Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 233, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1911 — Don P. Warren Writes From Fortress Monroe—Likes the Army! [ARTICLE]

Don P. Warren Writes From Fortress Monroe—Likes the Army!

Don P. Warren, who joined the regular army in August, is now stationed at Fortress Monroe, Va„ where he is a member of the lC9th company of the Coast Artillery. Harry Hickman, who joined at the same time he jiid, is a member of the 168th company. They are in adjoining companies and see each other every day. ■ pon writes as follows: “Well, the army is all right and I am glad I enlisted. 1 am in a mine company and Hickman is in a motor company. The mine company handles the 6-inch guns ’and plants the mines out at sea. We came here the Bth of September and the next day went into camp and came out the 26th. It was nothing to have from one to three calls to arms in the middle of the night, and. you couldn’t roll, over and go to sleep again, before there would be another The 168th company operates the 10inch disappearing guns. I have a lot of fun kidding Hickman, telling him that his outfit is composed of a lot of cowards who shoot from behind a concrete wall while we are upon the rampart in the open. This is a ten-com-pany post, the largest coast artillery post the U. S. has, and I guess about the hardest for. the men. It takes 175 men a day to do the fatigue work. We have had service fire all this week and the 10-inch guns make some noise, I can tell you. “Tels the boys to write to me. I will close for this time as I have to clean my gun and press my clothes to stand muster tomorrow. The mustering officer here wants to see through the gun barrel looking sideways. My address is Don P. Warren, 169th C. A. C., Fort Monroe, Va.”