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JTING LETTER FROM
HE FIGHTING PARSON.”
The following letter was written to
liis friends at Helena by Lieutenant,
Rives, the Fighting Parson, who is "
now, “Somewhere in France.” It j
- will be of interest to many Newport
Camp Dix, N. J.,
“I think I gave you notice of my
arrival in camp, bare notice on a
postal card. We made a remarkable
trip from Camp Pike, leaving there
at three o’clock on Saturday and
reaching here at nine Monday night.
Up to the momentt of our arrival
there had not been a moment of un
pleasant experience. But we unload
ed at the station here to find that our
coming had not been planned for,
and we were strangers in a strange
land. By ten ’clock we had found a
guide who professed to know what
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part of the camp we were to occupy
and with our battalion in marching
order we began what proved to be an
all night’s search for our area. Part
of the maneuver was tragic; part
decidedly comical. The band headed
the line and played with all the en
thusiasm the men could command.
Somewhere about two o’clock, after
we had followed that mutton headed
guide up and down the length of the
camp two or three times, the band
suddenly struck up an unusually live
ly tune, and there poured forth from
the barracks an innumerable host of
dusky warriors clad in the night air,
thinking that Berlin had fallen and
that the celebration had started be
fore day-break. Just as day was
dawning we halted in a section
through which we had marched some
fwenty times during the night, and
the guide said that he recognized
our area by the day light. A bad
start it was, but since then things
have gone pretty well with us.
How do the camps compare? Well,
this one is much larger than Camp
Pike, but it is by no means so nice.
In the first place it is poorly laid out.
You can get lost anywhere and when
you are lost nobody can tell you
where you are and how to get where
you want to go. Nor is the camp so
well kept as Camp Pike. No efforts
have been made to beautify the
grounds. The base hospital is a
shame. Inside and out it is dirty and
unattractive. And the dust is un
bearable at times. Since we l(a\^
been here the wind has been blowing
all the time during the day, and the
sand sweeps across the parade
grounds in clouds. We thought thiij
feature of Camp Pike was bad, but
it does not compare with this. At
noon today my Bible on my table,
looked as if it hadn’t been opened fc^
a month or more. Now, you know I
read my Bible. Yesterday it rained
all morning, quitting about noon; at
three in the afternoon the dust was
blowing everywhere. The parade
grounds redeem the camp. They are
as big as all the state of Texas. One
day twenty thousand men were form
ed into a great Liberty Bell, and
they looked like a little speck on the
field. It is three miles from one end
to the other. There are times when
it seems longer. On July 4th we
double quicked the length of the pa
rade grounds, and when we finished
I was all in. The formations are
wonderful here, as there is room for
anything they want to pull off.
This reminds me that I have been
in battle. For several days we have
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been having maneuvers in which ex
perienced troops have been partici
pating. Last week I went with the
men on what was to be their bap
tism of fire, so far as their own ar
tillery is concerned. You know in
this modern warfare there are two
fires to be dreaded: that of the ene
my from the front, and your own ar
tillery from the rear. It was the lat
ter that we were practicing with.
Our big guns^ located about two
miles back of us shott over our
heads, dropping the shells just two
hundred yards in front of us where
they exploded to form a curtain of
smoke, behind which we might ad
vance. Of course, the shells were
loaded, just like they are over there,
and when they exploded, thy rained
death on everything within a ra
dius of four or five hundred feet.
It was fun to watch them tear up
the earth; it was a suggestion to us
of what was going on “over there.”
They screamed like hysterical women
in times of panic. Was I scared?
No, but I couldn’t keep from duck
ing all the time. I find myself draw
ing down, as if that would be suffi
cient protection against a shell pow
erful enough to shoot half way back
to Arkansas. It was a wonderful
experience. In the midst of it I
came upon a clump of bushes loded
with huckleberries, and I soon found
that the excitement of battle hadn’t
affected my appetite. You can’t
imagine how good berries are when
flavored with smoke of artillery fire.
May it always be so.
I’ve had another great experience
rcently. We were wakened at peep
’day on the Fourth of July by the
band which was parading the streets
of the regimental area, playing all
kinds of patriotic airs. Immediately
after mess the regiment was formed
and we marched out onto that big
parade grounnd to take our place
there with the other units of the
camp in a celebration. At the ap
pointed time a band made up of all
the bands in the camp and number
ing something like five hundred
marched down the field playing a
lively tune. Then came the various
units, maintaining their identity but
massing together in a great forma
tion half a foile wide and much over
a mile long. It was one great sea
of khaki moving like a tide. We
halted about a stand erected in the
middle of the field. For twenty
minutes we sang popular and pa
triotic songs, ending with the Star
Spangled Banner. A prayer follow
ed an dthen a short address. After
the exercises we passed in review
and double quicked back to barracks.
