The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-07-26

sued by the use of sugar cards-each
person receiving three Jumps per day.
Gasoline for private cars is practical
ly impossible and then only in small
quantities-and the baking of those
wonderfully delicious French pastries
is to be discontinued as a military ne
cessity this week.
Tomorrow I will receive my 90 der
of Movement which permits of my
going to the front. 1 have Oeen fortu-
nately selected as one of three. out o.
se~venty-five men who are to make up
two new and comparatively inactive
sections. to join the oldest n best
known American Red Cross ambu-
lance section at the front, where for
the most part the newer sections are
composed chiefly of undergraduates
from colleges, number Wills filled
with writer's, lawyers, arctic expedi-
TONERS, professors, and the ~proverbial
interesting soldiers of fortune. For
the past three weeks he men have
been working on thirty-hour shifts
carrying men on stretchers from the
first line trenches. through the con
Meeting trenches to the "Postes de Sc
cour'-all this during attacks and
int attacks. One never knows
just what the order of things is to he
in the first line. For the most part,
however, the work consists in carry
ing the "blesses' in ambulance from
the "POstes de SecOur" to the field
hospitals, but since an ambulance is
a fairly large sized targ>t, practically
all the driving is done at night, as the
Huns take nothing into consideration,
and even at night they shell the roads
most likely to be used by ambulances.
To give you an idea of how tired the
men are after some thirty hours I'M
der fire, two men from seC,ion VII,
who have just come in on permission,
were sleeping in the section headquar-
ters at the front when a business
sounding Bosche shell struck the build
ing, pretty much smashing it to
pieces. These men knew nothing of
it until two hours later and they had
not been so muc as scratched.
For field service one signs. up for
six months but since America is ac-
lively in the war l shall serve in the
ambulance corps for three months and
will then be given the examination to
become an aviator, which have beer
assured l can pass With out little diff
ficulty. AS soon as American troops
land in France all the American avia-
, tors will be transferred to the Amer.
lean army. The aviators nave me
= modestly tell of wonderful experiences
n they are a splendid bunch NJ men
: All this news about the front has
been more or less second handed, blu
| hope to write soon of my own ex
periences and observations. The ont
thing l am sure of is my ever increas
T. ing belief that justice, Righteousness
o and true civilization are meant to rul
e this world and my little efforts an,
y life, if necessary, will not nave beef
q sacrificed in vain for the accomplish
e ment of these ends.
J Will write again on my arrival a
; the rOnt.
y With all the love,
CHAS.
:; (P. s.: 1 sure do miss an honest
= looking pie. For all their wonderfr
- pastry here, they don't make pies ar
>, you possibly remember l haC a littl
h more than a passing appetite for pie
NJ pumpkin pies. l wish to again cat
ton you to be sure and have q goo
sized pantry filled on my arrivaI HON,
- Thnc