Hammond Times, Volume 13, Number 32, Hammond, Lake County, 18 July 1918 — Page 8
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THE TTHES! Thursdav. . Julv 18 .1918. 32231 Written to the Home Polks Grom This the Other Sidle of the Water Side oriel
From Chas. Winkler.
Camp Mills. X. J.. July S. Iear Mother and father: Arrived here yesterday. July 7.
From W. M. Thompson.
131
From TIios. Gillam.
M. Tho:nrs!n. son of Wm Thm?formcrlv of the O H. Himmoud
From Carl Hallwig.
Camp Johnston
Drar Frirnd Crofs: I presume, you have
Fia., June : i. 1D1S.
From Clifford Vilmer.
Somewhere in France, June 23, 191?. i
Pear Plster: I inond. No dnutit they are all j;ood fci-
! I will drop you a few lines to let you lews in writing to their friends nt home, 'know how I am Rettinc alonsr over here, j One Reems a hit sure to think he is I I am fiotlinjr alonif alrirht now. I sup- , shipped from one camp to another ini pose It was in the paper what the ;thj stead of being shipped to Franco wi'h a
but I don't suppose you Knew 1 straisht ticket, hut
clearance had to
made for 2f'0.oi0 drafted men. I
Weil it was us. jsigned for oversea duty Saturday, so I
at 9
O'clock at night. Left Camp Taylor t" Mouse, nas rmtn rus parent a 7;30 Saturday, July 6. Went throush follow s : Indiana into Ohio. ate. dinner in Cm- Jul' 14- 151!: cinxatl and tad supper in West Mr-j DrR! Tarents: R-ai. 1 den't Mt remember the name 1 I volunteered my services in of the first town, hut It sure was a ! France. We are leivinff Philadelphia ti,. t ,t us there i tomorrow for rnuSliac. France. ("ur du-
J. ,,. , ,rto f.ns and ' are to huild a new aviation end i done
tv ,v,. ('.., ,' ml, rld 1 naval station. Our work will last for j was in it. for 1 don't suppose it stated, he
. . j u , in iii. I Jt least nine months and it Is way
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: nouiii or I'aris. so don t worry ror l win me nsmins -om. rw. in, im. i 'un'u-n. iinini'iuj n i u.. w. ........ he hundreds of mf.es from the firing ! the Ofrmans think so hy now the way ' 'he slaughter of the bruc.s of her! in. ' line, so agp.in I say don't worf, I will ' we treated them, for they could not get ! I Never spell herlin with a capital let-
write ou a letter every ilay when I any of their tticks on us that they try. iter.) reach France. ! There was only one regiment of us and! This camp nt one time wa a swamp I have left all my friends behind to j there were two divisions, (that is eifrht ' and had to be ditched, cleared and waterdo my duty and when I re-urn ou can i regimen ts ) . so jnii know how we had to ' piped bc-lore an additional number of .... . . 4, T? , . ... c... ,... ili.t. I ..-n rfi. nidn i-m I i (1 lirt ...nnitTin lalf.il rrf.rv
to sleep and awoke in another part of j x t,ur nas wiumgiy voiumcereu , " " , " , "J' u ' ' Pelavvare t 10 "0 we arrived in thehis services to Uncle ?am and also to, visions in two 1p. They soon found ( day a few thousand arrive, which moans Cen-ral Station of Washington V C i make United States a proud and safe J out that the Americans were n-t as easy . detail work for thos v. ho are lu re Theiutenant took us out and vv'e waik- 1 home for those he loft behind him. m they think we are. for we are sUll They fell trees to push further into the ed around th. capttol of the country and Xow t rry. for we are going to . holding them whore the French said it j forest every day to keep ..p with the ! i . . I... dl.nFc:uiA.... lenorrni-iiiwn'i r.i V,it. ; n tr in Tl i i i 1 1
Everywhere we went every- r-av-e nix war vessels ana r.ve sunmanne , '"i'--ii,i n. uo - - "
We 'oft Yashington ' ohasers accompany us for protection, so ! ell. Olive, how is every Doay t , ne a nn M-a coast camp 8cm nine soon.
hit Annanolis, ; tnere win oe absolutely no danger w not-; ""mr . .uni-i .am jnu unu nun. jiui; .......... u,,,.,-.
ever. , jod at Indianapolis, so I suppose you muc oi ih camp. &wim:ning is t'ruExcuse writing and English, for this jar at home by now. so I will write to : hibited because or the alligator and i was written on the train" and in a hurrv ..you now. I would have written before. .' sharks coming in from the ocean after
I Dear Mother and All: J Tins is Sunday morning and it is rain-
Frcm rri'-ate Thomas OJillam. Co. P. i
25th Battalion. A. K. V . to his sis'.er.
