Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-09-27
FROM LIEUT.. WOOD.
S18 M. G. Bn
u. S. A. P. @. No. 791

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space. You can't guess how muc]
I'd give tonight to see a copy of tn,
Journal. Not a single advertise
ment would escape me. Occasion
ally | see a copy of the New Yor]
Herald published in Paris. But on
dependence is largely upon French
papers. Through that avenue, I an
able to understand that the war ha
not yet ended. The boys, whose let
tiers | spend good portion of my
spare time censorine, seem to hav,
cot the news somewhere that the
war will soon be over. should be
pleased if they heve the right dope
but | do not have enough faith ir
their information to put out a hint
for someone to invite me to- a
Christmas dinner. or a Fourth Of
July dinner. In La Petit Parisien'
of today | notice that it is estimated
that on September the 18th 13 mil.
lion more men in the U. S. will req
lister for service in the great cause.
No one uses the expression If we
win the war" One hears only
When we win" or After we. have
won. 1t is not a question of win
nins, but one of winning as early as
possible.
should be very glad to give you
full account of everything that
that has happened to us since we
left Augusta, but that must be re-
served until after the war. Well
have many things to tell then, pro-
vlded you don't ask us to take an
oath on the veracity of our state
ments.
About all l can tell you now is
that we had a safe journey across
lhe Atlantic, travelled through Eng
land by rail, crossed the channel
some where, and are now billited
lii that well.known place, Some
where in France That is rather
Indefinite, but you'll have to let
your imagination supply the miss
ing links.
Our battalion is billeted in a very
old French village in the heart of
farming section. Unlike our
farmers. over here they all live in a
Village located centrally for all. The
harvesting season was ON when we
came here. The chief crops here
are wheat, oats and hay. The wag-
ons on which the farm products are
brought to the barns have only two
wheels and are drawn by one horse
usually. One never sees two horses
aoreast as in U. S. In case there are
Two or three horses, they are in
single file. Our country is new, to
DC sure, bit we are far ahead of
anything l have, observed over here
IN the farming line, But, on the
other hand, we could learn many
lessons of conservation from our
Allies. Here nothing is wasted,
even the small limbs Of trees are
oound together and used for wood.
nave seen women cleaning in the
wheat fie ds after the harvesters had
finished. Everybody works over here
"o, The pretty girls one sees at
cn27ch on Sundays are observed in
,''e helds on week days, wearing
"edvy shoes and serviceable dress
g. There is win-the-war spirit
prevalent in every home. No more
'ls.hearted, hospitable people can
De found anywhere than here in this
ii''le village. So far as hospitality |
eoeS, IL seems am in Western N. /
y II Is somewhat more difficult to
make your wishes known, but we
AaSe several good interpreters; so
w get on very we'll. We are all
'y'ng to learn French. but it is pref
y SLOW work. Sunday evening
'''er ! had passed a compliment
ap'h the little daughter of the Ma
aa'lie where was visiting, the moth
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