Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-05-29
LETTERS FROM OUR KHAKA-CLAD WARRIORS

be Stacker, and more Of It, hope the boys
4 back home will not be. Boys, when you start
don't more than you need TO, wear your
! old overalls and bring the least you can, for
you will coon get the good old uniform
hope this will be of some help TO all at home.
IBy Captain c. Z. Buffers, Headquarters 32d
! Division A. f. r.. U. S. A., p. o. No. 1874,
Somewhere in FTance.I
| Dear WilIiaIuses: Its Saturda, night. s 80,
| April q, and has been beautiful day. Your
letters, the last one written at the sugar camp
in granddads cabin received and more than
you can imagine greatly enjoyed. OF late
been at II till midnight, once till a. m. and
once till a.. m. but lately that is for couple
Of days, have had it comparatively easy.
We have our work systematized more and can
get through with the issuing of the ratiOns
before supper. ] figured up today the tonnage
OF the grub and forage issue in one day, and
every day, SIS tons | have three sergeants
70 check this in from the trains and ware
houses into my warehouse and they divide ii
all for the various regiments and load IL on
auto trucks. DO not have to handle il when
coming in, but | have nine men who have 10
load il going out. The difficulty is often in
getting the stuff in trains in time. Mar
tin GulbrandsOn Is big help and he checks
out the meat from the meat car every day
and don't get any meatless days. Say
shat do you think. had a new dish for sup
per, regular French dish ard not bad
ycu would think. sNAILS. Never thought !
would come to be French snail eater. II
did not know what they were they would
be good The cooks we have thought them
fine. / dOwned three and still live. They put
butter and parsley in the mouth Of the snail
shell, great big snails, they as big as
walnut. and then roast them in the oven.
don't know whether the snail is alive or not
when il goes in the oven, but il sure is dead
when it goes in the stomach. The cooks
brought a baked chicken the other day,
baked like do trout. with the head on
and not like do a trout at the sugar camp
Also received a letter from DR.. William.
Where are ujst away from the noise even
Of the big scrap and yet hear enough to be
within hasty going distance. We get almost
no news of the war. We plug along, work
hard, enjoy ourselves as best can. | enjoy
the extremely wonderful spring. Lots Of rain
but things grow fine. Peas all Up and trees
all in bloom. Beautiful country, quite large
~ wooded, quite billy, dotted all over with
cept wher American troops heve cleaned them
up. Wonderful things hidden away in their
homes, elegant paintings and carvings, and
very hkeable people always friendly and
heard Of cheating or trying TO short
change a soldier. You don't need TO ask the
price, just hold cut a handful Of their i'm
possible money and they take always just
what is right. Their paper money Is poor
stuH and wears out with very little handling
and acres Of it Is going he rounds all pasted
together OF keep il in the semblanee of mon
ey. Generally the larger the piece of paper
the larger the denomination. l have 500
Franc note. II is just about as large as this
sheet opened up; 100 Franc a little smaller,
end then they have paper money down TO one
half Franc, nine cents of money. Well,
folks I hope you all we'll and hope that
Fannie soon gets there as l know she will be
more at home with you people than any other
place on the sod. Martin is fat and happy
and am well and not unhappy and Gods
his throne and ais wsd with the world, let
people say what the may.