I have received your letters of the 8th and 9th; and let me tell you they are most welcome. It makes a fellow feel good to hear from his honey. We are still penned up, unable to go beyond the camp limits. We have not been examined yet, hence we have not received our uniforms. If we are accepted, uniforms will be issued to us, if not, we will be given transportation, one dollar for every day we are here and sent home. I do not expect to be sent home. The Spanish influenza is reaching an alarming stage here; eight hundred cases were reported yesterday. Five died last night. Of the boys who left Carnegie with me, two are in the hospital. I am not telling them these things at home, for I do not want to scare them and have them worrying. Personally I am feeling fine and hope that I can continue to fight this pesky stuff off The food is improving wonderfully. We are given quite a variety now and plenty of it. For our noon meal today we had roast beef and potatoes, corn on the cob, tapioca, bread, and butter. Meat is served three times a day.…