Fred Illi letter to Dr. Henry Milton Whelpley - June 6, 1918
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Madison Barracks [New York] June 6th, [1918]. Dr. [Henry Milton] Whelpley Dear Sir: - Received your letter and wish to thank you for the write up you are going to give me in the druggist will send you cartoons from time to time, as I have plenty subjects to work upon here, will send them the first chance I get, have not meet any druggists from St. Louis here, in fact only one soldier from Missouri. We drill eight hours a day. some days we go on long hikes, our longest was twenty two miles, started at 830 a.m returned at 630 p.m. it
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was on a hot day, and about 1200 went on the hike and about 150 dropped out, a few were sent to the hospital but most were suffering from sore feet, that would be a good subject to teach the boys at college, as they are prospective soldiers, How to keep their feet in condition for long marching, I have noticed that the city boys make better soldier than the country lads or the country lads are not as active and it is hard for them to get out of their easy going slouchy manner, Our meals are not like you get at home. No fancy dressings pie cake etc, we get beef three times a day, beans, rice, potatoes, black coffee, when the mail man distributes the mail, you would think he was giving gold bricks away, the way the boys crowd around him, looking for a letter from home, The barracks is situated on Black River Bay twelve miles from Lake Ontario, the scenery is very beautiful here, wish I had my paint box with me as I could get many pretty pictures. We expect to leave here soon, will go to school at Rochester [New York] for 30 days and then be sent to some aviation camp I forgot to mention that I was married at Sacket Harbor [New York] May 25th to Miss Mary
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Woods of St. Louis [Missouri], who is now visiting relatives in New York City. Will be glad to receive the Meyer Brothers Druggist as I have always found it very interesting. will have to close as we will be called to drill in about five minutes. Very Respectfully Private F. Illi Prov. Co 5. A.S.S.C. Madison Barracks [New York]
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| Title | Fred Illi letter to Dr. Henry Milton Whelpley - June 6, 1918 |
| Creator | Illi, Fred |
| Source | Illi, Fred. Letter to Dr. Henry Milton Whelpley. 6 June 1918. Dr. Henry Milton Whelpley Collection, 1826-1929. A1737. Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | Fred Illi sent a letter to Dr. Henry Milton Whelpley. Dr. Whelpley was the dean of the St. Louis College of Pharmacy and editor of the Meyer Brothers Druggist magazine. In this letter, Illi described life in the camp and explained the difference between city and country soldiers. |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918 |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I; St. Louis College of Pharmacy; Training |
| Site Accession Number | A1737 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | June 6, 1918 |
| Language | English |