Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 278, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 November 1916 — Rensselaer Boy Is a First Class Gunner. [ARTICLE]

Rensselaer Boy Is a First Class Gunner.

A letter received here today from Fred Hamilton, who is in the English army and is now stationed at Surrey, England, six miles out of London, states that he has been made a first machine gun man and has qualified as a marksman. Fred is in the machine gun company. They had just completed a fourteen mile hike before the letter was written. Fred likes the army life fine and says that when he gets back in the United States Uncle Sam should be able to find something pretty good for him. The letter had been opened by a censor, as is all the mail which comes from the warring nations. Fred asks to be remembered to all his friends and also that they write, as a letter from home is appreciated more than is payday.