The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1917-12-13
SOMEWHERE INFRANCE'
November IL, 1917.

November II, 1917.
just three months ago today we
pulled out Of San Antonio for the
coast.
Another bunch Of mail came in to-
day and and I am 50 happy I hardly
know what to do. When ]. first read
the letters it makes me sort Of home
sick and I wish I were back again, but
when I think Of what q great under
taking thre is before us and how much
is really left for the U. s. to do, it
makes me settle down more firmly to
doing my little bit; for l never want
go back until / feel that we have done
all that possibly car be done, not only
for the United States, but for human
ties sake. You people little realize
how near this war came to being a
failure. It is a fact well known that
If We had not entered the struggle,
France and England could never have
held out as long as they have. And
even now things are not certain. I
only hope that Dads firm conviction
that the var will end next spring may
come true. However We must be pre-
pared for the worst and I think the
sooner the people at home have the
real cold facts staring them in the
face, the DON will they knuckle
down to doing real service for us be-
hind the lines.
This war can not be won alone by
the men in the trenches or with the
thousands of aeroplanes, but we must
have the heartiest cooperation of ev-
erybody at home. By merely sub
scribing to the Liberty Loan and then
sitting back thinking they have done
their duty and all that they are called
upon to do is ont enough, but they
must economize; When a set back has
happened to the army, then is the time
to cheer up and tell everybody that
things are going to be all right; in
fact, the more defeats we suffer the
harder everyone should dig in, with
that determination for success which
the American people have whenever
they undertake anything. Nothing is
too big or difficult for us to tackle and
in the end we WILL win, whether the
end be next year or twenty years from
nov.
We had some very unpleasant news
from Russia and Italy and it almost
looks as if success were hopeless, but
a thing like that makes US over here
all the more determined to stick to the
end. If only the mass of people at
home do their part there is only one
ultimate end to this war, and that is
success to the Allies.
I know what it is to see suffering
and misery among men, not only at
the front but behind the lines, and
amongst the poorer classes, especially,
but here is no one more willing to help
sustain the war than they. Their one
main idea is, "No peace without VIC
tory"
From what Melvina said in her let
ter you have received my second tele-
gram and know that everything is
skidding along in great shape. It
won't be long now until my mail
should begin to reach you regularly
and there should be quite a bunch un-
less there was some lost in the two
transports that were sunk going back.
I received no letters whatever from
you dated between Sept. 18th and Sept.
oath, so no doubt a little of the mail
was lost on the way v It is
strange you only received two letters
from me written while I was on the
boat, as I wrote a number, one to each
of you if 1 remember rightly. Maybe
you have them by this time.
I flew over this City TO, the. first
time a few days ago and it surely was
a picturesque sight from above, with
the river winding in and out and all
the woods around it. I shall have
some great pictures to show you when
I get back but as yet they will let us
send none whatever. By the way, I
succeeded in getting in a moving PFC
ture the other day but shall give the
details in a letter to one of the others
so that I can have something to write
about.
EVERETT DUELL.