The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-14
GLAD TO HEAR FROM HOME.
U. S. Boys Watch Eagerly for the Ar
rival of Mail

Mr.. and Mrs. G. s. Andrews have re
ceived the following letters from their
son, Guy, who is now in France;
Somewhere in France, Oct. IL.
Dear Folks: ! gft this paper Mt the
| Y. NJ. C. A. the other day when | rode
to headquarters on q truck 1t is l2
miles from here and we have been in this
mudhole three days. Every time we
move, we seem to strike a worse place
than the one we leave. We are now in
lcantonments with no floors and hunks
are made of four planks 2x2, stretched
lengthwise, with our mattress covers,
| filled with straw, on top of the planks
We also have three blankets apiece and
sleep comfortably at that,
Everywhere we 90 | buy postcards of
the town we are in, so | can give you
an illustrated lecture when | am lucky
enough to answer "here" when we are
in formation for our last call to be mus
tered out of the service. You may think
III strange, but | am as confident of see
ing you again as that | am writing this
letter to you now.
/ can hear the French soldiers near us
practicing with machine guns and hand
grenades. One Of them was telling me
that ii we ever get to the front line we
would hardly believe our own eyes when
we see the awful condition some Of our
comrades will be left in. Every man has
heart, and if he sees the front its big
ness shows up,
Your son Guy.
Oct 81
Dear Folks We have moved some
where-else" and our accommodations
are better than ever. While travelling
on the railroad each coach is divided
into compartments and there are three
classes to coach, first, second and third
and we were lucky enough to get sec.
ond class.
Our department Is all together again
and no doubt we will have lectures and
drills again in preparation for serious
work in the near future. To-day | was
detailed as messenger from the Office and
have printed two signs for officers quar-
ters
When we arrived in this new town, !
they presented me with letter from |
home. 1t was very cheering after a hard |
nights ride in the train and ! could have |
slung my pack and hiked all day after |
reading your letter All the boys feel the |
same about letters from home and after
mail-Call, which is about once a week
one can always tell which of the BOYS
lid not receive anything by the expires
sion on their faces.
When sending packages to me the cap.
ain said it would be o. X TO address
he outside wrapper To Captain ". NJ.
Phelps and of course the inside wrapper
o me, as you do the letters.
You will observe by the date that this
5 Sunday and the first day of rest we
ave had for some time. We celebrated
" taking bath, which is the first warm
,ath We have enjoyed for almost "a
month. and. believe me, it was deeply ap-
ireciated by us all,
Coming back from supper tonight the
un was Just setting and was as round
nd red as could be. As we walked
lowly along toward our billets. the sun
ras reflected by the creeks surface and
fhile we watched, flock Of wild ducks
ettled down and seemed contented to
now that they Mere safe. 1t was some
icture, but was reality as we'll
| am writing this in the Y NJ c. A.
'hieh has just opened and we are going !
0 listen TO speech by Mr.. Harrison of {
altimore, Md, L. S. A. Had a fine c
Entertainment here last night. i
Oh, | have purchased a Liberty bond c
nd have allotted $40 month out of my i
ay for this until paid. 9
Your son,