The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-01-24
EtstNeth Dakota X u! Infantry
Is Now in Camp in England
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FoIlowing is a letter taken from the
Mandan Pioneer and written by4E HI

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RIlowing ista letter taken from the
Mandan Pioneer and written byE H,
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Somewhere in England, December
2S:aA.I trust by this time you have
received my letter telling Of the few
brief things which censorship would
let pass-at least the few presumed
they would pass. l don't. know how
much we. can say on this because. it
appears that each censor. has his own
idea Of what might be of value, to the
enemyEand what would not :'~
One: of the most laughable things
that has come to my attention was
that captain recently inswriting to
one of the English papers quoted
verse Of Kipling' Recessional. -
The line "Captain' and Kings may
DEPART, WAS cut from the quota
ton and marked deleted by, censor:
It was truly a strange Christmas
we passed over. here. .'
Merry Christmas" I shouted on
Christmas Eve. to a few of the boys
who were passing. -, 73r4:2. jiSStt II
merry the Devil. and go. hunt
him up was the answer 49,. =
Boys Christmas Il La
Christmas Eve was nearly too
busNaa time for 'me to- spend much
time in thinking of what might be
Transporting horne. For Christmas
Eve and early Christmas morning
were spenti5EiIe train en- route from
port Of debarkation to this. camp
which has been4Hestablished some
place in England for. the purpose. Of
giving troops a vacation after the
trip across the ocean, ~, 'r'' :"a4'-'''
II was not until about the time
when boys and girls back home
were pilinggoutz Of bed and stealing
downstairs to see" what Santa Claus
may have left, about Or 9 o'clocl:
that we piledg4ou Of the. trains and
on long hike to this camp:
GREIIzaa5 aSzalaS SR9 CO. 4xRGR
house TO house delivering belated
gifts, locking :oyer: che gifts Of
friends and exchanging. the seasons
G ES43RBS fof s b5 522' Ws s slept
most Of us, until room, then had a
scaMSy lunch ard about 5 o'clock
Christmas night had. a rather gen
ef0usS meal: Il ;z:s1 >~a 80.
1CKTistrlas 2 dinner @canne the next
day. III was then, for there was tu1-
keV;' ttFffaat We Ell lliist{: tine TO think Of
of'li9s5iiilAes,, =inaeaTly 5000 miles away. For
England while not 'sufSS ering, is serv-
ing mo more than The law allows and
isEa5s olutely needful. But the great
majority of the boys are looking for
the5s::ccheerful and the funny side of
thinSs rather than the disagreeable or
HARD athings Sergeant Bill Jones for
INSTANCE remarked after Christmas
diifnaer::@, "We1l a year from now you'll
never miss what you, didn t have. H. As
matter f*fact feel better than ]
didalast Christmas after: eating din
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81: u Christmas Dinner
Uur, dinner. u: consisted Of a well
. roasted turkey, served to "A men
dryGibEead, no. butter, no coffee, water!
and no potatoes. Bread. turkey and
water! But there wasn't kick.
We had turkey again today, and
with it gravy, boiled rice, potatoes
and more bread. The English have
charge Of messing the men here. The
United States system of lining men
up single file and marching them by
serving station where cooks and
kitchen help dish out the various items
on the menu, is no longer used. Men
march into mess hall and Ia are
seated at table. One Of the men is
detailed to go to the kitchen where he
receives dish pan full of "chuck.'
Forlthe last four evenings it has been
theHisame. Two loaves Of bread, two
cans of jam, cheese, butter and cot
fee;.a1l for; Id men,. The bread is made
of whole wheat flour, is dark and real:
ly fsHyery palatable. .s5You get used9to
it. Besides we drew a big ration OF
nuts and half box Of dates as spe:
cial Christmas dinner.
Since coming here life has been one
great loaf. The boys have, outside
of small hike each, day, had nothing
to do but sit around the barracks
Everything is very much English, Of
course, we are in England, and one
Of the stock expressions you hear or
all sides is "Well, never thought .
year ago that I'd be in England now
Value of English Money y.
1t is giving lot Of the boys who
happen to have a little Jack
left, a dickens of time trying t
figure out : the values; Of English
money. :. They have all learned thai
the English penny is worth two of thu
United States cents, and that a shill
ing is twelve pennies, but when. j !!
gets into sixpence, tuppence .ha'
penny, forms, sovereigns, crowns. etc
they are hopelessly at sea.
But then the soYereigns and pound!
and half crowns don't bother then
much for the eagle has not as ye
screamed or the sovereign "souved'
and they are waiting for the "ha'
penny" to happen. ,,u ...-,g.. -
We don't know when we will 60 tt
France, and if we did know the cen
sor probably would not: let it get by j
Ishould mention it in this letter. How
ever. everyone is anxious to get owe
there, although they realize that i
means hard work and the risking O
everything once they get started. Blu
the feeling that they want to get &C
ton and get things started and d.
their bit and end this war, is FREEDOM
inant over all others.
I have developed strange friend
shin with a likeable sort Of cha
ouartermaster sergeant OF the Brit
ish army, Sid Stanton, at one tim
holder Of some of the best rulnin,
1900 o,,o,. established in EnplanC