Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1914 — A Letter Received From China. [ARTICLE]

A Letter Received From China.

The Democrat is in receipt of a letter from Private Bert L. Wood, of Company L, 15th Infantry, U. S. Armjy, stationed at Tientsin, China.! The letter is written from Longshan, ■ China, and is dated Dec. 20. It was mailed via Sibera railroad. The writer says that China is a poor and unhealthy place to live, and he warns young men from going there. He says that boys had better stay at home; that he has had the exper-' fence, having left a ,good home and enlisted in the army and was sent over 4,000 miles away. ! He says one may think they are going to have a good time, but they will find they will not, for “you have a ‘boss’ wherever you look, and if you do npt do as you are told, into the guard house you will go.” He advises boys to take their parents advice and they will come out all righit. “When pou enlist in the army you will find you are not treated like your father and mother treats you,” -he says. j We are unable to learn of what family of Wood’s this young man is from, but he was formerly of Jasper jcounty, we would infer from his letter.