Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-11-05
Marray BlssIew u Walter p. Maxim.
France, October I. (

France, October Z. (
DEAR FArHxR:
Ithas been some time since have been
able to ut down and write letter. You
see ] have been moving around quite Q
bit lately, and with my transfer and oil
my mind he's not been very keen foe
writing. Now am al located again
and viii try to do my duty in the letter
line. Then, too. I have received no mall
for over month. That 10 what ] call
out Of luck.
Your last letter was surely appre-
oiated. I know you must have had .
wonderful time In your auto this past
summer. guess have covered quite
few moro miles than you, but Of course
You could hardly call my trips . pleas
ure. More than half Of the time the
patients In the rear were calling for me-
to stop, and was extremely lucky II !
arrived ct the hospital with oil Of the
"blssses" alive. WE'LL such 10 war.
You can Be sure We Arc oil looking for
ward to the end.
OF course you are oil saying, when
will It endP Over here We can see the
end. should say that 1t may be mat
ter Of two or three months. Everyone
knows that the Germans want peace.
The prisoners all show that, but she
still holds that attitude where It 10 i'm
possible to give her peace terms any
consideration at al. l hope they are
made 10 pay for every crime they have
committed. We are In . position TO
punish them now, and they see this so
clearly that they want to quit, but still
they keep on committing crimes against
French and Belgian people.
Well, father, / like here real we'll. As
lance paros. All of the wrecked cars
are brought here for repairs. We are
situated some distance behind the lines.
Just at present our pare 10 In an old
factory. We have made nice machine
shop here, and we can do good lot Of
work. We have some wonderful Ford
mechanics who know the Ford from A
to 2. Am in the stock room. Every
old part goes into the stock room, and
II 1t 10 no good 1t 10 salvsged. All Of the
new parts 60 out through this stock
room. Believe me, We are on the 60 ell
the time, and you just get wise to .
motor in no time. l really got tired of
the regular ambulance work. All there
was to that was just driving, and 1t real
~ got tiresome. I don't know how long
I shall stay here. shall try to 60 to .
motor school little later.
I am living In . small room In the
rear of the old mill, with fellow by the
name of Maxwell from Winthrop, Maine.
Have it all fixed up swell, and We really
do enjoy all Of our spare moments. We
have great chats on what We are going
to do after the war. That is q favorite
topic over here. You can bet 1t will be
one glad bunch of boys that set foot on
good old U. 8. soil once more. We have
seen all We want to of Europe. 1t 10 o
nice place, but
The Red Cross, Y. N. C. A. and z. of
C. all treat Us white. We get chocolate,
tobacco and supplies quite often. Here
We really get too much to cat. We have
q cook here that IL an absolute wonder.
You just eat until you feel sick, and
then be has the nerve to ask you If you
want more. Don't think that We are
not we'll fed. As some great general
once said, An army fights on Its stomach.
Well, I sometimes feel as II was all
stomach.
The Bochs come over here on little
bombing parties. but I guess they are
not trying to locate Us. They are after
. little bigger game. They have not
bothered us much lately. I guess they
have had all they could attend to up on
the front lines. It surely Is wonderful
sight to see the Allies with their planes.
You people over there hardly realize
What the airplanes are doing over here.
They are making an absolute wreck Of
some OF the German cities. I have seen
them start out on these bombing raids,
and It surely 10 wonderful sight.
Don, I suppose 10 there with you now.
You don't know how want to get back
and see you oil once more. he has
always seemed like brother to me, and
am more than happy to have him there
at home. By his letter know be 10
quite bit better, and I sincerely hope
that he will gain all the time.
We have not had any disagreeable
weather over here yet. 1t has not been
cold at all. OF course We are looking
forward to some cold spells, but nothing
can beat last winter ct Allentown. Did
you see where Allentown 10 no longer
an Ambulance Camp
Peace news fills the paper each day.
but every night the big guns awake us
with their roar, 90 We know the war 10
still going. For the last few days We
have had beautiful fall weather, and 1t
seems almost like Maine, but Of course
We miss the beautiful colors OF the
leaves.
This seems like quite long letter. l
will try and write often now that have
an opportunity.
Love to all,
MURRAY.