The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-06
SOUTH RANDOLPH
Letters from Sergeant Hadley M. Mac
Phetres Who Is in France.

The following letters are from Ser
geant Hadley NJ, MaephetTes, batter
y, lOlst field artillery. A. r. r., VIII
was recently wounded in action and VIII,
received special praise for bravery. Hi
parents live near here but Sergeant Mae
Phetres and his brother, Harland, en-
listed from Massachusetts,, they having
been employed at Lynn at the time.
April 20. 1918.
Dear Father and Family This finds
me at a base hospital in France for a
few days. ! received n small wound in
my left arm from piece Of German
shell. They had 10 operate on my arm
TO take out the piece Of shell, so had "a
lay off for few days. II Is all right
now and coming along fine and ] am up
aud dressed and walking around and feel
fine. | was IN bed only n few days. The
piece that went into my arm made only
small hole but stopped in the muscle
part of my arm above the elbow, so they
had TO do a little cutting 10 get IL out.
| thought had better write and tell you
about it, as you would probably hear
anyway and do lot of worrying IL Is
nothing 10 worry about, as am all right
now and feel fine and will be back with
the battery in few days. | wonder
every day just how you are and how
you are getting along. hope you arc
much better this spring, but you want
to be careful and not try TO do much
work. How is mother. Flora, Archie and
all the rest Tell them all TO write and
| will write TO them as soon as possible.
The last / heard, Lettie and the children
were all well Well | must close for
this time, hoping this finds everyone well
and happy. VIII write again in a few
days. Hsdley
Thursday, May ., 1918.
Dear Mother and Father; Next Sun
day, as you know, is mothers day, a
day when every fellow out here longs for
home and those so dear TO him, and II
will be long, lonesome day for me, and
my thoughts and prayers will be with
those at home. The government is going
to rush these letters through, so hope
you get it o. X. and hope ii cheers father |
up to know that | am well and every |
thing is going fine. Received letter
from Flora the other day and she wrote
that father was taking treatment from
Dr.. Hayward now and hope that he viii
be much better. Every day | have won
dered how everyone at home was and
how things were going, as | know the
war has made big difference every
where.
Well, we have been quite a while at
the front and have seen quite bit Of &C
ton, and as l wrote you before, re-
reived slight wound in my left arm
about a month ago and went to the hos
pital and am Just back, ] knew you
would be notified or hear about it through
he papers or some other way, so thought
had better write you about it myself,
put IL is all we'll now and / feel fine and
I'm back with the battery, so there is
nothing to worry about now. / haven't
rome back with the guns yet. Am back
With the horses few miles back of the
inc but expect to be back in few days.
have seen quite little of France and
ONE very pretty country down where ]
ave been-at the hospital. All the trees
we're in bloom and there were some fine
boxing gardens, some of the peas were
foot high Harland has gone away to
chool to make an instructor sergeant
nd | was glad to see him go, but yon
ct miss him He left the day before
OF back. Well, the Germans have made
big drive but have gained nothing and
,st a lot of men. Well, | have seen a
God many things that | never expected
0 year ago and seen quite lot Of
ountry, but give me good old U. 5.
is good enough for me |
ave slept 40 feet in mother earth in the
de of hill under the guns, have slept
all kinds of old barns, in barracks, on
ITS and on the ground, and in freight
IRIS, horse cars, eight horses and 40
en, the kind we travel in when we
owe in France, but ! am in the best of
,alth and ready for more. Outside o.
y wound and two or three little colds !
i've been in good health ever since We
nded in France last September HaF-
nd has also been well and we have been
rough aid seen quite a lot. | am
city lucky in receiving mail, as | have
lot of good friends back in Danvers
ID have received a lot of boxes, and
III bet | appreciate them. letter
ON home means good deal to fellow
It here. Well write and tell me how
erything is and remember me to Mrs.
d. Camp. 1t is nearly dark now, so
lch close and go to bed. Hadley,
r.. Ia