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(Letters from Gorton Eastman, of
Benicia Arsenal, to his folks and sis
ter.) Benicia Arsenal,- Calif., June 20,
1917. Dear Folks: I believe I have
received a letter from everyone In the
family so I guess I have missed none.
I also received the box from Lorette,
and the last letter from Marguerite.
Mother asked where my keys were to
my trunk. Well I put them in the
small pocket of my pants when I sent
my suit home. It has been some hot
here the last week. Yesterday it was
95 in the shade and 120 in the sun.
But the heat does not bother me
much. Yesterday we were stacking j
tome sugar and flour and canned ,
goods and I have j
goods. I have on a flannel shirt that .
is quite heavy and of course I sweat
fout I take a cold shower hath every
night after supper and I do not mind
the heat... At night it is not hot. I
sleep on the second floor and I have
a blanket and one sheet over me. I
raise the window to the top and get
plenty of air. The only trouble I have
is in getting use to drinking warm
soft water. You see all the water
that we drink here is all rain water.
Last Sjinday for dinner we had
oyster stew, roast beef, green peas.
potatoes, dumplings, breed and butter,
good coffee and milk, apple pie and
jelly tarts. Now that is some meal
and we have meals about that good
three times a day. So no wonder I
have gained two pounds.
About the first week that I was
here the Sergeant said he was sure
that I could pass the examination for
Sergeant clerk. He said that there
was no use drawing a private's pay
when I could be drawing a Sergeant's
pay. So I wrote a letter which was
approved by the commanding officer.
I am enclosing a carbon copy of it. Of
course it will be about nine months
or a year before the examination is
held. So I might as well get the best
out of this enlistment if I have to
stay here for three or four years. Of
course there is a possibility of not
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passing the examination, but I will
try,
I received a letter from Lionel R.
this morning. He said it was some
hot down there. He is on the bound
ary line between California and Mex
ico. I guess I will be here for some
time, i get through with my work in
a hurry. You see I am faster on the
machine than anyone that they have
had here before. One man used to
do the typewriting and another used
to do the filing, but now I do both and
have plenty of time to spare. The
other fellows did their typewriting
with two fingers. A little education,
sure does go a long way.
It is getting along about quiting
time so I will have to straighten up
my desk and get ready for supper.
With lots of love to all,
GORTON.
Office of the Quartermaster, Benicia
Arsenal, Calif., June 13, 1917.
From: Pvt. Richard G. Eastman, Q.
M. C. ' . I"
To: The Adjutant General of the
Army, Washington, D. C,
Subject: Supply of books.
1. If consistent with the policy of
the IWar Department, it is requested
that I 'be supplied with one copy each
of the Army Regulations and Quarter
master Corps Manual. -
2. It is my intention to prepare
myself for the examination for Sgt.,
Clerk, Q. M. C. and these books are
required for this purpose.
I have made my first little jump. I
j don't know as I will ever be Com
I mander and Chief but I hope by next
, year to be sergeant.
You asked me if I needed anything.
I get shirts and socks and under
clothing and everything like that is
sued to me, and I am here at the store
so I get everything in the line of tow-
jels at cost and other things that I
need I buy so I am getting along fine
and don't need anything. i
I got a pass the other day and went
over to San Francisco with another ,
fellow who is working here in the of
fice. I met a couple of fellows over
there who went to school at Pocatello. '
One of them was captain of the foot
ball team two years ago. One be
longed to the army and one "to the
navy. We went to a couple of good
shows and came back Sunday flight.
San Francisco is a pretty good town.
It does not get very hot there. You
see the breeze from the ocean blows ;
and it is cool. .
Well I guess this is about all the
news I can think of down in this part
of the country so I will close for now.
With lots of love to all,
, Your brother,
GORTON.
Benicia, Arsenal, Cal., July 4, 1017.
Dear Sis: Well today is the Fourth
of July and there is supposed to be a
big time here today. I have' just had
breakfast and I am in the office. No
we do not have to work. I just came
up here to write this letter. The time
passes by so fast that I almost forget
when I last wrote. I received your
letter yesterday and olso one from
Marguerite the other day. After I
wrote the last letter there was an or
der came here to the office that we
would be allowed to have a corporal
here at the office. So the Major said
we will recommend Eastman so a let
ter was written to Headquarters of
the Western Department at . San
Francisco, that I be made a corporal,
and yesterday the warrant came and
so I am now a corporal.
You see the rank of the army goes
this way. When you first enlist you
ere classed as a second class private,
if you make good you are made a first
class privte, this gives you three dol
lars a month more, then next comes a
corporal that is six dollars more and
then a sergeant and then first ser
geant and ect., until you finally are
Commander and Chief of the Army
and Navy, if you live long enough. So
feeling pretty good today. This hav
ing the measles is a sort of a (here
he comes and there he goes) sort of
an affair, five minutes after I had dis
covered them the measles 1 was in
quarantine. ' The doctor informed me
that I would stay there for 10 days.
I wish they hadn't come for another
ten days at least, don't you? How
ever they shot me off to the hospital
and here I am. My temperature was
103 for a night and a 'day but is nor
mal now.
For the first three meals they would
not give me 'anything but a glass of
milk at a meal. That was enough
though.
I went to Tacoma to see the races
the Fourth. They averaged about 90
per for 150 miles. The track is made
of two-by-fours stood on edge with
half inch spaces between them, and is
two miles in circumference.
Hoping this finds everybody well.
Your son,
WILLIE.
(Letters to Mrs. A. S. Bradway
from hef two sons, one who is at the
Bremerton Navy Yard and the other
in the Hawaiian Islands.)
Bremerton, Washington, U. S.
Navy, July 7, 1917. Dear Mother:
How is everybody at home? I am
Pvt. Lee Bradway, F. Battery 1st
Field Artillery, Schofield . Barracks,
Honolulu, H. T. June 18, 1917. Dear
Mother: I have been definitely as.
signed to Battery F and all my mail
should be sent to above address.
Battery F is the famous "Black
Horse Battery" of Civil war fame and
was wiped out at Bull Run.
The horses aie all splendid animals,
race horses in fact, and trained to the
minute and can gallop 10 miles with
their guns without a single rest. The
riders change horses every two miles
while they are running.
When I am not on duty I can get a
mounted pass and ride all over the
island and get a good idea of the is
land. Well that is about all the news .
now. I am still in quarantine but will
be out before a letter can get here
from the states. -
The climate averages about 90 de
grees and it rains every day. Bolieve
mel it rains when it rains to, but, it
only lasts about ten minutes.
I am well and very busy so good
bye for the present.
Your loving son, .
LEE.
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tions: Something wo all approve but
seldom take. Old Man Sage.
THE SAMMIES ARE TO
BE GIVEN CANDY
Portland, Ore., July 14. (United
Press) The Sammies will eat candy.
Portland firms today submitted mds
on large quantities of candies,1 send
ing their offers to the quartermasters'
corps at Seattle. Chocolate, lemon
drops and stick candies are specified.
Other supplies on which the govern
ment is asking bids today from north
western firms are tobacco, ginger ale,
jams, playing cards and loirge quanti
ties of food. Additional bids on the
same supplies will foe opened at Se
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