Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-04-21
SOLDIER LETTERS
England, February 10, rs


Dear bad,
am thinking OF what YOU told
me. so III see that YOU get not only
one letter but several. am not al
lowed to tell what city am In but
the camp is out OF town about mile
and they wont let us 20 to town
often. lcensoredl. The more | see
of the world the more appreciate
the blessings of my home land
These people don't know what liher-
" and plenty mean. After the fell
lows who are here come home every
last one Of them will be ready to
fight for what we have at home,
against the world II necessary. |
did not realize how far ahead OF the
old world Uncle Sam was until |
saw this country.
hear there was transport sunk
day behind us and know mother
will be worried rs she must know
was ON the sea at the time.
would send a cable but haven't
money enough. II is long time
since pay day. But ] guess the list
Of those lost viii be in the news
papers.
You ought to hear the rumors that
are floating around here about the
war. .Of course, you can't believe
any OF them. One was that the
Yankees had captured three lines OF
trenches and that the officers had a
hard time to keep them from going
to Berlin. sincerely believe that
when our boys are turned lose they
will 20 through the Germans as IL
they we're not there. Physically they
have the world beat and all they
need Is plenty OF ammunition and
men to lead them. and nothing can
stop them.
Prices on foodstuns Is about the
same as In the state, only some
things can not be had at any price
for the simple reason that they are
not here to be bought. A soldier
can not buy a meal in a restaurant
they wont sell to him.
Our squadron has got all OF them
going-these fellows didn't realize
that Uncle Sam had aero squads so
well drilled and trained as we are.
When we go ont to drill they all
stand and look. There is nothing In
the U. s. that can touch us. and our
officers are Just as proud OF us as
we are ourselves. We all pull to-
gether and there is no grumbling.
They say the s2d hasn't any dis
cipline. but that Is because they
don't know us.
This is the most beautiful farm
ing country ever saw. The land Is
lust as green as II can be as far as
one can see. and 1t Is dotted with
peaceful little cottages and barns. all
Of them built OF brick. Some OF
them rooted with tile and some are
thatched. Very few fences. all
hedges. A breechy COW could roam
all over England with nothing to
stop her. Everything is peaceful and
the war seem so far away except for
the wounded men and no young fell
lows about except those in uniform.
Two other fellows and myself got
out Of camp for a short time this af-
ternoon and we talked with an old
fellow who had two sons killed in
France and another lost an arm, so
you are more fortunate as you have
only one son to take those chances.
and he is not worth much They
meet all Of these things with a smile
and work all the harded. They say
the Germans have to be whipped II
II takes every man in England. II
would be good II the people at home
could copy them in some ways. Near
ly every woman has a black strip
around their arm. All OF them have
lost some one.
Our rations are not as good as
fhav havo haap huk not y,,ou.. - A.