Denver labor bulletin., 1918-10-05

u. s. UNIFORM makes ones blood run
cold and increases a passionate desire
to deal out misery to the enemy-and
/ believe before this war is over he
will have had more misery than he
bargained for. The Denver Labor Bull
serves to satisfy my desire for typo
news at home. 1t seems to give me
more satisfaction than some of the
larger dailies. (Note: The above
letter is torn and crumpled and much
of it is ineligible. 1t may have been
swept by shot and shell and lain in
the path of death and destruction.)
After reading the above, resolve
stronger than ever to BUY LIBERTY
BONDS.
On Active Service With the A. E.F.
Aug. %, 1918.
Dear Friend Frank: By this time
your patience has perhaps become ex-
hausted in the hope of hearing from
me again. However, the many miles
that separate us do not cause my
thoughts of you to be as far removed
as the distance. Having Just re-
turned from the front lines, this is the
first opportunity l have had for about
month to get caught up in my cor
respondence. Nothing would please
me better at this time than to be able
to relate my experiences at the front,
but this cannot be done in compliance
with censorship. l am going to re-
late few incidents in connection with
that adventure, hoping the same will
not be stricken by the censor. In the
first place, / have been "over the
top" More perilious yet, / was in
company that made a trip into No
Mans Land in broad daylight in an
effort to construct bridge for an in
fantry attack. The story of this ad-
venture l hope to be able TO tell you
some day. Briefly, we were spied by
the enemy and subjected 70 a rain Of
shells, the intensity Of which no man,
unless present, could realize. For two
hours /. with twenty other men in my
company. laid in a wheat field that
was literally plowed 10 pieces with
high explosives. That l am here to-
day is the will of fate All of the
other twenty were not so fortunate
But the bridge and three more were
constructed before the sun arose next
morning. That seems to be the
American spirit-do or die. If YOU
could but see the hardships the boys
willingly go thru in an effort to gain
the objective YOU would appreciate
Sherman's words, '.War Is He'll" land
he rode a horse). Two days and as
many nights without food or water
is no uncommon thing, and as for
sleep, / long ago forgot it was a
necessity. Until yesterday / had not
had my clothes off for five or six
weeks. ! used knife yesterday when
] took a bath, the coat of mud was so
thick These are only a few of the
many things anent the front lines.
But l would willingly go thru them
again and again, as would all other
true Americans, in order to some day
see kaiserism crushed
Roland Mccarthy was transferred
to headquarters just before We went
to the front Sid Adair is in the G.
p. o. and Gilmore is still at Camp
Greene. presume am the only one
of the quartet TO reach the front. 1t
is possible that / will be transferred
to some other branch of the service,
as l am rather weak from being
gassed. May it not be long until we
meet again. Write at your leisure. /
certainly enjoy your letters.-Leo
Cuthbertson.
BUY LIBERTY BONDSALeo gave
up a $50 per week sit to lie in a she'll
swept wheat field for hours. He says
that he would do it again and again TO
make this old world better and safer.
Sid Adair. writing under date of
September s, says, among other
things: "You say il is the belief of
many that. a number of our boys will
get married and settle over here after
the war. Well, think so myself, and
in fact, a great many marriages have
taken place already, both in France
and England, but for my part, Amer
lea and Americans for mine. The
Americans are kings now and from
my one days experience in Paris, we
VIII have to be Women haters to get
away from this country single
was taking in the sights by myself
and every half minute l had to say
hello to some madame or madam
oiseile,' or mothers and fathers with
daughters in tow. Some would insist
on stopping and reciting what Ameri-
can conversation they could, but
soon found out that they did not
'compre' half what l thought they did
and had to throw up both hands and
retreat when they started to reel off
a bunch of French. However. they
seemed delighted 10 simply promenade
with an American and never say a
word"
BUY LIBERTY BONDS-Sid is
pounding machine in the army print
shop in little French town on the
banks of the Marine. for $50 per
month, eight to ten hours day.
Leslie Taylor is having rather a
hard time of it at Camp Travis. Texas,
educating the army mule. The first
attempt the mule objected. with the
result that Taylor was thrown two