Miss Rose Kraynik,
Wisc.
(from
July-23-1918
Dearest Rose,-
As I have a little time I thought I would write a line or two and tell you how I like it down here. This camp is a little nicer than it was over at Cam Farragut. This camp is just acrost the track from the other one we was at. over there the food was not cooked a bit nice. it tasted as if it was cooked for the pigs. But here it is just fine. we get plenty of it. Here there is a park. lots of benches nice grass to lay on, but we we don’t get much time to lay on it only Saturday afternoons and Sunday’s.
I sure has ben hot here the last week. I am all sun burnt. now it is thundering and making a big noise. so I think it is going to rain hard.
We have to drill nine hours each day. scrub the floors. keep all our clothes clean. They want us to write two letters each week. But Don’t care if we get time or not.
We have plenty to keep us buisy Those pictures I had taken I sent them up to Hardtke to finish, I just got them back Saturday. They were not very good. So I sent them home when I get out of this camp I will not for get you I will have my picture taken. And you will get one. I do not expect to get out befoure Aug. the first and maybe not then. I sure will seem good to get out of Detension.
We just got our military hair cut this morning. it sure is great. cut short.
I sold my camera yesterday. I am sorry now I did not send it to you.
We have got hammocs to sleep in here. they are about six feet from the floor. so you know they are hard to get in. after you get in it is hard to stay in. some falls out.
They keep us buisy here and don’t hardly get time to get lonesome. But I can always get time to think of you. And makes me wish I were back by you. Now don’t you wory for I am comming some time.
This will be all for this time so. write as often as you can. Good-Bye.
With Love. Dan.
XXXX
(on back of envelope, “D. D. Martin, Camp Dewey, Co. D.
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