Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 252, Decatur, Adams County, 1 November 1917 — Page 3

LEON ft CORPOMI Leon Crawford, at Camp Lewis:. Wash., Writes to Relatives and Friends. "* * * MAY I’E SENT EAST gfltl Haven’t Uniforms Yet, But Expect Them Soon—The ■Life in Northwest. W’t from coaat to coast, from Dominion to and from continent to contin i ent 4ome letters from Adams county and D ecatur boys in military service, and their letters are always eagerly read by the home folks, as well as by the boys away from here who keep in touch with each other through the Democrat. The following letter from Leon Crawford, late of San Francisco, Cal., now a member of the national army, and gtatloned in Washington state, written to his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. KuebJer is very newsy and good: Camp Lewis, October, 21 DenrAunt and Uncle and All:— (Mess you have been waiting a long time for this letter, so will try to give you a 1 ig one to make up for the delay Needless to say we are very busy 6s my lack of correspondence shows. We Ire now drilling six and eight hours daily. One hour physical drill and the rest infantry drill. Most if the drilling is in squad formations, the Acting corporals and sergeants doing the instruction. I am an acting corporal, so have my squad to drill I like it much better as corporal tor It is more interesting than as a pri vate,, Being a corporal also keeps tie busy Ifor we have ribn-com’s school three nights a week, have to do it to keep lus enough in advance of the recruits so we can in turn teach them. There are lots of other advantages in being a corporal for it relieves one of all kit chen duty and police duty, etc., then 10, if they see fit to warrant ns on the non-com jobs it pays six dollars more a month. They will not warrant any non-coms until after the end of the month so the first month we will all get the same pay. Speaking of being relieved of some duties now does not mean that I have never had them. Before they gave me acting corporalship I had them all. All duties were given in alphabetical order so I got them shortly after my arrival. The first Sunday I was kitchen policenan, the following Monday night I was on guard duty, some job that, walking two hours and sleeping four then on two hours more until finished. Have also been on various other details, but now I don’t worry about that as long as I can hold a non-com’s job. We are still without uniforms, but rather think we will receive them this week. Most of the companies have theirs but they seem a little slow with us. I Don't care much as the uniforms arefiothing extra. Very few of them match up and none fit perfect unless altered The shoes though are what I dread to receive for they sure are dsrnsy They are not issuing any dress shoes now just service shoes and they certainly will give service. They are a real heavy rough leather, with very thick soles covered with! hob-hails, heels have an iron rim around them, half inch wide and quarter of an inch thick. You can imagine how they will look especially

since they make a fellow take a size larger than he usually wears. For a while we had two hundred and fifty men in the company but now we only have a hundred and for ty-five. Last Tuesday they shipped ( eighty-five from this company to i Camp Kearney, at Linda Vista, Cal. About twenty fellows have been rejected and sent home. I first heard of the transfer to Linda Vista last Saturday, and then started hoping I would be included in the number to be transferred because that camp is near San Diego and thus not so far from mother and Edna. The list of names was not to be announced until Monday so not wanting to wait that long I went to the company clerk to. see what I could find out. He is ?. pretty good friend of mine so told me I was not included in the number. 1 FWas very much discouraged when I heard that but am glad now for when they called the names and lined them up It was easy to see they had picked , all the weaklings and awkward ones in the company. They shipped three , thousand from the Depot Brigade and , picked that class from each company. . Don’t understand why they did this but guess they intend putting them j in the national guard down there, j There had been some talk for awhile ( that W 6 would be transferred to Camp ' >rOtaoni at Lalo Alto, just out of San | Francisco but don't think there is

