drive received a powerful ini|ctus today when it v.as announced that Ilcnvy Ford contributed $5,000 000 and that the Ford .Motor Co. had made a similar contribution. Ford's subscription was accompanied hv a statement declaring lhat the United States in making war on Gov many did the “heat tiling that ever hnppcnrd lor the world.”If
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Butler County Democrat
Hamilton, Ohio, US
Thu, Oct 18, 1917
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