World War I Collection

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ARMY AND NAVY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION "WITH THE COLORS"

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I don't know if you could make out that last letter as I had to turn it over before I had it half written. This letter I will mail in Japan and try and tell you all a little about what I will see there.

Will send two small photos of Honolulu one is the Y.M.C.A the other is at the beach of Waikiki. If I get any pictures of place we stop a in Japan I will send them along.

Will be glad when we hit the Philippines because this been a Chinese ship every thing else is Chinese about it. We can not hardly eat the meals. They cook. You can't imagine how a mothers home cooked meal would be to us now. Say for instance

American Flag (on left side)

ARMY AND NAVY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION "WITH THE COLORS"

Y.M.C.A. logo (on right side)

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The next day we wento to what they call the old city of Shanghai. There were some old temples and park we went through they say were four hundred years old. The streets are only about six feet wide. There are so many people that it looks like they live and die in the vacinity of there houses. Every thing is pulled around by man power, even when they have a funeral two men carry the coffin. Every body has to ride around in a rick asha it is the same way in Japan and even more so than in China. It dont matter how big the load is they pull it through the streets on two wheel carts them selves.

TO THE WRITER- SAVE BY WRITING ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS PAPER TO THE FOLKS AT HOME - SAVE FOOD, BUY LIBERTY BOUNDS AND WAR SAVINGS STAMPS

- 4 2 1/4 in. by 4 1/2. for 24 peso's that its 12 dollars gold. in U.S. money. If we go back by the way of Japan and get some liberty there I will get some swell pictures.

We have been pretty lucky so far in our gun crew the captain is the only one that got sick he had the mumpes. Out here the nimute you get sick you are out of luck for going back because as soon as you come out of the hospital you come back on the ship a seamen and looze your place in the gun crew. Out of the whole bunch that came out here about

examinations for third officer. They both passed and had to draw straws to see -which one -- sails Saturday for China. Bull evidently drew the long straw as he sails on the Ecuador -- which is a passenger steamer -- and makes -- The run to China — Manila — Japan etc. It is mighty nice to have Bull home again -- and we will