The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-12-12
EVERETT MARTHA WRITES
INTERESTING LETTER
FROM SOME WHERE
OVER IN FRANCE
Somewhere in Franco

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Dearest Mother. Father and Bud
Arrived in Camp al O. K, and be
flievc me, was one happy boy to get
off that loving boat
This is not such bad country; ev-
! crything looks ali right if you didn't
know a war was going on here you
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This camp is on a large hill and a
very nice place. 1t is sure joke to
try and tall. to some of them; they
don't know what you are trying to
tell them, and they can't tell you so.
and at the same time they have you
thinking that they are beginning to
understand you, and finally they go
away in disgust and so do you and
then you are mad but after you have
had time to think it over you begin
to laugh.
The weather is just a little cold in
the morning but about the middle OF
the day it is fine, The gardens are as
nice and green as can be and you
can see the fields and see something
coming up and it looks like wheat Lut
| have not been close enough to
them to find out what is planted
This is very hil1y country or
what have seen of it is. You see
very few wooden houses and to see
the towns at a distance it looks like
snow for the houses and buildings
are all made OF white sand concrete
and they are sure pretty, and they
are all nice houses or seem to be from
the outside, although they are not so
large; they seem to be mostly six
room houses.
This camp is made of wood just
like the United States camps but I
suppose all the French camps are
made of concrete because they are
permanent, but Uncle Sam can get
wood cheaper in the state and ship it
over here and of course can build it
1
SO much quicker Lumber is verv
scarce and hard to get They save
every piece OF wood that is as big as
pencil almost. hear wood is
(deleted by the censor) cord but
everything is sky high from matches
up A bar of ivory soap is worth Soc
understand, penny boxes of matches
two cents in the American Y. M. C..
A., and they claim to sell this stuff
at cost price.
Candy! gee, fellow can't hardy
look at that or any kind of sweet
stuff Tobacco cost from one to three
cents more here than in the United
| States.
The Y. M. c. A. teaches French to
the American soldiers and believe me
am going to take it for it cost moth
ing and that is sure cheap to learn
French so when | get home can saw
what | want to to anyone and thew
won't know what am talking about
and then | won't have to run after I
say it. Ha, Ha
Fresh water is scarce here too. so
we have to use as little as possible of
1t. In fact, everything seems to be
scarce. You have to economic in
everything it seems.
Believe me Uncle Sam is sure pre-.
pairing for war in the line of war
trucks and such things and he is get
ting the best. He has about every
make of trucks, but the little Ford
seems to be the most one used for he
has hundreds of them.
You ought to see the railroads. mar
row gauge, and the driving wheels on
the inside of the frame and the crank
and rods and cylinders on the outside
and they are all small engines too. I
nave not seen an engine of anv size
at all and the cars are lust like the
ones you see in the movies. You en-
ter from the doors in the side and
they are about thirty feet long and
nave first and second and third class
compartments in every one. The first
class are very nice and the third are
Just bench to sit on. Each compart-
nent holds eight people and only four
wheels under each car, but thew have
good springs under the cars and thew
ride easier than the American coach
es.
have just been looking over this
building, the Y. NJ c. A. and I notice
that these buildings here are put I'M
IN sections and bolted together so
they can be torn down and moved
Well have told all can think Of
now and if l say too much I won't
nave anything to tell in the next one.
So don't worry about me. for
think we will all return to the old II
,. A all Q. K. about the last of next
year for when we make our spriro
| drive | believe that will nu+ an ord -