Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 132, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 June 1917 — Herman Ames Writes From Virginia Camp. [ARTICLE]

Herman Ames Writes From Virginia Camp.

Norfolk, Va., June 17, 1917, Detention Camp No. 11. Friend Editor: As when I left you asked me to write you a few lines once in a while, I am going to keep my, promise, —„ We boys left Chicago Tuesday morning and were on the road fortyeight hours. There were one hundred and sixty-eight in all and > as fine a looking bunch of fellows as I ever saw. There are about six thousand fellows here in all. We have a fine time, play ball, dance, drill, go to church, and say, you should see some of the boys fight with the gloves! If some of them can fight as well with a rifle as they do with their fists, I can see in the near future the finish of the Kaiser. As far as we fellows getting enough to eat, we have plenty. We have all the clothes, food and bed clothes necessary. We are all happy and this is the only place I was ever in where every one smiles. I could tell you about a lot of things if permitted to do so, about the different boats that are in the bay here, etc. I have seen and heard things here that I never dreamed of before. Sincerely yours, HERMAN AMES. P. S. Tell all of the boys that are going to go to this war to enlist in the navy and they will never be disappointed.