Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-08-16
INTERESTING LETTER
FROM FRANCE.


Lauehlin who over 20 years ago
al Sshaller, Iowa, was a bright
little curley headed boy of four OF
five years of age and a specia
fayorite of the Editor of this paper
his father being partner in the
general merchandise business.
A LETTER FROM FRANCE.
Willard Mclaughlin Writes Two
More Letters From the Front.
1st Aercnautic Dept. u. S. A,
Centre Aviation Maritime,
st. Raphael, Var, France.
Dear Folks at home"
God only knows how l wish l
could be with you folks tonight, but
it is impossible, so will have to be
satisfied guess. There was one out
of the bunch killed last week He
was a pilot and / didn't know him
very well but he seemed like very
nice young fellow. The machine took
a nose dive and when it hit the
ground the gas tank exploded and
burned him and the instructor. The
pilots are training at Tours, France.
don't know exactly where Tours is
but it is quite ways from here.
st. Raphael is on the MEDITERRANEAN
sea in the foot hills of the Alps
mountains. 1t is beautiful but II
would rather be most any place in
the U. S. than here. The sanitary
conditions are terrible. Tell Fri
day" Bartells that if they ever de-
eide to become modern he could
make fortune over here. The pee
pie go bathing over here and I'M
dress on the beach right before
God and everybody. l am not
very modest myself, but that is
even too much for me.
have found out that | didn't know
enough to appreciate good thing
when had it, but there is one
-onsolPtion Il should get killed
over ftre dn os the war you folks
~ set 81 Oo1 insurance from tn
snitrnment tcsides a years salary.
When ! get out Of here 1 will be az
regular mechanic and can demand
good wages. | don't think there is
my danger of my getting killed as
mechanic don't have to fly unless
10 wants to and the Lord knows l
lon't want to. l feel a good deal {
aier with at least one foot on the
round. II
] hope Lyle don't have to come '
yer here, one in the family is t
though on the front. And if l do |
% it will be less loss than if it
vas Lyle He is the best pal |
Yer had and l would hate to think
hat he wasa over here. There was u
bunch of 10000 landed last Mon
ay at st. Razaire, the same place u
re landed.
6-27-17. f
Wen folks at last We are located,
tudying hydroplane motors. This t
a beautiful country but the old "
:. S, would look awfully good to
he now. We get up at 445 and o
ave coffee, then go to school until Il
LOO; dinner at 1870, school again &
'om 1870 to 500, supper immedi- Il
tely, then swimming from $50 to C,
80, school from $3.50 to $50,
len We get to go to bed. Only ty
yo meals a day and such short ii
ours agree with ME as you can e.
nagine You know l never did like fl
eat or sleep, but such is life g
Franco. in
Was in Paris last Sunday for about til
Vo hours en- the way from Breste
st. Raphael. Have been nearly of
over France and will only be w
re about two months until We get O,
anSiered to another place. 1 w
iked TO q Belgium officer on ar
c train Sunday for about three he
four hours, and learned more hi
out the war Grom him than | could
er have learned reading the papers. fc
seems as tho the Supreme Being ha
'uid interfere in the war, for the fal
rmans ought to every one be by
led, They are not human beings at wi
but educated animals that have
thought only that of killing limo go
Mt women and children. If they my
'uld tight the way they ought lie
it would be different, but they the
Il all be gone by the time the ars
lericans get to work on them. My gal
latest desire is to kill all of pin
I'M | see. | would be perfectly oul
ling to die if l could get two vii
three Germans to my credit. lay
vent got bit of mail since CA,
Norfolk, Va, the 25th of May. of
waiting patiently to hear from
|. Had couple of pictures /
en- with the bunch and. will send abe
some as soon as they are fin Gro
Ell .ntc Of