East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1918-12-27
LETTER FROM 1T. GOODMAN.

j Rm III pretty koou uuB'ouo
tonight, and have q real good fire
so thought would take.udvavtage
Of this opportunity, and write you
a few lines
Have certainly been on the
move lately, aud you cant ima-
giue what a job it is to move q
battalion over a devasted country
without railroads aud very few
pass4ble dirt roads,
the end OF the war found me ID
front lines and clear out OF reach
of civilization. The collapse of the
German Army was quite an agree.
able surprise to me as they had
been putting up very doggsd
resistance, and we had to blast
them out of every spot they chooa-
ed to hold guess l am the hap.
piest fellow in the Army over the
end OF the war; 1t turned out Just
right and then too, we have u.r-
tainly been Ia the thickest Of II
for the last two months. War is
different than all the other games,
it don't take much OF it to be
more Than pleLty,
There is q run0r out that the
men who have done the most of the
fighting over here will be the frst
to return to the states. In that
event 1t wont be very long before
l get to come home. | think l will
also have an opportunity to 60 to
Germany as occupation troops'
but haye Just about caught up
with this Country over here ana ii
is the U. =, A, for me, the very
first opportunity.
1t is getting cry cold 10 b6fS
and | will be very glad to be or.
dered to Southern France where
| the weather is warmer. We have
bad to sleep out in open fields
quite often lately aud 1t doesn't
feel very good to wake mp in the
morning and fiud the gr, q I'd froz-
EN- aud frost all In your hair. I
slept two nights this week In q
Cemetery, 1t was very quite place
and nobody bothered us,
Am sorry that the Spanish In
fluenza is so bad at home, know
what 1t is--cause ! had it while
down al Saumur Artillery School
the Kecond month | was over here.
You aud Papa be very carefug
with what you eat, our epidemic
over here last summer was caused
by eating frozen meat that had
thawed out before being cooked.
You know they don't,have ice over
here.
Had two letters from RAYMOND
last week, guess it won't be long
before be will get to come home,
and know you wont be sorry one
hit to have him back botne. think
Louis made very guod selection
when he Joined The Navy, it is
possible that he will keep right on
with bile training as the U. s. will
have q very large merchant Marie,
| The enclosed piece OF paper cloth
is what the Germans used for saudi
bags, they also made belts and
shirts out simalar stuff. The Boch-
es found a substitute for every.
thing except men and food. aud q
shortage of both ended the war
| wonder how you felt. wiiea
ycu found Sout that tho war
was really over, I guess that
there was quite bit OF celebration
in the U. s ! WIS too far from
Civilization TO get 10 any of the
celebrating. we fired a few flares
that the dough boys used to light
mp No Mans Land" but the mud
was to deep TO any other celebra-
ting.
Well, Mother dear | feel ss IL IL
will only he q few weeks before I
,ai again for America, and the
fastest boat sailing the Atlantic
will be to slow Tor me.
Lots of love to all, heaps OF
kisses for Yourself froln our low!
ing boy,
Jflua1yy