Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-03-14

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make a fellow feel quite Al hone.
such a. tasking in the Ove every
niEht-inqairng IS to Why ons Il
awake Il he ~isnf- caught mapping.
and scores Of Just little things which
touch a fellows heart. 4 mar has a
snail chance Of getting out before
he Is well, too. Occasionally a fellow
gets tired Of the confinement and at
tempts to convince the doctor that be
is all right again, but II the Doctor
doesn't think 50 he says no and he al
ways knows.
We are living in wooden barracks.
In each ono there are three stoves.
We have good eotS with unusually
good mattresses TO sleep on and we are
amply supplied with blankets. Our
food is Of the best. We get such
things as hot cakes, hot biscuits, ex-
eellent bacon, coffee and sugar for
breakfast-roast beef, brown gravy.
mashed potatoes. aprieOts, white
bread, coffee for dinner and equally rs
good for supper. We have a variety
all through the week. On turkey
Day" Christmas Day and New
Years Day we had excellent dinners
Of turkey. dressing, eranberries, pie.
cake and etc. The sanitary regula-
tiOns here are very strict, which re-
duces the death rate to a minimum.
All drinking water is boiled. Every
man is required TO gargle his throat
regularly with a good antiseptic gar
gle. Bath houses have been provided,
dental work is done, barracks are GER
tainly well ventilated-cots must be
two feet from the wall with abso-
lutely nothing between, nothing may
be kept under the cots, under the
matresses-and frequent inspections
are made looking toward the health
and well being of each individual gen.
orally. We have not lost a single man
in this unit out Of over eleven hundred
men which, / think, is an admirable
record.
The American boys are getting the
best Of equipment and certainly suf-
ficient wearing apparel such as
gloves, rubber boots, overcoats and
etc., and before long shall be making
their presence felt. All we require is
sufficient time. The world knows
what the French can do and the part
Great Britain is playing is the war is
equally as remarkable. 1t is stu
pendous, so much so the world will
never know to what extent until after
the war is over. The British program
in its entirety contemplates the sap
ping Of the vitality Of the German ma
ton and that they are accomplishing
their purpose through the blockade
and otherwisely they themselves
know very well as do the Germans.
The barbarians are too thick-headed
to admit the truth as regards Great
Britain's part in the wal and they are
equally SO as regards our part in it,
but before long, the results will be so
plain the lessons they will learn will
be so severe that they will find it
hard to fool even themselves, let
alone anybody else. Their methods
of fighting on land and sea Indicate
what their temper is now and their
morale. No people could conceive
such things, unless in a desperate sit
uation. They are expected to try an
other barbarous onslaughter in the
West. The more they send in Of theii
reserves from Russia, the more "home-
steaders" they will have in some OF
the French cemeteries, many Of then
now occupy.
But even if the final outcome is not
in doubt, the job ahead is a big one
and especially for us and every Amer
lean has got to do his or her part. NJ
one can shirk. 1t will require the eff
forts of all and extended to the fullesi
extent. You will do a big thing il
you will continue to impress upol
the people of Mexico and Audraii
County the truth of the above state
ment.
With kindest regards, / beg to re
main,
Yours sincerely,
Priv. FRED C. WYMORE,
117th Ammunition Train, Caissoi
C. No. 2, American Expeditionar,
Force.