nuch chance. Friday the company ommander told one of the sergeants hat we might be moved to New fork within the next couple of weeks >ut I am not putting much stock in t. 1 certainly would be glad if they would ship us back east for then there would be a chance of at least seeing cou en route. We of the Depot Brigade are the ones first to be moved for that is what the Depot Brigade is for, o draw up to fill up vacancies in >ther contingents. Last week we all had to fill out a special form personal record blank, it took in all our qualifications and provided our stating our □reference for any branch of service. These are to be gone over at headquarters and transfers made as they see fit. I am pretty well satisfied here but 1 put my preference for clerical work in Quartermaster’s Corps, whether or not I will get it remains to be seen. I suppose you are wondering about my examination, vaccination, innoculations, etc. My vaccination took beautifully and is now healed and J am patiently waiting for the scab to drop off. We were mustered and received our first mnoculation October 4th. We were examined at that time and I passed according to the doctor a perfect examination. The first innoculation hit me hard, stiffened my arm in fine shape and I remained in bed the following day with fever, chills and a very severe headache. Most of the fellows were effected the same way with the first shot. The sec ond shot came on the 12th and the third and last we received last Friday. The last two did not bother me at all except to stiffen my arm for an hour or so. lam glad that it is all over with, now 1 guess we are ready for most anything. In all of this so far I have not said yet how I like it. Needless to say I don’t like it, but in this case it is not what we like but what we get so I am smiling and making the best of it. Once in a while you see a fellow who says he likes it but that kind are few and far between. Conditions are much better now than they were at first but still a long ways from being the best. The “chow'* at first was pretty poor but has improved wonderfully in the last ten days. We had a wonderful dinner today, chicken, Irish and sweet potatoes, good gravy, celery and green onions, plenty of good bread and butter and good chocolate pudding for desert. For awhile we did not get any butter but now we have it every morning and sometimes two and three times a day, we also get pie and cake once in a while. The mail just came in and I received the sweater from mother. I am glad you sent it for it is pretty cold here and it will come in pretty handy. When we get our uniforms I will only be allowed to wear it around barracks, but that is all right, for that is where I notice the cold most. They have not fixed up the heater in our barracks yet, so it is pretty chilly. The first few nights I slept pretty cold, but it is fine now for they have issued us a heavy comforter. Our mattresses are just straw ticks, but they are not so bad, as the bunks have pretty good spring to them, nothing like a good bed at home, but I guess they could be a lot worse. It is pretty damp and foggy here; also have not had much rain yet, but will get a plenty soon, as it is nearing the rainy season here. Reveille is at 5:45 a. m.. and some mornings the fog is so dense that you can only see about four feet ahead of you; don’t mind that part of it though, asp I got used to fogs in S. F. Pretty cold at that hour though, and especially when it comes time to wash, for the heaters have not been fixed in the wash room, and we are still washing in cold water. For a while we could

i not get a hot shower, but now the I barracks next to us have hot showers and we use them. I have been taking a shower most every day, for one gets pretty dirty. It is dusty on ! the drill grounds. J I went to nine o’clock mass this morning. I wish you could have seen the crowd. The priest estimated it at near three thousand, and

said there were as many at seven o’clock mass. Services were held in the K. of C. building erected in camp. It sure is a dandy building, but not entirely completed yet and so far only open for services on Sunday. It is quite a ways from our barracks, but I expect to spend an evening or two a week there when opened. I met a great number of Los Angeles and S. F. boys at church this morning. Some place like that is about the only place you can meet them, unless you just happen to meet them around camp, as the camp is so large it is prety hard to find anyone. Don’t know just how large the camp is, but do know that it is aj huge place. Now there are about forty-five thousand fellows here, so you can imagine the size of the place. As far as you can look, from any one point all you can see is new buildings and none of them are entirely completed. There is not much doing around here nearer than Tacoma or Seattle. Tacoma is about seventeen miles

To Any Woman-For $1 This Big Aluminum Cereal Cooker We make this One-Week Offer to Housewives here who have not had this Cooker. The cost of Aluminum has doubled in the last few years. Cooker prices have enormously advanced. _ But, in fairness to those who missed it last year, we repeat this Dollar Offer.

Cookers Supplied To a Million Homes We have supplied Quaker Cookers to a million homes at very little prices. But the cost has advanced until our offer is almost impossible. But grocers tell us that many housewives mis. d our former offer. They are using Quaker Oats and Pettijohn’s, and they want this Aluminum Cooker. In fairness, they should have it. So we renew this offer for next week only. It applies only to housewives whom we have not supplied already. It applies only to users of Quaker Oats or Pet ijohn’s, or both. It means twice as much as this Dollar Offer meant two years ago. Get this Cooker next week if you are entitled to it. You owe that to yourself.

