Manuscript Database
Creator/Title
Schumacher, Hiram. Letters, 2 May 1918-13 Oct 1918. 6 items.
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Content
Six signed letters from Schumacher at Camp Zachary Taylor near Louisville, KY to Miss Dallas Sisk at Napoleon, Ohio. All written on YMCA letterhead. He describes facets of camp life such as: housing, meals, drills, recreation, and disease. An Oct. 13 letter recounts a deadly influenza epidemic that struck the camp. "An average of sixty men died the past few days, " and "the bodies had to be piled up outside," Schumacher writes. In addition, he praises the YMCA, which is "doing more to help the soldiers than any other organization."
