The copper era and Morenci leader., 1917-11-23
'bEANy" LYNDE WRITES
 IF ''SOMEHOW IN FRANCE"

"Beany" Lynde. formerly connect ed with the Engineering department of the Arizona Copper Co.,. Ltd. writes interesting letter to his bro ther John Lynde from Somehow in France"
 Somehow in France, 10-5-17." On active service with the American Ex peditionary Forces.
 Dear John:-
 As some fellow just across the hut from me said: Damn the Kais- er.' If 1t wasn't for him I'd be home now" That's thew ay most of us feel about this war, This picnic We are holding over here is all Willies fault and woe betide his putrid hide, if we ever get hold on him.
 War is just one d. thing after another As you used to say, If it ain't one thing; it's two Only I would say it's six in the army. We are tomorrow and have to-- tonight. I don't know but hope it- We have-- since-l91T and since 1 then How's that for cheating the censor out of his job? The above isr't a code so don't try to figure it out. I wanted to tell you something important and that is what it would sound like if I had filled in the blanks. So you get the same mean 1 ing as if I had let the censor use l his scissors.
 l While I think of it will you please send me one carton G0 pkgs.) of Camels and about six cans of Tux edo every two weeks? Or else send me big bale of the stuff at
 once We can't get a flake of Am erican tobacco here and are about
 starved for it All the fellows have asked some to send them some but
 so far no tobacco has arrived. Per
 haps it would be better to send about
 8 cartons of Camels and at least a
 dozen tins of smokin' every month.
 As soon as I have all the extra
 clothes that I want to buy I'll send
 you some monty to buy the stuff There are lots of things that I could
 use. I'll put list in with this let
 ter and if there is anything on it
 that you can't buy in Clifton I wish
 you would send the list and money to mother, so she can get them in Detroit if necessary. These are things that I would like very much
 to have and they will go far toward making the winter more comfy. They are things that I can't buy over
 here or would get them myself. I If you take any pictures be sure lowed to take pictures yet and can't send them thru the mail if we did l One fellow received same large pie lures from his girl or some one in the states. As he couldn't pack them around with him (they were toe large) he wanted to send them back and couldn't do it. Vague and mys terious are the ways of the censor
 ship.
 Believe me, when the Americans get down to business and get un tangled from the red tape of the French they are going to show tho whole world how to prosecute tht
 business of warfare. Crude? Slow
 I wish you could see the way thu
 French carry on the fight behind tn,
 lines. They are fine soldiers ant good fighters but when it comes t,
 doing anything else-wow, they giv,
 us the Willies.
 There are so many thousands 0
 little things that could be remedie' that I hardly know which ones t. 5 describe. The only kind of say that a Frenchman uses is bucl ' saw. Small or big, rip or cross-cut- it's a buck-saw. They do good worl = but they take so darn long to do it : Their picks and shovels are. only if for the beach or some little kid
 garden.
 5 They use at least three times a | much lumber in some of their wa | | buildings as is needed and the suppl of lumber is very low.
 October 12th, 1917. , Trying to write letter in thi joint is about as productive of rt
 suits as an air gun against a tank . The only time we have is in tn :. evenings and there are so many fe \ lows in this hut that unless they 2 want to write and not talk, no on < can even think.
 \ I received the August 31st issue ( y the Copper Era just the other da < and was certainly glad to read it. N took it over to (P. R.) Paul Re y singer. and we had quite a talk owe < the paper He is feeling fine and N very busy. only see him abor 7 once week.
 < We haven't started on our ''bi N job yet and are all getting anXlou 7 to be at it. However, we are worl : in2 every day. Sorry I cant te N you about it.
 I Some of our men are runnin \ trains and switch engines. Tn II other day a switching crew made 7 drop of car on to a siding. TT \ Frenchmen wanted to go clean N the other end of the yard and baC / the car in And you should hay $ heard 'em howl when the Sammie II made the flying switch.'' It near y scared 'em to death. And the $ held up their hands in holy terrC II when they see one of our brakeme 7: hop on a train going about 20 mile \ per. They won't snag train tn; M ic ooiDo Ovar Dar