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NIBLICK & CO., Cor. 2nd and Monroe Sts. STEELE & BLEEKE, Second St. BOSTON STORE, I. O. 0. F. Block. M. FULLENKAMP, Second St. F. V. MILLS, Second St.

from here and Seattle is about fortythree miles away. These two places are just swarmed with boys from camp, especially on Saturday and Sunday. I went to Tacoma last Sunday with a few fellows from here. One of the boys knew a young lady there, who told him to bring a bunch in for dinner and good time for a day. She got girls for all of us, each girl taking a fellow home for dinner. We all met at her house again in the afternoon and had music and danc- . ing, then supper and more music and I dancing till time to go back to camp. The trip back was very pleasant for two of the girls had machines, so the while party piled in and we were driven back to camp. W,e certainly had a good time and have cordial invitations to come in any time, and the promise of a dance soon. Near the railroad station here there are a great number of little stores and stands which have gone up since the

camp opened. It reminds you of the midway at the county fairs they used to have back there. For a while the crowd around this concession corner was a fright for at each store they had a couple of girl clerks and all the fellows were trying to make friends with them. For that reason and the fact that a couple of the places were putting out a little booze the whole section taking in these concessions is now under quarantine. They have armed guards around that section and intend keeping it so until they all move out. They don’t need them there because scattered all over the camp they have the canteens and one can get most any thing you want at these stores. Later on I understand the government is going to take contracts for an amusement center in the camp

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picture show, dance hall, etc. The nearest danee hall now is at the lake, about six miles from here. Have been over there a couple of times but it is so crowded there is not much enjoyment in dancing. Girls there come out from Tacoma and Seattle. Also have a bath house and boat house at the lake. You can rent either boats or canoes. I have not been on the lake yet but five of us are planning op going Wednesday afternoon to go fishing. May try swimming if it is not too cold. The trip up here was one round of pleasure all the way. There were only five in my party of which I was in charge, but there were forty fellows in the car ahead of us and scattered through the train there were about twenty more so you can imagine we had a good time. There were lots of passengers on the train who all mixed in the fun. We stopped in Portland about an hour, but I

. did not get to see John. I had wired I him, but he has changed his address , and I could not locate him. It is ~ only about five hours’ ride from here so may go up to see him after pay ’ day, provided I can get leave from . Saturday noon until Monday morn- . ing. I certainly appreciate all the let- ! ters from you and hope you continue i writing as often as you can. I also ■ appreciate the sending of the suit i case. I was making good use of it • but have given it away to one of the . fellows who went to Linda Vista. He > did not have one and could not afford ■ to buy one, so inasmuch as I have : the traveling bag, I thought I could . do without one. As I say, I am very • thankful for the sending, and I know • he would thank you also, for he certainly appreciated it when I gave it

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to him. The tobacco and towels also came in very handy, and I thank you very much for that.

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Pettijohn’s The Laxative Luxury Pettijohn’s Breakfast Food is soft rolled wheat, hiding 25 per cent bran flakes. It is a flavory dainty of which no one ever tires. And it supplies the needed bran. Bran is Nature’s laxative. Everybody needs it. Most folks would feel better if they ate it every day. Fine foods clog the system. Bran supplies the needed roughage. Every doctor, as you know, urges its use, to avoid the need of drugs. Try it one week. Note the good spirits which result. Never again will you return to a branless diet. Pettijohn’s Flour is another bran dainty. That is 75 per cent white patent flour and 25 per cent bran flakes. Use like Graham flour in any recipe. With these two products every meal can include some bran-made dainty.

Must quit now as it is nearly time for supper. Have a couple more letters to write after supper.

To Rightly Cook Two Famous Dishes We want every user of Quaker Oats and Pettijohn’s to cook these cereals rightly. Right cooking makes them doubly delightful. It keeps the flavor intact. It makes them easy to digest. This Aluminum Cooker has been made to order to meet exact requirements. It is extra large, so little or much can be cooked in it. It is extra heavy, made to last a lifetime. This Cooker will next week cost you only sl, if you send us the sales slip we ask for. This is a costly offer. And we simply want to know, before sending the Cooker, that you are a Quaker Oats or Pettijohn’s user.

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Give my love to all the folks, and remember me to all my friends. LEON.