You know I told you in a letter from Coetquidan that if I could only give the command that fired one volley at the Hun I would go home willingly and be satisfied. They are the same guns that I learned to shoot with and with the exception of one barrel, which I had to leave in the Argonne with a shell lodged in it, there have been no repairs on them. If the government would let me have one of them, I'd pay for it and pay the transportation home just to let it sit in my front yard and rust. They name 'em Katie, Lizzie, Liberty, Diana, and other fantastic and high-sounding names and when they fire them they talk to them just as if they were people. French gunners even cry when their guns are taken away from them.
Guns do have an individuality.
No two of them shoot alike and weather conditions will affect each of them differently. I am hoping to see you by April 1. Be sure and keep on writing on a chance that orders may be changed. I had just gotten some letters from you and naturally told you how glad I was. Also I told you that we are coming home right away.