.vii.s i "iive I i i iHni or e.-.i .waywooa ave- i Vn-uiii ;.ou r.av ner-i nvm i ,-. ton hnr-t tn ,., t en -m vi . ':
hup. Hammond, June IS. 131S. j great many of your friends from Ham- , j
I sent you a picture of the bo in;
mountains. AVe went through twentytwo tunnels right through a big mountain. It sure was pretty. I would not have missed that trip for the world. It eure Is the finest thing I ever saw. I went to sleep and wcke at 12:30- and was in Cumberland, Maryland, then went
Senate hall
body cheered us.
and did not stop till we
then Philadelphia. Tou should have seen the bunch of people there. We changed again and went into New Jersey, crossed the Hudson on a ferry and saw all the big buildings. A fellow on the ferrv told us whit each one was.
.l,.j An-mr, T. r....tVi-r,t stroofii'Or. dear.
and caught
The Bed
T.onc "Island
j , .i -i,.v,. ...... Tfc..- tunlty I have ever had and I took it ha. ha. But we got some too. you know, medicine. They soon got
a:.u lain caHuniiuiro nn-j vw.iv. ...... . i (.. . ., T ,
i willingly. It was of my own free w ill j ior everyone sent over to us. v. e sent j 10 ui' wami naier ana inn sun. i iihu and accord and you can fool proud of i back five to thorn, so you know how j to stop your letter here, for I was called jme. I have made out allotment paper ! they like It. for my th:rd innoculation for typhoid. !so you people ought to receive about i Well, I will send you some cards for J It doesn't hurt anyone phvsically. al-
When we got through with our work! hut did not know jour address, for I we are all going to return to the United ! lost it and you know I could not remom-
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p!ease talk to the folks and I "an do Is dodgo thu Germans' shells
fish. The drinking water is tested every week, but it is so warm it doc-s not quench one's thirst. The joke is on the
d down Twenty-th'.rd street clear. Ptease talk to the roius anl " i" uohru u-.w ..rinmn.-i uc;i3jiiu.. . i.ni.-i. J"" -i t a Long Island car into camp. them there is no danger and that I when at th- front, so that takes nil of ; northerner. After three dajs of drttikCros's gave us lunch tn th' return as soon as possible. ror- 'he mind i if everything else, you know, j m it he gets very little sleep until the nd railroad depot cakes, egg ! anally I ihlnk it is the greatest oppor-; ha. ha. for they are as big as a barrel. : doctor gives him a little advice and ... , Ti,... tunitv I have ever had and I took it ! ha. ha. But we got some too. you know, medicine. They soon got accustomed
are the best in the country. Well, I was made a corroral today. T live In tents here. It sure is fine. Airplanes fly over you all the time. About eleven Just went by. They sure can fly. I don't think I will be here over a
v reek, then they send us to Fort Mfr
$20 per mcnlh from the government, i Mabel, mother and yourself.
Do with it as you please, for I owe to you and more too.
I was the only one from our company
ritt. X. J., or Halifax or Hoboken, where j who volunteered and am the only one we get examined for overseas. I only from Hammond 1n the navy who wV.l see hope I pass it here. If I do I will be ,anJ ""rvire. My address in France will 9tHr. soon I he as follows:
it! vveii win nave to close tor tins time, j Hope you nil good luck as I am having.
Saj. Olive, tell papa I am growing a
; mustache. Tou ought to see it. ha
Iha
ha. J arm.
Well, good-by. from your brother. ; "shots
THOMAS (.11 LI. AM, Co. P. 2Sth Inf.. 1st Division.
Say Ma. you get those Insurance pa- I
rers Jurt as soon as I go across, so they tel! me. Well. I wish I could have you and Pa v.ith me tomorrow. I am going to see New York City. It sure is some city and they sure treat a soliier fine here. They stop jou on the street and try to cheer those up that feel bad, especially married men. Well. I guess I will close, but will write just as soon as I find out anything. Tou just write to me at this address. If I leave my letters will follow. Tour loving boy, CHARLES V. WINKLES, 6lh Div. Casual Camps, Camp Mi's, L. I.. X. J. P. B. Address it just like I got It. Give my best love to them all. Tell them we are all coming home New Tear's. Our certain said so, even if we have to. go through Germany.
