The Reconnaissance (Camp Bowie, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 16, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 8, 1917 Page: 2 of 8
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THE RECONNAISSANCE
Saturday, December 8, 1917
Quarantine Want Ad Dept.
(If you want to want a want, we want your want v/anted with other wants.
If you won’t want a want in the wants then we won’t want your want.)
APPLY FOR RATES
WANTED TO BUY—A good prac-
tical quarantine crusher. Must be well
oiled and guaranteed to give satis-
faction. Address A. L. L. care Recon-
naissance.
WANTED AN ALIBI—By young
man charged with AWOL. The quar-
antine will not do, it has been worn
out. Must have something entirely
original. This should be great induce-
ment to mental genii of this brigade.
Ask for Hick Nut at the guard house.
FOR EXCHANGE—One absolutely
new invitation to dance at the Adol-
phus hotel in Dallas. Never been used.
In the best of condition. Will accept
cigars, chewing tobacco, apples or
snuff in exchange as part payment.
Corporal Paxton Matthews.
WANTED—Long distance telephone
calls from Dallas, boxes of eats, dates
at the hostess house, and plenty of
letters in every mail, for service dur-
ing the term of the quarantine. Ad-
dress Soldier, Camp Bowie.
OD CLOTH WANTED—Must have
at once two yards of OD cloth to fill
out the tail of my new uniform. Any
color accepted. Corporal E. N. Young.
WANTED LETTERS—Lost in Camp
Bowie so that I can find them for my
Bertie column in the Reconnaissance.
They must be original and genuine
copies and you must lose them where
they are easy to find. Corporal Isham
J. Osborne.
WANTED—To know a new way to
cook bacon and gravy, so that it will
be more palatable—also oatmeal, as
well as how to slice white bread so
that it will have a camouflaged ap-
pearance. By cook in 133rd Field
Artillery.
WANTED—A pair of regulation leg-
gins by a man with leather insides.
Corporal Bennie Franks.
FOR SALE CHEAP—A forty-eight
hour pass from Camp Bowie; never
been used, begins at once. Apply be
fore December 12. Sergeant Bill Lloyd.
WHERE AM I—Reward offered for
someone who will find me. I am sup-
posed to be either in or out of the
base hospital, but am I? My friends
and I have been unable to find me.
Get my record of being in or being
out as I was both yet there is no
record of either that we can find. Am
I AWOL, or SOL. Ain’t I was or
should I are, see me when you find
me, but be careful if you are found
out you will be discovered.
CAMOUFLAGE TOBACCO—I am
ready to receive bids on Camouflage
tobacco. It must be guaranteed against
the sight of Lieut Dixon of Headquar-
ters Company, so that I can chew and
spit when we are standing at ease
without being confined to camp over
Sunday unless quarantined. Corporal
Tally.
WATER LILIES—We want ten car-
loads of water lilies to use for bathing
and drinking purposes when the divis-
ion water pipes have been closed as
they usually are on Saturday after-
noon and Sunday. Address US, care
Reconnaissance.
NEW WAY—To furl tents wanted.
Can use method which will let me furl
and unfurl while sleeping peacefully
on my cot. Must be practical so I
will automatically wake early enough
to furl tent before being called out by
some commissioned officer. Sgt. Jeff
Britton.
You Newly Commissioned Officers
Should Inspect Our Line of Steamer Wardrobe Trunks
Before Buying
Our Stock Is Complete
Our Line of Army Lockers, Hand Grips, Suit Cases and
Purses Cannot be Surpassed
“A LOOK IS ALL WE ASK”
South Brothers Trunk Co.
605 Main Street
Stripling’s Store
For Army Men’s Wear
Our Clothing Store is furnishing the Winter Wearables army men find
quite a saving on comparison. First see our assortment and learn our
prices. , .4
OFFICERS’ 0. D. UNIFORMS O. D. WOOL PANTS
ARMY MEN’S OVERCOATS AND MACKINAWS
REGULATION ARMY LOCKERS O. D. WOOL SHIRTS
Complete stocks of accessories needed for army life. Hats, Caps, Wool
Socks, Blanket Rolls, Puttees, Cords, Straps, Trench Sets, Razors, Soap,
Lotions and Powders.
