The Republican journal., 1918-02-21
.tters From "Over There"

e.,lowine is an extract from letter
.t+on by Alanson Yeaton 1915 U. S.
w. TO his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
,+on of Islesboro, also one from the
o., George Wood Anderson who has
~, rsturned from France.
Somewhere in France,
January 3, 1918.
pssr Mother: Considering everything
LINK the boys in France have just
the happiest Xmas of their lives, |
95,.- at any rate.
,..r8n't realize how much pleasure we
.,s waiting for our names to be called
.o The mail is being given out, and
',.-. has been lot of it in the last two
| have received twelve packages
is~ and have two more on the way
ffa. / snow about.
I.,IV try and tell you how much good
have already had out of the three
apes from you. | was on detail
..e 1ftv other fellows about fourteen
n,reters g miles, from headquarters.
a. .ot orders to pack up Christmas
u,,,7iue and as soon as we were through
i,,,ner we got orders to get ready to hike
ta,s 10 headquarters. 1t was showing
mite hard, and looking forward to
I'm nike with rifle and side arms, put
MI. INV overcoat over light sweater, and
,.rkea my army coat in my barracks
ss5 thinking | would get 1t arriving in
t.ltguarters, but such was not the case
n 5rrived about five O'Clock, and re-
.4.s4 the mail about seven that night.
5.. The coolest since arriving on this
.45af the pond. The next morning |
Mi ,r the sweater, muller and wrlstlets
AMI was mighty comfortable once more.
i. ness time we were on the train, and
IN, Ne made the seven fellows IN the
.arpartment with me happy for short
,.-,. A. least In fact, mother, don't
-A-r, here ever was anything quite as
ga5s it was as fresh as the day it was
mad The cake and candy from "Vlv''
.o. the only thing that | can compare
Ys-f IT, | hope you'll start another
a.a n time for my birthday. AS for
.re ks, if you only knew how much
~r~f.rt they gave me, even for the first
lis. umutes, you would say the time 1t
.., knit them was not wasted. Our
s-.t we're wet and cold on the train, and
d, v= had to spend the night there, Roy
Marion, my closest friend, and | made
Image, and certainly did feel good,
Ru> and | share everything fifty-tlfty,
we both enjoyed the home made
te md candy most of anything.
E., talks pretty good French and that
l.gs lot, am in hopes to speak it as
Nell aefore leaving this country.
We are studying French with wound
French Sergeant, who is at home re-
ea.glng. He is studying English at the
,s-z tlme and is picking it up very quick
We have spent every evening at his
.-sa since arriving in this town dec.
-' We like this place better than any
Everyone treats us fine and they all
-u ike the folks at home. George, the
-s.h soldier, is obliged to return to the
lt the 10th of January although he is
,-J using a cane. We shall continue
So. ng with his younger sister and the
IRIS Of his family, five small children
at lie father and mother for the rest OF
lay here.
H IS mighty cold here working in the
lulng, but warns up in the middle OF
lay. We are building barracks and
uu sheds mostly, and move from town
foWn wherever the troops are to be
Tered. 1t is hard telling what we
y be doing when warm weather comes.
Goodbye for this time,
ALANSON.