The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-22
SEANT GREET WRITES OF LIFE BEHIND TRENCHES
Roy Kay, Charles Landman, George Mahoney, Jesse Young and William
 Dixon Near Him

Birmingham and Huntsville boys in inc Eighty-first division are seeing a good deal of each other, according to Sergeant Peyton B. Greet, formerly of Huntsville, to his mother, Mrs William Greet, 1869 Thirteenth avenue, Birming- ham. Sergeant Greet is in the same company with Sergeant Roy Kay, one of the best known young men in Birming- ham. His address is headquarters de- tachment, A. P. o. 79l.
 Roy Kay has just been made mess sergeant" he writes under date of De- tober 3, and as l handle the rations you may know We feed good" Extracts From the letter are as follows:
 As you know, this is my birthday, and must say that l received the very vest 'remembrances that 1 could wish for, namely six letters from mamsy and the girls, also one from MT. Baugh dated all the way from July 27 to September [. am not surprised to hear that you have received only one letter from me and that one from my cousin Ben Greets land, although l have made it a point 10 write every week. The mail over here with us is a problem, as we have been on the go from the time we landed over- seas until the present time and are still on the go Sometimes it is weeks be- fore our letters mailed and then it may be weeks before they go out.
 "l was in number of the so-called rest camps over here, in one today and another tomorrow. and believe me 1 am getting a whole lot more rest up at the front, or that is, behind the front, as we do not have to go on the front and are very comfortably situated back in hearing distance but not in danger
 You would be surprised to see the business going just the same and peo- pie working in the fields within mile lCs the trenches. They do not seem to mind this at all We have gotten used to the enemy planes flying around and it is an every day occurrence to see them, but there is no harm in them as when the first shot Is fired at them they high ball or in other words beat it..
 T have seen quite a bit of France and the more I see of it the more beau tiful it appears. All of the smaller towns are just like the pictures in our ancient history and their ways and customs the same. However the people are all very thrifty and everybody over here works, the young and the old. There seems to be job for everyone and every kind of animal. I see little carts with milk cans on them, also fruit carts (nothing but grapes. Frances only fruit) drawn by dogs and generally manned by girls. | llHQ IHt ficllCu d can already say how do you do,' go to he'll and 'good-by, and person can very easily get by with this knowledge Of the language. 5..a
 Charles Landman, George Mahoney, Jesse Young, William Dixon and Roy Kay are here very close to me and all are well and doing fine. I have mess with Charles Landmarks company and Roy Kay has just been made mess ser geant and as I handle the rations you may know that we feed good. Shelby White was near us for while, but has been transferred. I had card from him today and he was o. K"
 Under date of September 27. Sergeant Greet writes: Have been out at a sta tion with Captain Geyer and two of our men for about two weeks We did our own cooking and enjoyed the experience very much. Saw Charles Landman, Jess Young. George Mahoney and Roy Kay last night and we had little party. They are all well and are stationed with in few yards of me which is some dis tance behind the lines in quiet sec tor.''