"THE RELIABILITY OF A STORE SHOULD BE YOUR FIRSTTH0U6HT”
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Soldiers’ Best Place to Do Gift
Shopping for the Folks at Home
assa
Camp Bowie, Texas.
(No date for sanitary reasons..)
(Inspected and found germless.)
Dear Pa:
This letter can be red by you and
Ma without no danger of the germs,
which is a tirm used by spy doctors,
to mean Germans. We are quaram-
teemed, by the offending gineral, for
foreteen days, on account of the ger-
map. doctors spreading germs over the
camp causing innumerable men to be
stroke with menan skeeters, which
they say is very dangerous and liable
to make a feller sick. So far I am
in good condition and think that I will
get all right if these German spies
don’t kill us all off. You know pa, the
whole camp is full of these doctors,
who is german spies and are killing
off our boys. A feller who runs a ham-
bungler stand right near our camp told
me confidential, that he knew it for
a fact that several of them spies had
all ready been shot at the stake for
there pussy laminous acts, which is
no more than the villans deserted for
such conductions. Pa, you will think
that I have been drove to orating
when you read this letter, but if you
could get all this inflammation direct
from the front as I do, as I got what
I know right direct from a man who
hears all the bath house dope first
hand. Natural, they would keep these
things away from you, pa, on account
of you and ma worriting so mutch,
and I dont blame you, as I am worrit-
ing allso.
Pa, have you heard about the Red
Cross? Well, dont give them nothing
as a feller told me that all the stuff
they make supposed for soldiers is
give to their kids and there friends
and we dont get none of it. I know
this is true as I got this from the
feller that sells ham and eggs down
near the rail road. I feel like he knows
as he hears about all the news.
Pa, dont let ma know but there
has been numbers any numbers of
boys shot before the firing squab, for
little instantanious reasons that didnt
amount to nothing. I say dont tell
ma because she will be worrying about
me getting shot which I will if I stay
here long enough. During the quaram-
teen, the officers get anxious for some-
thing to do and they go out and shoot
a lot of fellers that look good to them
just for the fun of seeing them fall.
There cant be no misstake about this
as i was told secrett by the dago
banana peddler that heres all the
news that floats about camp.
Pa, I have about figgered that if
the germans dont get you one way,
they will another as they have the
sanitation well in hand and are the
masters of it. However if I pull through
this, I wont never be afraid of nothing.
Pa, you can see that I know of
whereof I have spoke, and that things
are in a awful shape. While person-
nally I have not saw any spies or any
sick men I have heard enough to knoe
that it is awful.
This is worse than that small pox
ennimic who we had in Frog Level
last planting time. We cant go no
wherss a tall and all we can do is to
try to find fellers to fight, and whip.
If a feller goes to town, he will be
couglit by a millenery police and shot
Mother-
EVERY SOLDIER MUST REMEMBER HER—
SHE COMES FIRST
In Selecting a Gift Choose Something of Lasting
Value—China For Instance.
OUR STOCK IS COMPLETE.
No Charge For Packing and Shipping
Gernsbacher Bros. Co.
307-309 Houston Street
before he has time to write his folks
a fairewell.
Oh, pa, it is awful terrible, I wish
you could see the conditions as I have
heard them.
Pa, if I dont get to write to you
again you will know that I died agin
my will, and fighting for my country
agin these germs. Try to comfort ma,
as I know that she will take on ter-
rible over the news and dont forget
to put nigger heads on the spot where
I fell before the german spies guns.
I am sending you the Rennaissance
this week as I will never live to show
you another one. You can tell by it
that I am not the only one that is
scared and reelizes that the end is
neer.
If I live that long I will move from
here the 7th I know this a feller that
knows said so.
Farewell, farewell, from thy son,
BERTRAND.
P. S. If I do not die this week I
will try to let you know, as I dont
know what arrangements I could
make about writing, if I should pass
away.
Bertie.
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Henson, Will S. The Reconnaissance (Camp Bowie, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 16, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 8, 1917, newspaper, December 8, 1917; Fort Worth, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth846930/m1/2/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Tarrant County Archives.