Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-22
Letters From
Local Soldiers
Prirnte EdNnrd Q. Weber.

DEAR BILL:
/ am In receipt of your letter Of
June IL and hope you Will pardon me
for not answering 1t M / have
been very busy lately n haven't had
much time to write. I certainly felt
pleased on receiving your letter. Sur
prised to hear that work in your line
is Stacking off. I imagined 1t was so
because of the shortage of labor. 1
haven't as yet met any of the boys !
know from Perth Amboy over here;
as q matter of fact ! have only met
two fellows I know since being in for
eign service.
I am in the pest Of health and never
felt better in my life. At present I
weigh 40 and still gaining. Although
my work Is strenuous. l like it very
mulch, I am at present time driving
a motor truck. I have just returned
from q long trip and believe me this
Is sure a beautiful country. I have
done quite some travelling since leav-
ing the states. I travelled considerably
through England and enjoyed 1t very
much. One trip across the English
Channel was more eventful than the
trip across the ocean, The reception
we were handed when we locked in
France is n a fellow won't soon for
get.
We are quartered well in a good
sized city and are being treated and
fed first class. The country surround
ing our camp / must say is about the
most beautiful I have seen. The
French people are very courteous n
hospitable. There is beaucoup beer
and wine and I drink 1t occasionally.
We had quite a lot of run using the
French money. All the boys are In
the best of spirits and you can believe
me Bill IL Yankee \spirit and pep
| counts for anything, old Kaiser Bill
will regret the day he tread on Uncle
Sans toes.
We have q very fine and efficient
body of officers ver us and the treat
ment we are given is the best. They
do anything to- amuse and entertain
! us after our daily work is done but
when we work. it's all work. We have
q fine Y. NJ. @. A. which has some
form of entertainment for us every
night. We have a brass band, which
I dare say is second to none in the
A. u. f. and they give us concerts
regularly. You can see hat the U.
9. soldiers of democracy are not SC
bad off as people might suppose.
| Speaking of the Amboy NEWS, ]
fwould certainly like to receive 1t, and
any effort on your part to have 1t for
warded to me will surely be appre-
4 laAOA u 11AA w. WYNN E'0 NS
regards to all the boys and to Mr.
Fowler. Wishing you the best of luck
and prosperity in your business I re
main,
ICo. c, 116th Engineers, A. q. +.
Private Elmer Gibson.
My dear Mr.. and Mrs. Lovgren:
Well, I am ashamed Of myself fol
not writing to you before. but really
I have been quite busy and haven't
had much time to write except to my
family. I have gained in weight and
height so you can imagine that I am
quito q big fellow. This life certainly
agrees with me. We get all we want
to- eat and hat is the principal thing
You no doubt would like to be in this
struggle with us If you were young
We are going to make a good job of It
France is quite a nice country and
plenty of farming country. We have
passed through farm after farm and
the villages are situated about two
miles apart. They consist of a few
houses and barnes and saloons.
|. The weather here Is very unsettled
we get rain almost every day and the
nights are somewhat cold. 1t Is quite
a nice country but give me America
and / would be satisfied.
I haven't got much news bu'
thought you would like to hearNfron
me. II this sounds complicated, you
will nave to excuse me because i ar
writing this in a hurry. Best regards
to all.