TRANSCRIBED FROM THE HARRISON TIMES OCTOBER 13, 1917 P. 4
Camp Lewis, Tacoma, Wash.,
October 2, 1917.
Editor Times
Everyone has been requested to write about what Uncle Sam is doing in the different cantonments and as I feel more like Harrison is my home, thought I would rather write your paper.
I have been here a little over a month, coming here from Fort Riley, Kansas, where I spent three months the past summer with Provisional Ambulance Co. No. 4. We have twelve motor ambulances, a service car which carries all parts that might be needed for repairs, and three motorcycles. The company comprises twenty eight first class drivers and two mechanics; the balance of the men are for various other duties such as litter bearers and other things, the full number being one hundred nineteen men.
This camp is one of the largest, taking care of fifty thousand men of which twenty-five thousand are already in camp now. There is about five thousand of us who belong to the regular army, the balance being of the draft.
Our camp is situated about thirteen miles from Tacoma, and forty from Seattle, which only takes two hours by electric railway. It is a very beautiful city and very cosmopolitan, being the gateway to Alaska and the Far East.
Mount Rainer is about forty miles distant and on clear days one can see the snow covered peaks very easily from the camp site. One of the largest hospitals is being built here to take care of wounded from all over the world--that is to say in the war zones--all heated by steam and is to cost over a million dollars when fully equipped.
The Pacific ocean is only about five miles from us and the boys often go over on Sundays to fish, the salmon and various other specimens being plentiful.
I sincerely hope you are all well and enjoying the beautiful fall you have in Harrison.
JULIAN G. PAUL.
Prov. Amb. Co., No. 4.
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TRANSCRIBED BY LAEL HARROD
Camp Lewis, Tacoma, Wash.,
October 2, 1917.
Editor Times
Everyone has been requested to write about what Uncle Sam is doing in the different cantonments and as I feel more like Harrison is my home, thought I would rather write your paper.
I have been here a little over a month, coming here from Fort Riley, Kansas, where I spent three months the past summer with Provisional Ambulance Co. No. 4. We have twelve motor ambulances, a service car which carries all parts that might be needed for repairs, and three motorcycles. The company comprises twenty eight first class drivers and two mechanics; the balance of the men are for various other duties such as litter bearers and other things, the full number being one hundred nineteen men.
This camp is one of the largest, taking care of fifty thousand men of which twenty-five thousand are already in camp now. There is about five thousand of us who belong to the regular army, the balance being of the draft.
Our camp is situated about thirteen miles from Tacoma, and forty from Seattle, which only takes two hours by electric railway. It is a very beautiful city and very cosmopolitan, being the gateway to Alaska and the Far East.
Mount Rainer is about forty miles distant and on clear days one can see the snow covered peaks very easily from the camp site. One of the largest hospitals is being built here to take care of wounded from all over the world--that is to say in the war zones--all heated by steam and is to cost over a million dollars when fully equipped.
The Pacific ocean is only about five miles from us and the boys often go over on Sundays to fish, the salmon and various other specimens being plentiful.
I sincerely hope you are all well and enjoying the beautiful fall you have in Harrison.
JULIAN G. PAUL.
Prov. Amb. Co., No. 4.
NOTES:
TRANSCRIBED BY LAEL HARROD