The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-06

no interest to the recipient of .
letter.
For the most part we have the
same splendid type or men who went
out in IS willing. intelligsnt and
cheerful under adverse conditions.
This isn't q picnic, nor Is 10 50 very
bad; but IL would seem nice 70 have
a real civilized hot hath and step on
bath mat again. TO eat with silver
from porcelain and sit ait table with
linen accompaniment" Ness call
and recall are a. popular IS ever and
the new men learn those welcome
calls as readily as formeriys but
reveiIle Is not more popular in win
ter I'm a northerlv cline than IL was
in the tropics. Getting out on frosty
mornings in a very limited time be-
fore daybreak. without turning into
an icycle In q fine art and il often
results in incongTuous neEliEee. The
day begins at $50 A. m. and ends
when you are so tired that you can't
think and see. The old term sol
6iering" has lost its former meaning,
for this is indeed a strenuous life.
Everybody works and works hard al
the time. 1t is a big task and il Is
being pushed energetics1ly on al
sides. There is. OF course. some con
fusion and lack OF coordination In
so great work. SO far removed from
the first base. And as we are not a
militant people we can hardly ex-
pect to do as well as the hosts OF the
Kaiser who have specialized In the
business for q generation or more.
But I think we shall be considered
fairly efficient very soon and not dis
appoint you, whose representatives
we are.
cannot tell You much OF France
for I haven't seen much OF il. But I
expect the censor win not object 70 q
few very general statements. And
here is the first impression: small
highly cultivated tracts, hedges.
fagot trees, vineyards, root houses
and wine cellars, good roads, wooden
shoes, two wheeled basket bodied
carts drawn by either good horses
OF diminutive donkeys: canals, little
locomotives and side-door cars. con-
versation, gestures. think we can
hardly understand the French point
OF view and though close TO them In
person we are far removed in un-
Outstanding on account OF the differ
ence in language. That makes many
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embarrassing conditions arise. On
the whole we get on with them very
vel and / think We may be called
good mutual friends. They are as
fond OF our francs and confines as
we are of their nicSmacks. / wish I
could ''cut loose" and write you q
real letter, but we can talk 1t al
over under the shade Of the elm trees
at the soldiers home at Lisbon in
about thirty years, when we shall
both have plenty Of time You may
specialize on campaigning in the
Philippines and swfn reEale YOU
with wonderful tales Of things that
never happened in La Belle. France.
When next you meet with that burch|
OF 1898 coffee Nsolers, please give
Them my kind regards and tell them
we are trying to uphold the best
traditions Of the service. I surely
would like to drop IN on "youalls"
for q social evening, but must foreEo|
that pleasure for an Indefinite period.
Please give my kind regards To-
your good wife and any friends who
may be interested enough to inquire
There are many in the old home
who have been kind to me both be-
fore leaving the good old II. s. A.
and since and I cannot write to eli,
but 4 am very grateful and II surely