W. M. THOMPSON. Base No. ?, 71 T 4. 23S91. Swgt. V. S. X. R. F. Pauliiac. France. Via Philadelphia, Pa.
From E. J. Weis. Dr. and Mrs. W. D. Wels have received the following letter from their son. Edward J. We!?, who volunteered
From Thos. Gillam.
though some fellows work up a strong imagination and faint. I was "shot" In the right arm. so you can judge from my writing that it did not affect my
We are required to take three for typhoid fever in the arm
in this country ar.d three to -tari with for paro typhoid fever in Fiance, so if one misses either the second or third ' shot." then it means all over again. Tou remember Albert Z:!1 from Hammond? I met him this afternoon when I was feeling the needle going in my arm. He is In the medical corps. It sure puts "pop" into a fellow when he
From Louis Harkenrider. Somewhere in France. June 15, 1915. My Dtar Father and Mother: Received your most welcom2 letter of Jlay S. Was very glad to hear from ;-ou again. I am in the very best of health and hope this finds you the same. It was a long time since any of the toys of the company got an," letters tt-cr-use we were on the move so much and -. ould not stay at one plac--i 'ong enough to gt any. I suppose you have read what our boys over here have been doing since June. The first week we were right with them all the time. I havo seen some awful thrilling things in that big drive. There will come a day some time when the kaiser will say, "I got enough.' but that will no come any too soon for us over here. Th-y rt.r have to hand it to the boys that say. "First on land artd first on water." Tou know who I mean by that Daddy. I always thought that the M. D. department was much easier than what it is. I found that out when I picked some of the boys up from the battlefield. On this front we did not have such good dugouts as we did on the
ether rr.e I told you about. These are nothing but holes six. four and three feet in the ground and covered with a
From Private Thomas Gillam. Co
25th BattaHan. A. E. F.. to his mother. Mrs. Emma Gillam. of 631 Maywod ave
nue. Hammond. June 15, 131 .
Dear Mother: I received your letter and was very glad to hear from you. for I have been thinking of you all the time, but have not had time to write for I just came from the front, where we had some time.
On the 2?th of May the 21th Infantry
w ent over the top. We sure had it hard !
for about thres days, but -we got The Germans scared of us now. They tried to drive us back six time? but they could not do it. so they quit trying. Some people say thy call the First division the Black Snake division, for they held the line so long when the French tried it and failed. But I have come through alright so far. which you know is a whole lot. But. mother, don't worryover me. for I am alright, but I wouli like to be there, which I hope to be soon. Well, mother. I hope all of you are getting along alright, for we sure do like to hear goorj news from home. Well, mother. I would like to have you send me a Hammond paper now- and then so I could see what is going on at home. Weil, mother. I will have to close for this time, for it is getting close to dinner time and I am hungry now. Well, mother, I will send Cellna a birthday card for her birthday, for that is about all I can got her nor.-. Eut tel! her I bet she has got a feiiow now. for she is sweet 16 and never been kissed, hi, l.a. Well, mother, tell Mr. and Mrs. Steele I ssld hello. Tell her I would like to be back to see them. ; Well, good-by. From your son. THOMAS H. GILLAM. Co. B. 2th Infantry, 1st Division.
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.... meets an Indiana lid, although they are I became 1 years of age. on April 13. . . , . , , . tnicK as bees wherever one goes. Ham uli. He was pm(in; the first to go to . ... . . . . B I ! mond rapers are scarce in Florida, but
, , ,, ., , i i rean pome or ineae one-aneci vapors i he Belgian soldier, victor an. who , ,,, , , . . , I once in awhile. Tours friend, met Edward in Bordoux, France, de- ; .... . .-r - ... . , , .,.1 KARL r . HALUM'j. scribed him as a man weighing 15o , , . , . , , , , JR. S. The government ia feeding the pounds and being six feet tall, hardened , , . . , cooks on steaks and ice cream, so make as a veteran I ' an appeal for a great number of them. TunZ l" l"cCC Thcy can et r,ent-v cf M-Mllcd s. . .... U j riit what we want i3 a cook who can Dear Dal and Mother: ! , ... . . , ... i cook without burning the oats. This Is th first opportunity I have
th Headquarters company who werej attending the French achool of auto1 mechanics. We h.ivi completed our! ci.urse of five weeks. Only two of the j
I bunch received diplomas Knenslrski j j and rnysflf We have been Sent to this; I American school fis Instructors. I don't J I know what we will instruct on as yet j
lit may be a fouring far or a truck. I
do know that this little French diploma, vvlil mem much to me when I return i to the I'mtcd Sntcs. We rode on the: train all night and i landed at our present destination in the j morning. I rode in the same apartment' oii the train with ten little orphans who! wore in the care of a sister. When II av. aken. d I found myself almost smoth- I end with "kids" one on each arm, lap full and some hanging around my neck. We all received pass-cards which we ' en.-, use all the time while here ar.d will let us in mid out of the main gate when-i over we ,- re off duty. We can leave' here every day between the hours of .j p. m. and 9 p. m. and on Saturdays from 12 noon until 3 p. m. Sundays oft ail day. Our food in fine the best I've had in j France. Yesterday for dinner we had ' beef roast, boiled onions, rice, good cof- I foe with supar and milk. There is a canteen here and we can get anything I we want, and riicea much lower than!
wo would have to pey In America. I bought a box of cigars yesterday for $1 50 end I know the same sells for our $2 in America. Don't forget to use my new address.
