The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-02

most delightful surprise. Their
Ia q big open fireplace with q fire II
| it and q very pleasant and cultured
woman about forty-ava years II
charge,
The trip across was very calm
the oalmest in four years. accord
ing to the crew on our ship, We
sighted nothing OF note and made the
journey safely. The food was fine
and I did not feel the least bit sick
although some Of the fellows ala.
Everything seemed new and
strange when we landed IN England
England seems to be str1cter on
food and fuel regulation than France.
Our hotel had very little IRE and
meals cost about q dollar each.
Goats. uniforms, etc., are much
cheaper there than in the States.
The trip across the channel was very
rough, A lantern hung from the
ceiling OF the big castle, and most of
the time it made an angle Of forty
degrees with the perpendicular, It
was an awful night with little sleep,
Most Of the fellows were deathly
sick, We finally arrived in hRrbor
by morning and locked. The first
morning Hal Pollock and the rest
Of the coast artillery left for parts
unknown which is the last saw
Of him. The second morning we
left. We came straight here.
can't tell you just where we are now,
but IL Is a delightful place.
We rode in second class railway
carriages, which are about half the
size OF ours and have little individual
compartments like the English, but
we were very comfortable
We were met here at the station
by big motor lorries, which brought
us to the school This Is a beauti-
full place, much warmer than in the
northern part where we were, but
still a bit rainy through the winter
months. It Is raining today but as
there is little mud and mostly sand
1t Is not bad under foot, The main
building which contains the dornl-
tories and recitation halls, is u
shaped, the sides Of the u being
about FIVE hundred feet long. The
school has been running for a long
time. since 1900, but is now given
over to American officers. There Is
adequate equipment OF every sort
including fine horses, and French
officers give all the instruction They
speak in English, but there is one
period Of French conversation each
day. / talk every chance I get and
am getting on very well. In the
course of the three months we are
to be here i'm school expect to
learn to speak fluentlY / have no
difficulty in buying things and get
ting things ask for. Tt Is very in
teresting.
There are about five hundred fine
riding horses here to work on and
we ride every day. We ride with
out stirrups for two months and do
jumping and all sorts Of fancy tricks
before we finish the course. The
horses are fine spirited and willing.
Do not try to send me any food as
It would spoil and don't need IT,
If YOU send eigarets, wrap them In
burlap and send by American Ex-
press Co.
1T. HARRY A. TORsON.
f. A. o. R. c., American Expedi- |
tionary Force. II. 8. A. p. o. us. /
A letter received on Tuesday from /
Roy o. Gorder who enlisted early last /
spring and was one OF the first Clay /
county men to reach France was a 4
long time on the way. IT was written Il
On Dec 28 and post marked at the 4
70. S. ARMY Postofice" Jan. 81. and 4
was received ait Moorhead by Elmer 4
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