Bates Student . tuiVnt. 1? Vol. XLV. No. 19 LEWIKTON, MAINE, TllCKSDAV, OCTOBER 18, 1917 PRICK TLX OK NTS LETTER FROM ONE OF OURBOYS AT CAMP DEVEN8 WRITTEN BY BEQUEST OF THEEDITOE Very Interesting Besume Of SoldierLife At A Training Camp Friday Evening, Oct. 112, 1917We were shipped here with Bostons?econd 40/ on Friday. (I saw yourbrother a week ago Tuesday.) This issome big Camp. The main gate is abouttwo miles from the town of Ayer, andthe camp extends over an area of aboutten square miles. It doesnt sound big,but you are not really impressed withits size until you get a look at it. SToucan
Bates Student . tuiVnt. 1? Vol. XLV. No. 19 LEWIKTON, MAINE, TllCKSDAV, OCTOBER 18, 1917 PRICK TLX OK NTS LETTER FROM ONE OF OURBOYS AT CAMP DEVEN8 WRITTEN BY BEQUEST OF THEEDITOE Very Interesting Besume Of SoldierLife At A Training Camp Friday Evening, Oct. 112, 1917We were shipped here with Bostons?econd 40/ on Friday. (I saw yourbrother a week ago Tuesday.) This issome big Camp. The main gate is abouttwo miles from the town of Ayer, andthe camp extends over an area of aboutten square miles. It doesnt sound big,but you are not really impressed withits size until you get a look at it. SToucan imagine that a cam]) of forty thou-sand fellows has some size, thats asmuch as Lewiston and Auburn isnt it?We are nearly a mile from the maingate, and the artillery where Tat Laneand Hob Dyer are is a mile from ourquarters. The building! are all newand nothing but the 2!) Y. M. C. are painted, so it gives onean impression entirely new to company has barracks by itself,and has its own mess
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