Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1917 — IS WELL PLEASED WITH NAVY [ARTICLE]

IS WELL PLEASED WITH NAVY

Haymond I)|xie Says There They Get Real Eats. J. J. Montgomery, local naval recruiting officer, received a letter yesterday from Raymond Dixie, one of the Rensselaer boys to recently enlist and who is now at the Great Lakes training station near Chicago. Raymond is quite well pleased with naval life so far, and in a previous letter to his people here stated that he had been given a petty offices because of the military training he received in Rensselaer under Captain H. B. Tuteur. The letter to Mr. Montgomery follows: . .... . S ; '

Dear Jack —Tell all the boys to join the navy and be happy. And if they want real eats, be sure and come. ’ghey are putting us through as fast as they can. We are up at 5 o’clock, sweep and mop dormitory, take a shower bath and get ready for breakfast. After breakfast we start to drill, and drill until 11, I when we go to the doctor for inspection. After inspection we are lat liberty for about an hour and then fall in for mess. After dinner we drill again until about 4 o’clock, then we are at liberty until time to go to supper. After supper we are at liberty until 8:30, then go to bed. At 9 o’clock a cannon is fired, all lights go out, and everything is silent. At 5 o’clock we get up again and another day starts; ' ■ Tell the boys for me that they don’t know what they are missing. Our company commander’s name is Munson. IHte is a real man, too. Barber and I are no longer together. The last I saw of him was at the detention camp. I . don’t know what company he is in. Did Jarrette come yet? How many more recruits have you got-, ten? My advice to the boys Is to join the navy, for there is nothing more like home than the U. S. navy. Well, Jack, I guess this is all for this time. Yours truly,* ’ f -<C R. C. DIXEY.