New-York tribune., 1918-06-17

several days before. The War De-
partment has your name and address on
file and so long as you do not hear any
thing from them you can be pretty sure
that we are alright and having fine
time.
Letters Frequently Delayed
"Do not count on getting letters from
US very frequently or with any regu
larity. You may not get letter for
weeks and then you may bet three or
four in bunch.
1T was tine voyage coming over
The ship was well-behaved and as
steady as summer resort hotel, and
much like one in many respects. We
were as comfortable as if we had paid
q good price for our passage in piping
times of peace. The meals were good
and altogether it may be considered
successful voyage. The sea was abso-
| lutely calm for the entire voyage and
the last three days there was not even
streak of foam to break the solid
green.
"The Hun would have been disgusted
to see how little interest any one took
in his submarines. He probably pict-
ures every one as sitting anxiously
on deck with one eye on lifeboat and
with a mental attitude of hardened
sinner who has decided at the last min
ute to have the priest in for a final
absolution. But instead every one was
interested in deck promenades, dances
band concerts and the latest baseball
| scores that came in by wireless.
owe landed in very pretty harbor
ranged round with hills and with a few
ancient fortifcations scattered about
On the skyline were some solemn look
and there was a picturesque old town
on one hillside.
"Tne only fly in the ointment is that
they will not let US kill Hun yet.
1--WE have to go to school all over
again, for the Lord knows how long,
with the prospects of still another
school after that. However, as q re-
ward the brightest scholars may be al
lowed, when they have finished the
course, to shoot a Hun. Don't know
yet whether one is permitted to kill
him or not. Perhaps it is like one of
the English stag hunts. where the
! the dogs are only allowed to chase him
and not to pull him down.
Travelled 500 Miles in France
eve have had a regular Cooks tour
of France, having travelled over some
five hundred miles of it, There are
many vineyards here. Practically
everything is in full bloom and the
crops seem to be we'll up
"We have been much interested in
the French farms, which are neat and
picturesque in appearance. Last Mon
day we went to a village near where
we were and formed up all our men
about the church under the trees, and
had the band play The Marseillase'
and then The Star-Spangled Banner
the men standing at present arms for
both. After that we sat down and
smoked while the band gave the vii
layers a concert.
"The railroad trails look exactly
as if they had come out of any old
copy Of Punch Of about 1860. You
have about the same feeling toward
the cars and engines as you do toward
Ford, and feel that if anything goes
wrong you can lift the blamed thing
off the track. However, they have
some cars with corridor on the side
and the compartments opening off that,
and, indeed, they have all of the con-
veniences of a Pullman.
"School commences Monday, so we
ar- taking this opportunity to write
all Of our letters. If you do not re-
ceive this letter you will know it got
drowned, but the chances of that are
small-about equal TO the chances of
being run over while crossing Fifth
Avenue"