Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-26

we wouldn't get ahy. rest for d lehg time yet. I just got a letter frefi home yesterday. Was glad to near from them. It takes longer for mail to come. how. The big drive is on now So the railroatIs are pretty busy moving troops so it is hard to get our mail. This drive is some drive can tell you that is on now. You know sherman said war was hell: we'll 1t is worse than that. No one 2hoNs hoy bad it is until yoA get in il sour- We'll, how is Harold? Mother said i7 her letter lie was feeling Dad all the time. Hope he is feeling better now. How is. Ed? IS Re still working in the mill. hope he is feeling better than he was a few months ago How are all the kids getting along now.
 Sofhe think this war viii end this summer but more think it will go on for another year or two and that's ] just what l think too. It don't look any more like endih9 fio& than it did when we first got here. We'll. it will end sor1le day. anyway. I may not see the end of it..
 Well. sister, guess I will st6p for this time as I have got to write let ter to mother and Nellie yet. We d6 not get much time to write letters when we are in the trenches so when We get a little ways back from the lines we write as often as we can ] will write as often as l can to let you know that l am alive anyway.
 |. Well, goodbye for this time, and hope this letter Will find you all well Love to you and all the rest.
 From your bfother,
 Go. G, 102nd Reg, U. S. Inf, 4. E
 June 18th, 1918.
 Dear Sister: I drop liue to let vol
 know I received your letter and wa.
 more than glad to hear from you ant
 to hear that you were all we'll. How
 l wish this thing was over so we couit put in the summer or that old rorcl with the phon9graph singing out thos melodies and mother serving lemon
 ade and cake. Those were good olt
 days. How is mother and dad
 hope you go down home often be cause the song goes. we may be gon for a long. long time. but I have a 10 of unfinished business to be done whel 1 come back. We have bands her where we are but we won't be her as we are at the front most of tn time under shellire for five month: SO you can see what we say wht , folks ask us if we hfe having d gre time. The fields are red w'th poprie! We wear fhs n in Ddf hats: We s;e tobacco anl pipes free and plenty eat-mashed pota toes, beef, whit
 bread and sometimes pancakes an Q doughnuts, and we buy jam to put o | cur bread, but it costs sixty cent 5 for small jar We get about eigf 1. cookies for twenty cents and they al
 very small at that. You can send |
 some ice cream and soda water a $ N
 never heard of them things over her
 What are the late songs over there e Are there any? I suppose they are a r. war songs if they are I don't care 2 hear them. I have my fill of war fc d life. I won't try to send you anythin 9 You wouldn't get, it. But this wa f isn't over vet. Harold ought to 2 s camping. It would show him how Iii if tie a man can live on. I would hi = TO better fun than to go with hir ] The Fourth will find the Huns and | Q sounding. but no liberty yet hut r. the Ads can't some other division ca e help butt we have held them on the
 lines so far. l have been gassed fo,
 times of late and I can feel it ont V, in while. Some lose their speec y We will be sound asleep when q klal * on will sound and the guard will sho' $ Gas" You bet. we turn handsprin'