The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-05-07
VERNON ROBINS
WRITES TO FATHER
Somewhere in France.

Dedf Ddus nave intended writing
you for long time, but somehow
have never managed to do so. Sup
pose yo uhave been expecting to hear
from me by almost every mail To
tell the truth, since being in France
have been kept busy all the time and
do not have a great deal of time to
myself
No doubt you people at home often
wonder how we are getting along and
where we are, so will try and tell you
what l can COR what the censor will
permit).
We landed in France in February.
Our voyage across was uneventful
Did not see any submarines, although
we had scare or two Since landing
in France we have moved around a
get really settled, although we get
rather used to that.
France is a very pretty country.
The first month the weather was
beautiful, but the last two weeks it
has been very poor-almost a con-
tinual rain, with mud everywhere. A
whole lot of it is probably caused by
the bombardment of the big guns.
We are getting along very well and
about the biggest thing we miss over
here is mail, which is very irregular,
although now and then some comes
through. | have received, / think,
four letters since being over here,
which | can assure you were very
welcome. Last | heard you were in
San Francisco and in very poor
health. | hope that you are all right
now and at yourself again. If you
will send me some home papers / will
be glad oget them and see what is
doing at home. No doubt all the
young fellows are gone from Winnie
mucca now. Have never run onto any
asg yet, though have met hundreds of
Western fellows. Will Case is here in
the marine corps, but / have not seen
him yet. However, will probably
bump into him one of these days.
Hope / do, anyway. I've received let
ters from Sohay Perry q guess you
remember him), who is in an ambu-
lance company at Spartansburg, S. c.
Wish you would find out Tuffany Pou-
/ Inns and Lee Cases addresses, as /
! want to keep in touch with them and
| find out what outfit they are in, as no
! doubt they will be over here in time
I to ocme
Suppose that the United States is at
/ last beginning to take the war seri-
ously, which they did not do for a
long time. However, the people have
been very good coming through and
we were just reading yesterday where
New York City had taken a hundred
million of the new Liberty loan, which
is sure going some. Most every man
in the service has a hundred dollar
bond of the second issue, or more.
One thing l want to say is a good
word for the Y.M.CA. and the Red
Cross people over here, who are GER
tainly doing their bit for us fellows.
1t is very nice sometimes after long
cold ride to walk into Red Cross
tent and get all the hot coffee and
sandwiches you want free and the
best part of it, American girls to
serve it and do all they can for you.
Also the Y.M.C.A. has very good
places over here where we may buy
tobacco, see moving pictures, have
music and read and write letters. So
the folks at home can rest assured
that the dimes and nickels they give
COR more) are being spent in good
cause and what is more their money
is going to the right place.
There is not a great lot | can write
about, as you can probably realize, as
our mail is all censored and we can't
| tell as much as we desire to tell.
Wish if you receive this letter OK
! that when you write you will tell me
what date you got it, as / am some
what curious to know how long il
| takes for letter to go there. Give
my best regards to all my friends
Am now going to write to the girls
/ before it is time to turn in
Hoping everything is OK with all OF
you and with the best l am as always
VERNON.
Address mail Sergeant Howard V
/ Robins, 18th Co., LIST Replacement
/ Battalion, us. Marines, American Ex-
peditionary Forces.