July 11, 1918

July 12, 1918

Miss Rose Kraynik,

Stangelville,

Wisc

Route 2.

Box #70

(from Chicago, Ill.... “Canal Station”)

July 11, 1918

Dearest Friend,

I have enlisted in the navy and passed exam-inations o.k. I was in Milwaukee yesterday and came down here last night. got here at nine-o-clock. This sure is some place. I like it here real well so far. I have not had much chance to look around because we were not hardly able to leave the building.

I don’t think I will get much chance to get lonesome here. I wish you would write real often.

There is over 40,000 men here now and still comming. There was about 500 men came in this afternoon. So you see if you don’t for get to write I will be alright.

We will be locked up inside of a barbed wire fence for three week be foure we can get out.

We have not got our uniforms yet but expect them this afternoon.

We were all vaxinated this morning and about ten or fifteen of them fainted. I didn’t mind it at all.

We just got our uniforms, we got four apiece. two white and two blue. Two white caps one flat blue one, one Blue watch cap. one pair of leggings, one pair of shoes, Two towls, one dozen hankerchiefs, 6 pair socks.

Well I guess I will close for this time. Don’t forget to answer as soon as you can. because I am a long from home, and you.

GoodBye-with Love,

Dan Douglas Martin,

Co. 377. Barricks 946-W.

Camp Farrigut,

Great Lakes, Ill.