for we will remain here some time, rrobably permanently, and we are surej not to return to the 60th regiment. j Must close now and hope to get som j mail soon. I think that all my mail . will get to me sooner or later mostly '
la'or. t'h love to ail. Tour son. CLIFFORD. O. A T. Center T. A. Xo. 3. A. E. F. A. r. O. 723. The above letter was received by Mr. and Mrs. Will Vilmer of Crown Point from their son. Clifford, who was a prominent Crown Point boy and at the time of his enlistment was employed at the Standard Oil Company in Whiting.
had to write a few- lines. I haven't boon feeling good the last few days. I'm feeling rather nervous and always hnve a slight headache (from thse ziz z -. z bangs). I have been 'over the top" four times
ar.d am still kicking around. In spite J
or ci!, I think I can get some more of those "square heads." Here to write you a better letter In a few day s. Give my love to every bodyback home. By the way. this paper and envelope came otrt of a deid German's pocket. Keep It as a souveiir if you like. I consider myself lucky in being ab! to write to you at all. I came cut of it lucky. (I said my prayers, believe me.) With the best of love. EDWARD J. WELIS. 17th Co.. 5th Regiment. U. S. M. C. A. E. F. via Xew York.
From Edward Schultz.
Sink a submarine! One certificate filled with War Saving Stamps will pay fr a depth bomb.
From Private Edward Schultz. Co. E. 132nd Infanf ry, A. E. F.. somewhere in France, . to his mother, Mrs. Mary Schultz. of Lansing. 111. My Dear Mother: Just a few lines. J ani feeling fine and hope you are all the same. We are billeted in some small village somev. here In France. This is sure some country. All the flowers are in lull blcom and the crors are getting a'cug fine. Buck and Tibbie were in the same ramps thar I was unMl at last I d:d not see them for a few dnvs. We hae some
Lpretty fair time? out, here. We can buyla little wine and beer, but it's not as I good as it is in the States.
The people treat us alright out. here and can understand some things. I wish I could spoak French. I got some letters from the other rlace: a few from Flo, one from you. Tou wrofe that al! the boys left. Think I will elope. From your loving son. ED.
From F. A. Rohde. Camp Sherman. O.. July U. 131. Friend Parry: I thought I would drop you a fewr lines and let you know the boys from Hammond that came here June 25 are al! together yet and are all feeling fine. We are oat of quarantine now and that makes It better for us. for we can go to Chlllicothe most every night if we care to, providing we are back in our barracks by 10:30 p. m. I do not know how- long they will keep us together, but hope we will always be together, for it is more home'ike if you know al! the boys, but I'm afraid we will be transferred to the line regiments of the S4th division pretty soon, as they claim they need some more men to fill this division and say they are going to take thorn from the .Tune draft from Indiana and Ohio. We enjoy reading The Timks very nni?h and keep posted on the happening around Hammond and vicinity. I g?t Thf Times regularly. My dad sends it to me every day. Today we got Friday's paper not so bad for the distance it has to come. I must close for this time. Will write again whn I have more time or if we are transferred to some other company. F. A. ROHDE.
From Pete Eilman.
Somewhere in France. June 22 111?.
few ooles and sand to keen th pieces
from the high explosive shells from Dear Friends: I getting us when we are laying in them 1 am still feeling fir.e and having a j
to get as much rest as we can. Trust oca time ana hope the same cf you ai! In God and things may go well. ' st heme, which I am suie you are. I I got a letter from M. J. B. the samelJre am glad that we ar-t here, day I gr r yours. He also sent me a I Are all the boys working yt in tHe ; ! transfAt- .crT"' VT..,. .v.,,. ..-i
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Daddv. I would like to tell you Just i nusy. mow- are a.l the motorcycles?
ward for word what is going on over
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g that'your Motor
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here, but what is the use when it will r.ot pass the censor? It takes our letters much longeT to reach you than yours to reach us. bejkRuse ours must go through more hands al'. the time. W"eU daddy, how Is mother these fine.
r.lee warm days?
i rufrcj" me oov-s are riling an over with them. Well. I hope they have a good tins because I am sure having a fine time. Well. I would like to tell you what I am doing, but we are rot allowed to write whatever we want to. but Just so you know that I am feeling good
Well.
I hope she is feeling ! a nd i'ke It that's the main thlnp
well and also you. I will close and hope j I will close now. hoping you receive this
J bear from y.ou again
regards to all the boys. M"lth leva from your son over there. LOUIS HARKENRIDER. 15th Ambulance Co.,
Give my best i letter in good health and happiness
Good-by. From your son and brother, PETE EELMAX. Co. F. 3rd Depot Bu. St.. A. E. F. P. S. Hope you answer soon and give
A. E. F. via X. T. 'he rest of the fellows my address.
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