The Prescott daily news., 1918-06-28
JEWEL WICK WRITES FROM
 SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE
Mrs. H. E. Bemis,
 Prescott, Arkansas,
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Prescott, AThdHSdS,
 Dear Mrs. Bemis:
 No doubt you will be surprised to receive a letter from me. 1 received the roll of magazines you sent on April 18th, and 1 assure you 1 was olad to receive them. The boys at the front seldom receive reading mat ter, and it looks as though it will be more scarce in the future than it has in the past, owing to the law stop ping the parcel post to the A. E. F.. I have been on the front over three months. When we came here we ex- pected to be here for only six weeks, but as the Germans are making a drive we have to do our duty and stay till the finish, I know you have read of how the Germans have lost. l know it looked bad to our friends in the states, at first when the Boches were gaining ground, but they were only going into a valley of death You cannot conceive of how many men tor rather Germans, not mem fell in this drive. was talking to a lieutenant who left our regiment and entered the aviation service, and he told me that the men lay on top of each other on the German soil, and that the wounded were still on the field two days after a certain battle It looks Ike the allies will soon be the victors. I read in a paper Sunday where the Germans have cut their feed to half ration. If this is the case know they will be beaten soon, for in the army the old saying still stands true that "A soldier is no better than his mess" The fellows have to eat to stand the conflicts over here. The States are doing right by sending the best to her fighting forces. Of course you may not realize it. l am with the field artillery, and the artillery and aviation (whcih is the eyes of the artillery) are the forces which count in this modern warfare. would like to have joined an organization from Arkansas, but when the call came and l wanted to get over here, I joined regiment of volunteers and We were rushed over on October 18th and have been in a panic stricken country ever since. l have been over a great part of France and have found the scenery beautiful every where. There is only one scene that does not appeal to the American boys and that is the ruins of homes that We know were once happy and only the ambition of the heads of the Ger man government have broken them up. It makes we boys want to fight the more, for we know what home sweet home is after living in ditches, In muddy fields, barns and even some- 'ihes sleeping out m the rain. You may wonder how we sleep in the rain but at times we are so worn out that We could sleep anywhere. I know the people in the States regret to see all Of the young men and boys leaving but 1t will only be a benefit to the men themselves and the country It is a wonder how the United States has handled the preparations. They start ed with nothing and have raised the most powerful force in the world in only one year I will say something Tn regard to the Red Cross and r.. M' (. A. They are doing very much Tor the boys over here. The Y. M, '. A. does as much for the army here as the churches in the States. We could not do without them. No doubt you would like to know something of the church services over here. They