The Delta independent., 1918-03-15
FORMER xAsEsALL PLAYER
WRIT INTERESTING LETTER

member of the ball team of that city.
He is now a second lieutenant in Un-
Gle Sans army in France
Somewhere in France"
February IL, 1918.
Hello, "Old Top"
Don't fall off the Christmas tree, it's
only the old corporal of the boy
scout squad on the border writing:
yes, woodman, way over here in Par
ley Voux" land
Crossed the big drink" in seven
teen days. an uneventful, hut inter
esting trip. Landed at "a port in
England" spent two days en- the
tight little isle" and then crossed
the channel on regular old Missis
sippi side wheeler steamboat but !
don't remember much about this pai I
of the trip as ! fortified myself with
two quart bottles of wine oefore leav-
ing England. It's as CHEAP is soda
pop there. and l forgot all about sub
marines before we were out of sight
of land.
Landed at a port here in France and
was taken to the British HOSPITAL six
hours later with wonderful case CT
mumps I've been here for sixteen
days and have five more days to serve
before rejoining my outfit at an Am
erican camp up nearer the front"
But say. it's sure been the soft life
here I'm the hospital was only
down five days and then ! got up and
went everywhere. Been down town
three times this week and had q real
time. A motor ambulance .akes us
down and calls for us when We nre
ready TO come back out They feed
us five times a day and it's real grub,
including a pint bottle OF ale or stsIt
and it's sure stout. three times a day.
We have dandy little Scotch nurse
and an orderly who does ev,. ythiRg
but breathe for us.
There are quite few American on
listed men here. too. and though they
don't get quite all the iuxuries we DO.
they all praise the treatmen. they are
getting here. There are two other
U. s. officers in this ward and we
have II all to ourselves. They even
furnish us cigarets here. but they are
English made and II nearly killed me
to smoke them at first. but II was a
case of necessity as I had left n cou-
pie of cartons of "Camels" in my
trunk which went on with the rest OF
the bunch to the American camp and
YOU can't buy American tobacco or
cigarets here for love or money.
Stefan is over here somewhere. he
came little while before I DID ard
SO is London. whom you remember
used to be sergeant in thr medical
attachment.
After I got my commission Mt Fort
Sheridan, Ill. ] got months fur-
Tough and came back to Denver
wanted to get over on the slope. bat
just couldn't spare the time
was In New York City on New
Years eve and sure celebrated the
occasion at Sherry's. Both in + ".
land and here we can go into the
bars and cafes and get any drirS they
have. The British still have the old
canteen system in the camps, bat no
whiskey is sold.
Here at this hospital VIC have pa
tients from the United Stat,s F-g-
land. Scotland Australia. New ZeH
land. France. Portugal, South Africa
and China. censor all the American
and English mail going out and it's
mighty interesting and amusing read
tug the impressions and descriptions
OF France the American hcys send
back to the states.
Our boys sure look good over here.
husky. straight. heads up and indie
PENDENT and the British and French
seem very favorably impressed with
the American Sammies. I've seen a
few u s. marines down town on NJ v.
duty The "doughboys" beat them
out of their reputation OF first -
fight" over here and 1t huri ;hcm
terribly.
As for war news. you probably are
getting lots more than we are. and
all can say is there is going 10 be
some mighty big offensive muvSr ents
this spring and | think you will see
our boys in the thick OF II
Well. Brown. I've about run down
but say. I'm sure hungry for news
from the slope. so get busy and rtsr'
n good long letter this way. A few
Delta papers would look mighty home
like. too. haven't received wor1
from the states for six weeks. bnt
think nv mail will start arriving
pretty soon. Remember me to any
of the old e. company bows you
may see Adios. "old top" and cGoh
luck to you.
Your old corporal.
2ND LIEUT. r. T. wOCnM M.
Military Postofficc. Hoboken, n. Y.
American Exreditionary Forces.
Should Have Hoover Dinner
IL, la