Twenty-four different nationalities
took part in the exercises. There
was something about it that made
every man feel that it was great to
be an American.
Indeed, I am happy in the pros
pect of an early embarkation for
overseas service. I must say that I
am realizing more and more the se
riousness of this game we are play
ing; it is beginning to look like war
now. I stood on the shore a few
days ago and watched several thous
and of the lads steal out of harbor,
and it isn’t going to be long until I
shall be doing the same thing. But
I am feeling a peculiar joy in the
eonsciousness th$t I am going to
have a part in the Calvary to which
the nation’s best are going. By the
suffering of one the world has been
made what it is; if now, through
the suffering of a few, all the gen
erations to come may be made hap
pier and better, I shall go gladly
with the lads to the world’s Gethse
niar.e and find my joy in t hethought
that I am following Him.
“Though love repine ar.d reason
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There comes a voice without reply,
’Twere man’s perdition to be safe,
When for the truth he ought to die.’
You hear this every time you go
to church, don’t you? I shall spare
>ou by preaching no more.
Where did you get that stuff about
me having been promoted? On one
occasion the report came to Mark
Twain through the daily papers that
he was dead. Immediately, he wired
the press. “Report of my death is
greatly exaggerated.” It is so in
this case.
Appoint some member of the fam
ily to write me all the news of Hel
ena. I have heard nothing since I
lefl Little Rock except what I have
had from you. I am hungry for the
;hurch and town gossip.
Be kind enough to give my love t{>
everybody who may remember me.
The best to all you. If not again
from this side, then it shall be from
over there that you hear from me. |
Keep the home fires burning and
think kindly of me as you sit there
by
Lovingly,
THE FIGHTING PARSON,
316th Inf. Always Somewhere.
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Estrayed—Two bay mares, one
has sunken place in side, and has a
three months’ old filley colt with her.
Other has scar on forefoot, both
mares being about the same size. Al
so two small black horse mules
weighing about 700 each. One is
branded with J. N. O. on shoulder.
Liberal reward for information
leading ,to recovery. —Roland Miller,
Grays, Ark., or phone J. F. Gardner
at Jelks. . 79dlt 16wlt
Rollen Bend pasture, rates $1.50 J
per head per month. I will not be j
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COMMITTEE ISSUES
FAIR PRICE LIST.
At a recent meeting of the “Fair
Price Committee’, appointed by the j
County Food Administrator, the fol- j
lowing were agreed upon as being j
fair prices:
D-S Meat, per pound-32c |
Hams, per pound-38c j
Breakfast Bacon, per pound-60c
Smoked Bacon Bellies, per pound._38c
Pure Lard (bulk), per pound-35c
5-lb. Buckets Pure Lard,
per bucket -$1.50 j
10-lb. Buckets Pure Lard,
' per bucket _$3.00 .
Compound Lard (bulk), per
pound _30c
5-lb. Buckets Compound Lard,
per bucket _$1.35
10-lb. Buckets Compound Lard,
per bucket _$2.75
2-lb. Std. Corn, per can_20c ^
2- lb Std. Tomatoes, per can_15c
3- lb Std. Tomatoes, per can_25c
Rice, 2 pounds for_25c
Std. Meal, 25-lb sacks, per sack $1.40
Cream Meal 25-!b. sack, per sk._$1.50
Cream Meal, 10-lb. sacks, per sk. 70c
Navy Beans, per pound_1_20c
Lima Beans, per pound_20c
Pinto Beans, per pound_16c
Wheat Flour, 24-lb. sacks_$1.75
Corn Flour, per pound_10c
1 pound Loaves of Bread,
per loaf _10c
lVz pound Loaves Bread, per loaf 15c
These prices will be changed from
time to tinje as condition warrant.
FAIR PRICE COMMITTEE
for Jackson Counuty.
No. 1. 440 Acres Timber only, j:
| 4 miles west of Nuckles Switch, |
Hickory, Oak and Gum. Price 1
$15.00 per acre.
•i No. 2. Farm, 200 acres, 50
acres in high state of cultivation, ]
80 acres deadened, two good houses 1
and good barn, located in eastern g
I'"portion of county on good road and
I in fine stock range, 16 miles east
1 from Bonner
1 and 5 miles
lilroad. Drice - j
135 acres, 75
cultivation,
, Ten room |
price $5,500 0
state Co.
Arkansas
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