Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-10-03
RECEIVERS FROM WOUNDS.
Somewhere in England.
September 10, 1918.

September 10, 1918.
Dear Mammal:
Well at last got letter written
by you, although it is not the first
you have written, as you say you
hope | got all your former letters
and one with a check in. | haven't
got any of them. Maybe you ad-
dressed them to the company and so
they would be slower coming. The
letter l got was dated August 18th.
The first mail l got over here was
letter from Elvin. | got it day
before yesterday. Yours came yes
terday and | also got one from Gis-
sard Hart.
can't tell you how l felt when I
saw my name on the bulletin board
for mail. Maybe you can imagine it
not getting any mail for three
months. ] am going to keep your
letter and frame it. l was never so
glad to get letter in all my life
had begun to think never would get
any mail. l went over three months
dead broke and / guess l got hard
ened to it. because il didn't disap-
point me much when ! only got one
months pay when had three
months coming. had eleven pounds
and thirteen shillings coming. but
only got four pounds and fifteen
shillings. A whole week has gone
and l still have over three pounds.
Its holding out better than it used
TO. l am glad to find you have been
writing often. although I never
doubted your word.
Gissard Hart is already figuring on
being a rear admiral. and wants me
to ride back to the States on his
flagship. suppose you think it was
foolish for me to get busted so /
could come across" but any one of
the other non-com's who couldn't get
busted would have given years pay
to be in my place. | will never learn
to love the guy that shot me on
the ship. I guess will never see
my company again, and honestly l
haven't seen an outfit over here that
anywhere near came up with it.
We are only allowed to write three
letters week now. | saw Mary
Pickford in a movie night before last.
1t is the first movie l have seen for
long time. Half of the Casual
Company here have moved in bar
racks and l am one of them. OF
course we still sleep on the floor,
but it is lots cleaner and handler
than tents. am short on clothes but
can't get any issued as am in Glass
A, and | don't stay here. | got my
overseas cap, though OF course. it is
a funny looking thing, something like
n G
for the rainy weather we have here.
II has rained every day for the last
three weeks The sun came out
just as l wrote that, trying to kid
me. / guess. l go on guard tonight.
There it is raining again. ! hear
another bunch go 10 their company
soon. hope am in it. but suppose
am out of luck. seem to be
stalled here. just went down to
the old camp and found two more
letters there for me. One from you
and one from AK Christensen. Yours
was dated five days before the one
l got yesterday. l may get those
you wrote first yet.
No, did not get shot through both
legs, just one and right above the
knee. 1t went through the bone but
didn't break 1t. Did you get those
letters l wrote while we were in the
harbor at Halifax. We we're not al
lowed to say anything about having
started across. or mention the water
at all, and / wondered if you would
know where | wrote them from. May
be you think ii is hopeless to write
and write, and me not get your let
tiers, but it is about as bad to write
a whole lot and not get any.
Well, ! go on guard pretty soon,
so | had better close.
Your loving son.
Charles A Cole