World War I Service Diary 2 - Pages 6 and 7

January 1917
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Fri - Jan. 11, 18
drill a while, lecture
a while write to
Berniece & mailed
it cold and rainy.

Sat - Jan. 12, 18
inspection, then
field meet with with
364 & 361. We won by
4 points. cold and rainy
go on regular guard
tonight 6-8-12-2 off at
4:o'clock P.M. tomorrow.










Sun - Jan. 13, '18
off guard at 4 P.M. go to
Tacoma eat supper
and go to the Pantages (1)
good show. Write to
Berniece and mail it.
take a street car to
Murray (2) and walk to
camp got here at 1:A.M.
raining quite hard.

Mon - Jan. 14, '18
Lecture, drill a while
go to the ware house
and get out some of our
equipment. more lectures
but I don't have to
attend. Wrote to Berniece
and mailed it. sent it to
the train. In Quarentine
for scarlet fever.



























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Notes:

1: The Tacoma Pantages was one of a circuit of Vaudeville theaters in Canada and the western US created by Alexander Pantages . The Pantages that Percy visited is still an active theater as part of the Broadway Center for the Performing Arts in Tacoma.

2: Murray is a Washington National Guard camp, much older than Camp Lewis, located on American Lake.
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