Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1918-09-14
FULTON NOTES.
q. Walter Whiting, with the 317th
Engineers in France Writes An
Interesting Letter.

interesting iscltcf.
Director r. w. Whiting has re-
ccired the following letter go. his
son, Somewhere IN Frar e.
81 am anxious to wr..c you, be-
cause | don't want to lose conncc
ton. Altho your letters are some
times long while reaching me, l
want You TO know that | am we'll
and happy. suppose you laugh
cach time letter is received to see
the address changed. That is the
way We do things here. | am sure
YOU have read in the papers that the
front is continually changing also.
ON my opinion have seen Il good
portion Of some parts of France. l
am anxious to sec Paris. lust now
l arl stationed near the home Of
.'oan Of Are | l,opo to see it before
! leave, but you cant tell when the
next move will come. L have been
into some Old forts and have seen
several places OF interest.
Il bavc seen every type OF soldier
that is lighting They arc usually
very good comrades. They like
Americans, especially American to.
.bacco.
II am sure you will be pleased to
know that l have seen and talked
with Joseph Barnes, Willie Hewlett
aud several Richmond boys. While
going from one station to another, !
mot Camp Lee soldier who told mo
where tho boys were. Dan Farrar
and I walked Immediately out to
their camp. Wo found the boys we'll
and doing nicely. Occasionally |
run into an old friend. Last night,
! ran into Il white soldier who lived
in our neighborhoOd. Meredith Eos
ter and Douglas Edwards are very
we'll.
~ am not With my Regiment at
present. Nine OF us were sent to
school. OF course, you know I was
IN for anything to make good. You
know my ambition. We are now at
Inherent school supposedly in
training for Master Engineers.
shall do my best to make good, es-
pccially for the sake of home folks.
The work at school is interesting
and very helpful. 1t is the latest
on maneuvres and prescnt-day fight
ing. or course our work relates
itself to the part engineers play. 1t
is a great part If they play it as did
the engineers who first went to the
front.
We are busy in school all day and
two hours at night. School work is
both theory and practice. IN the
morning, we have lecture or illus
tration, skctching, explanation, then
We go out in the field and do tho
work. at night wc study the notes
and figures.
"The Y. M. G. A. and Red Cross
are two Of tho finest organizations
nnnnnatn2 uvith "a
They are playing a great and good
game. am in the 'Y' now writing
my weekly letter. After dinner to-
day my comrade and l went for Il
promenade The road was lined with
trucks coming from the front. These
boys did some wonderful fighting
while there.
"The day will soon come when all
things will be righted. I have
adopted these words by Browning as
a soldiers verse:
'One who never turned his back but
marched breast forward,
Never doubted cloud would break,
Never dreamed tho right were
worsted
Wrong would triumph;
But held, we fall to rise, are baftled !
to fight better,
Sleep to wako!'
"This is my motto-'Think for '
action; act for perfection Remem- |,
Der mo to my Church and Sunday |
School. Pray that I may be success |
full and keep the highest standard of !
manhood whilo In France. Love to |
everybody.
"Yours afrectionately,
"GItDGORY WALTER WHITING"
CALVARY NOTES.
Last Sunday being very inclement |
the attendance in our Sunday School !
was very small, yet we had a very !
nice time.
1880 A. NJ, Rev. A. a. Martin,
pastor Of tho Mt. Olive Baptist !
Church, Pittsburgh, Pa. preached a
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