Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-11-06
NORMAN ANDERSON !
PROMOTED TO CORPORAL
Writes Two Interesting Letters To His
Parents, MIR. and Mrs. Chas. An
dersOn of This City. -
Somewhere in France, Sept, II

Somewhere in France, Sept, Il.
Dear Folks:
I suppose you think it's about time
I was writing, but couldn't find time
before to write decent letter. We
stayed in England but short while,
so I have been in France over a week.
I was made Corporal the first day Of
September and all the Corporals and
Sergeants of our company have school
from eight to nine o'clock every morn
writing sooner We have finally got
settled at last, and believe me, I'm not
kicking any because we were all pretty
much tuckered out from riding boats
and trains. You ought to see the trains
they have over here. The boX-cars
aren't half as long as the ones we have
in the U. s. The coaches Of the pas
senger trains are entered from the
sides. This sure is great country for
wine. I don't believe there is single
person that does not drink it. Grapes
are raised in abundance so when we
buy fifty confines worth-this is the
same as ten cents in American money
we get more than you do in the U. S.
The weather here is about the same as
we have at home, but England is diff
ferent. 1t rains there more than half
of the time. AS much as have seen
of the two countries, England is the
prettier. Since I have been here, I've
seen as many American soldiers as
have seen French. The French people
are very nice and to get along with
them ought to be easy. France shows
the strain the war has put on her, but
the morale of the people is good, con-
sidering the long time she has been
at war. We are quartered in small
town which they claim to be at least
1000 years Old Our company is quar-
tered in an old building with iron bars
at a few of the windows. In its time
it may have been meant for prison of
some kind, but it wouldn't take much
of a man to get out of it now. We all
say that Napoleon built it for his head
quarters and when it was finished he
went out and slept in tent. We had
no Y. NJ. G. A. here when we first ar
rived but it didn't take long before they
had one ready, so now we can get writ
ing material whenever we want it.
was sick the day after we got to our
present location and it was all due to
the fact that I was a hog and ate a
whole can of salmon the night before
1t was just for one day though, SO
am tip-top again now. At first where
we arrived our grub was nothing extra
but they are making up for lost time
and we get all we can shove down
The day we left Camp Mills, L. I. we
got pretty near hundred new men
in our company and they were of the
late draft, who haven't had very much
drilling, so now we have them to drill
from 8 a. m, till noon and then in the
afternoon we hike for two hours. Oh
yes, asked a soldier from Camp Gus
ter, Mich, if he had left before the Doth
Engineers had and he said they came
over the same time but he did not know
in what part of France they were in
1 am going to write to ''Dusty" today
and ought to hear from him and where
he is at before long. l am Corporal OF
the guard today, so think can find
time to finish this letter after dinner
It's eleven-thirty now. I'll have to try
to write the girls letter today also
and as there isn't anything else can
think of, folks, that they'll let us write
about, I'll discontinue for today. Will
be sure and write whenever l get the
time and you be sure and write real
often too. 1 do hope you are all well
and be sure not to worry about me,
because 1 m 0. K.
Loads of love to you all,
= Norman.
=:
in Franco Sent 81 197S