World War I Collection

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS WAR ACTIVITIES KELLY FIELD

SOUTH SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS

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I am glad to hear that Bill Torello has been sent to Kansas as they have fine Camps there from what I hear we are living in tents again and I like it better in the tents than what I do in the barricks we have only five men in a tent and have a fine stove to keep us warm so that is fine.

I guess you will not get many more letters from me at this camp as we expect to go to some other camp soon that is what I want I want to travel around again and see some of the country that I have not seen yet while I have the chance.

I did not know that Carl was at work for the Spring Valley Water Co how does he like to work there have you heard yet.

There is no chance of me ever getting transfered to Camp Fremont or the Presidio as they have no aviation fields there in California that I know of yet I have seen a lot of California already so I want to see some of the Eastern States now.

get farther east. When we went thru Kansas City, Cleveland Buffalo and a number of other large cities they blew whistles and everything else they could think of. In the smaller cities we were certainly treated royal. We went thru Ariz, Texas, Kansas, Missouri Illinois Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania New Jersey and New York. That is all the states I can remember. We got off twice a day for exercise, and sometimes to take a plunge. We went swimming ni the Wabash river one afternoon. In Hutchison Kansas they had automobiles out to meet us and took us all over the city. We had ice cream and cake there to. Coming thru Arizona the heat was pretty bad but only lasted for

thought the old address at Camp K – the best. So I send one by lettter that way but will send this to [illegible] on the chance of the other being too slow –

We are so glad [underlined] to get your wire of safe arrival dearest & to know that you had such a fine trip. I hope it will continue to be so – A lot of cards came for you today also from Kansas principaly [principally] – & it is fine to get such good accounts of everything.

Letters from Dick today also which I have not yet read but father read over phone – We are wiring him