Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-31
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS
Sergeant Harold Robinson Writes of
France.

France.
 Writing to his father, Thomas A. Robinson, Sergeant Harold T. Robin son tells of his many experiences in Trance as follows:
 Sept. 3-I had my first experience with a French barber today, and you ought to see the hair cut What do you think of the news from the front these days? It looks as if the boys from home were getting what they came over for. The whole crowd is doing some wonderful work. I have chance to take a flight in one of the big machines Sunday and I think I will try it.
 was notified yesterday that I had been made a sergeant It is much better, or seems better, getting it over here in strange organization than it would if I got it in my old outfit or back in the States. It seems now as if earned it or wouldn't have 1t. | There is lot of wheat being har- vested over here now. Everywhere we go or look out in the country we can see wheat stacked up and, hear threshing machines at work. The grapes are just getting ripe over here, but they are disappointment to the boys-they are so sour. They are the wine grapes.
 I guess I will stay here after all. I thought at one time I might get out with an ammunition train, but guess l 1t is the school for me The work here at present is long and keeps us goin but I like it. That is when my | trucks do not start giving a lot of trouble. Tom Collins is driving one of my trucks and he has had some | fine luck with it. His top has been torn off but that doesn't bother the 1 thing under the hood I remember when things 1nder the hood used to be something If mystery to me, but no more.
 l Sept. 10-Saturday five other ser geants and myself were lucky enough | to get "A hour leave, and we visited two places in the mountains which had just been opened as lease areas where fellows can spend their fur l loughs One of the surprising things | was the number of people who could | speak English In one of the towns there are 15 American girls connected l with the '
 From the looks of things it seems that more men will be leaving before long. When we read of those things and the work the people are doing al home it makes us realize what a great [ who get back when the war is over will certainly be better men all tht way through for the experiences they are getting now. They will also realize what home means.
 l Sept. 19-I am some stiff and lame this morning. as I hiked out and climb
 ed to the highest point in centra
 France yesterday. It was quite a hik,
 as the foot of the peak is six mile
 from here and the climb to the top ;
 long one The view was wonderful
 Several times we were up among tn,
 clouds and couldn't see much of any thing until they cleared away. On
 experience I have before leaving her
 was talking with Mrs. Theodore Roose welt, Jr. She is a wonderful woman
 and is doing some good work with he Y. M. c. A. We will be back on tn
 job again soon. hate to leave tn real beds here at the furlough poin
 and the other things that remind u of home, but 1t is all in the game.
 imagine that I will be leaving tn
 school before long. I don't know 0
 anything that should lead me to be
 can do this winter. We may go far
 ther south. There is work enougl
 there for some time to come. Sept. 24-Back in the harness ono
 more. I had great time and a goo
 rest on my furlough. While away
 visited fountain the waters of whic
 give objects a coat of stone when lief
 there long enough. Near the noun 1 tain we visited one of the boys aske
 for some milk and, honestly, the wom an caught a goat and milked it whil we waited.
 LII Sept 29-This job calls for night a' and Sundays. but it is not had work a