Correspondence from Owen Hamilton to his sister June Meyer (June E. Hooe Hamilton Meyer, 1919-2010 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81471045/june-e_hooe-meyer). He explains what all the abbreviations in his address mean. This looks like a fine camp or fort....there are tile roofs on the barracks and walkways, paved streets, and lots of trees. He imagines this is what FL would look like. This looks like another ""girl scout"" camp as they aren't strict. He's been in 3 camps so far and although he's heard how tough it is in the Army, he's yet to see anything out of the ordinary. They might have well have drafted the 4Fs as this would be a nice little rest cure for them. He may have to back down on this a little as Field Artillery is no baby outfit and it may get tougher once he gets started. He has no idea about the future, but he's starting school again Monday. If the Army has enough schools, he might stay in school for the duration. He thinks the primary purpose in being there is to study the field artillery radio equipment although he just finished studying that and the armored forces at Camp Crowder, MO. There really isn't a lot of difference between the two, and as for the radio end of it, they work in conjunction with each other. The only difference is that the field artillery operates at a higher frequency so they can talk to each other. Enough of shop talk and more about the trip and his luck. By the way, whenever you move you have more to talk about! He got a skilled excellent rating from the F.M. (frequency modulation) school and when he got his orders it had him down as leader of the group to Ft. Sill. He had to go over to HQ and get his instructions for shipping his squad of 12. It was quite a responsible job as he would be held responsible for anything that went wrong. After hearing all that they could do to him, he had doubts about wanting to be the leader, but he likes responsibility and that helps in climbing the ladder of advancement. Everything worked out and he had no trouble getting down there. He had to see that the baggage got on and off the train, carry the tickets, and make sure they were all fed en route. He only had one scare in Oklahoma City as one guy got on the wrong train. When he was counting his sheep he came up one short and he had all the guys out hunting for the guy and finally ""the dumb cluck slowly walked off the train wondering what happened to us."" There's a big danger in going AWOL when moving from one camp to another and you have to be vigilant about that. You should see all the oil wells they have in OK--they look thicker than flies in som parts. The land is very flat and you can see for miles. They were in Oklahoma City for about an hour but did not get to see much as he didn't want to get the fellows too far apart. When they got there they were assigned to their barracks and you should have seen the place. Nobody had lived there for some time and when they did live there they did not take care of it, so they had a hard time getting it cleaned. The Master Sergeant who brought them down made him barracks sergeant so he is responsible for the upper floor with 35 men under him. If no one in the bunch of 20 yet to come doesn't outrank him, he'll keep the job. He hopes he does because he has a private room and will get some valuable experience leading men which will help him if he ever gets a commission. He also won't have to do KP or guard duty which are the worst jobs. Even when they have a GI party Friday nights (aka scrubbing the barracks) he won't have to work but just see that the job is done. So you can see that he wants to keep this job! He will still be a Cpl. even though the job calls for a Staff Sergeant, because you cannot be promoted while you're in school, but he doesn't mind that. He's going to close and go swimming--they have a pool there which makes it nice.