The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-11

The following extracts are from a
| very interesting letter received by
Mrs. William Gilberry of Kragnes,
Mimi, from her nephew. Louis Mill
don who is stationed in London with
a company of Canadian engineers.
Mr.. Mildon was employed as con-
struction foreman in the gas engine
department of the Fargo Foundry
during 1906 and 1907 after which he
removed to Edmonton, Alta. Canada
where he continued his engineering
pursuits. He enlisted in a company
of Royal engineers and left with his
regiment for London in August, 1916,
where he has been stationed since.
His letter follows:
London, e. C. Aug. 20, 1917
My Dear Aunt
= l left home for the same rea-
son that thousands OF other good
men have given up their all, even
life itself, for a cause that we can
not but feel is for the right, and for
the protection of those who shall
have to live in a world like this
after we have done our bit and gone
our way. = = Il live daily hoping
for the time to come when we who
are left can go back to our loved ones
and be proud Of the part we have
played in the game of humanity. We
have a lot of the Yankee soldiers in
London just now and they are a very
good looking lot of men of whom we
are justly proud but rather wish
thew had come when the Canadians
did for then ii would have been all
over by now. still the whole world is
at present watching the Yanks and
l have no doubt they will justify
themselves as they have always done
and we will live to be proud of their
part even IL it did come at the elev-
enth hour. With the outside help
Britain has received she has dons
miracles and is stronger today than
ever and will so continue. A persoN
outside of the war game has no con
ception of the colossal amount OF
supplies of all kinds that are daily
made and delivered in and from this
country and ] am sure they will all
stick until victory is theirs forever,
and the system Of militarism that
started this is crushed forever.
might tell you a few things about
this country. but first must say
word of the weather and can find
no better parallel than to compare
this year with the first one ] spent
with you in 1905 and IL you can re-
member that far back and the way
uS
idea of a continued rain in England.
We had only one month of decent
weather which was in July. and the
rest has been most abominable. II
rains here out of a clear sky at night
and when the sun shines in the day
time. AS for the city itself, It is a
place one soon gets tired of as every
thing is so congested, especially the
houses, as they are all built attached
to one another and are more like RAD
bit hutches than homes. CT course
this applies only to the homes of the
poorer class for the moneyed people
have their mansions as they do In all
parts of the world and the shame OF
1t is that so few have so much, while
the mass of the lower class have
nothing but a hand -to-mouth exist
ence and still there are thousands of
acres of good land going to waste
that can be bought as cheap as the
land in the Red river valley ana
those who need IL can never hope 20
afford it, The show places around
London, including the theatres. parks
and summer resorts are simply
marvellous and have seen in Hyde
park Of Sunday as many as 100000
people on a piece of ground not half
the size of your farm and the same
thing applies at Hampton Court,
Richmond and Kew, to say nothing
OF Epping Forest, Hampstead Heath,
Wanstead park, Greenwich, Batter
sea, the Crystal Palace or Hays
Common and q dozen other places
that have been at since coming
here. There are dozens of theatres
on the west end and the shows are
as a rule very good and have been
to almost half Of them and intend TO
go TO the rest when time permits. as
don't want TO go home without
seeing all / can. still have TO take
things slowly as the army pay does
not permit Of any lavish expenditure
az Won can readily imagine. I am