The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1918-02-21

NOT starving. Since / have quiz orli-
inc 7 have gotten as fat as / was wnen
T came back from Portland. We sleep
In barracks and are told that we are 10
move down town into stone Dul0-
ing where we will be nearer work. WEI
sleep warm and have plenty OF CLONES.
saw. and while / think OF 1t, the
" M G.. A. is O. K. in every sense OF
the word. You would never realize
how great is its work nor how exten-
sive until Won have seen what i have
seen. The Y. M. g. A. huts are the
salvation of the boys In khaki. Be
fore | enlisted / didn't know what It
was. I thought IL was altogether re-
ligious organization. You at home can
do more noble work than In giving tine
Y. M. and the Red Cross lift They
are both big and fine.
Fruit cakes have arrived here In the
pink of condition, but somehow they
don't last long. just say this because
like them, too.
haven't written all that / would
like but two pages are all that we are
allowed i'm one letter and only one let
ter per day.
! Must close, and always remember
that | am safe for the duration or this
/ war at least Your son and brother.
| p. s. Hereafter address me, 10th
10. s. Engineers, Detached, u. 8. P. o..
No. 7O1, A. r. f. France.
Sgt. Don c. Fisher, under date OF
January Doth, found time to write q
note to the editor and enclosed a few
verses that appear below:
-TrrC q laf
you know that Fish" is just as fat
and sassy as ever.
When I get home / will be able to
spin up a few yarns for the bunch at
> the Smoke House that will make q
Camas Prairie farmers eyes bug out
4 have sure had fine trip so far and
French history will be much more In.
teresting than 1t ever was before.
, So far we have received only one
copy of the Globe" but we sure read
, all the dope, even to the ads.
Through the paper you can't boost
, the Y. NJ G. A. too much, as 1t is GER
tainly the soldiers nome while In the
field. Each evening we gather there
and write or do whatever other wori
we each have to do, and at each sta
ton the G. M. G. A. has huts and eacl
iCFcllHS huNC q IittiC phO5ioAus oUIh a.
singing, moving pictures and speaking
) These entertainments are looked for
ward to with keen delight
When a fellow looks over our troop
! over here it is not hard to see that tn
J bunch here is made up Of the kind o
/. fellows who are worth while and whel
they come with their tales of foreigl
: experience those who have side-steppet
their duty will be in a difficult place
! George, 1 have had quite long tall
= with bunch of the fellows and the
have it in for these who should hav
!. come, but didn't.
The French people were sure glad +
Z see us over here and have strang
9 method of greeting. We were In
3 car and got into a discussion wit
y them through the aid Of an interpreter
y We got to handling the ICON" prett
= = strong, it made the Frenchmen fee
pretty good so one of them attempte
> to kiss us all, but you know I am Ions
legged and I got away.
- Give my best regards to all the folk
= and address me as follows: Sgt. Do
). @. Fisher, Co. q, 10th Engineers,
= e. f., France
n A Recruits Lamentati0n the First
# Night at Camp Lewis.
4 Me and my tive thin blankets
d As thin as slice of ham,
1t A German spy was likely the guy
m That made them for Uncle Sam.