La Junta tribune., 1917-11-15
s0slEwHERE IN FRANCE


Ano<hee Interesting Lettce From Il.
r. Dudley, From tho Western
Froat IN France
Mr.. Ray Hartley, one OF the local
santa Fe train despatchers. has just
received another unusually interest
ing letter from E. p. Dudley. who
was formerly in the service OF the
Santa Re in this city, and has q
host Of friends In La Junta. The
" xASs Of last week was the occasion
unusual demand for the Trib-
H. fnd our supply Of extra copies
o~40on exhausted. We will pro-
vide for future emergencies OF this
kind whenever = Dudley letter 10
scheduled to appear. which will be
5u1t - often as We are given the
privilege Of reproducing them. The
second Dudley epistle to the Ia Jun
taites Is - follows:
never am quite a. happy as when
receive . letter from some OF the
bunch there and unusually 20 when
your letter found me yesterday
morning. Also my gratitude for the
cigarettes which I will probably re-
eeive in the next ten days. Pack
ages are always ten days to two
weeks behind the letters. II you on
" knew how We appreciate tobacco
here. We have NO American tobac-
90 whatever and French smokes ara
strong and black. I cannot begin to
thank you. I bought q sack Of Bull
Durham the other day for 8 francs.
about 9l.l0 In American money.
Could have sold II for 50. Can you
now know what American tobacco
means? II seems like We crave II
worse in the army than ever. The
Red Cross sent US some one time but
II was soon gone.
Your letter found me on the
Western Front-the only regiment
In the United States Army to be In
active service. We took complete
operating control yesterday morning
at O'Clock and now the Thirteenth
Engineers operate the most import
ant military road ON the front. II
has rained In one continual. con-
slant deluge for ten days and the
country II swimming in = veritable
bog Of mud and mire. Our army
trucks sink hub deep In front Of the
barrack door regardless Of the tons
and tons Of rock We have placed
there. have read about the Fran
ders mod" but could never dream
Of such things Nothing II water
proof. Our barracks are running
away. Most Of 10 have hardly had
our rain shield of either night or
day. he water 70 running In big
streams % the ground inside the
barracks. We oaly take off our
legginss aad shoes to sleep and COW
o. over with Q tsat half and rain
porchss and the water drops down
sad rolls Oft whiis you slssp. We
haag ous aAoss sp % the vail. II
gets DARK ct A:3o ,. =.
a. chief dsspatchsr. We have
tArss ehises % tricks and whea We
pat he third nsa on. I swiag Smithy
IN On Il. vas The ranking aoa-
eenniasioesd officer IN the rsgi-
nsat eaA bad ~ choice Of tricks
oad think I shall take second %
there y 10 way Of kiiiiag the long
vintAe evenings. % would rather
work then. We burs NO lights what
ever szcspt In the office and ne have
mats wAich 80 over all the Windows.
Could Jos imaslas . railroad with.
eat lishts? Not svsa the switchmsn
esrry them. or the road men either
War measures which vs are ell
glsA % follow out without assstios.
0e0e oe the more heroic American
braves AeeiAed vhsn ws first reached
here that he question Of lights was
oli foollshasss sad they burned can.
llss b the bafsaeks. But We learned
9 lsssea abeut two weeks ago and II
= ~ ~ besa for . kind provi.
'1eoee - voslA Ill have Daid. Nov
you eeull ~ 81 ees - light light
sss . 0oath's ea1asy. Hsiss viii
nsvsp eo0e - eloee again.
Oar railroad = . drsan. With -
eAr1eA trAias eaeA uay. Noth(Ag bat
supp11es. ammunition aad trooDs.
81 ~ huss army dspssds svssy
~ e. ~ Thirteenth Aoeejeen for
thsls ~ Or rod = undsr shsal
fife n . dessa places bat built 10
vsiIsys 80 thgeagh weeds ssl for
~ vhseeves peaslble. We have
tsalns q lasge .guas Dsrnaneesly
noun1o1 g eass Ne The pAseegsaoh