Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1918-08-01
A Letter From Overseas


Letter received by Mrs. John
shorInanilue. u Grnai Mllls. trsn, her
nephew, SrrRi italilp q Smith, II. 4.
Engineera n Fqaure. srrgt. SMITH Il
tnc son ~ Mrs. Mary Alton smith and
the late Serge. Jaseph Smith, ~ 1lsi-
timpre
FRANCE JuSg 10, iels
Dear Aunt Rsa.
suppose you think that ! have for.
gotten al about yon, bui / have nos
and am sorry hept you waiting SO
long before answering your letter. but
duo 70 gherc ! was, / did MOI have
chance 90 write. ] suppose you can
guess where that was, but any vas
have been right in The worst 81 Is since
March.
landed hack here 10 the hospital
four days ago and am getting along
iino, and v nothing happens expect
TO be out and back AZ tho same game
10 n wrecks.
II kind 81 gets On persons nerves
back hero where IL IL so quiet and
nothing 70 do but eat and sleep, aftsr
coming from place where the guns
never stop roaring, day on night, 50
! spend the greater part Of the day
reading and writing will wriia 10
you often while ! am here, because
wbon ! yet out and back ~ the front
again J might not have a chance.
suppose quits number Of tho
boys around there are IN tie service
now. ] am always on tho look oui
for some OF them that might know.
would like 30 tell you more about what
We are doing over hero, but I arm not
allowed, but you can sec from tle pa
PEERS what the Americans are doing
and they are doing Il in tino shape,
and YOU can bed your last dollar they
will teach Fritz good lesson before
they finish,
About . month ago / was promoted
again "a be Sergeant, FIRST class, which
Is the highest rank an enlisted man
can hold In the army. and ! am GER
tainly proud OF II.
wish you could SEQ The hne spirit
the boys keep up over here. Il Is
simply wonderful, and when they 90
lover the top a good many 20 smii-
ing--some talking aud smoking, and
all with the determination 10 beat The
dirty German and show them who the
| American boys are. They don't COM
pam thBut t0lAAAbi0Ahf Hhu We All ESt
plenty Of good food and clothes and
are paid better than any Other soldiers
and the only thing they think about is
killing everything that looks like a
German and getting back home again.
Mamma writes me quite often and
so docs sister, but they are the only
ones ] ever hear from al home.
Mamma sends me ? paper called The
Overseas Edition, !" gotten out by the
Baltimore Sun, and that keeps me
pretty well posted about what Is going
on around home. We get paper
called NThe Stars and Stripes. = II Ii
published by the soldiers In Paris, and
| Il Is fine. Tho next copy ! get hold OF
| will send to you.
must stop now, and hoping this
will find. you all we'll and happy and
with love TO all, | am,
Your Loving Nephew,
Sgt. LIST Glass, PHILIP @. SMITH.
Co. A, LIST Regt. u. s. EnRrs.,
W. A. r. f., France.
r. S. Tell Helen am sorry thai
was not this kaiser she caught Ia hel
school room, but she need not bs
afraid OF seeing him back there. Ifhs
eyer comes out OF his hiding place WI
| will attend to him. Tell her | viii
capture her couple OF stsQuar,
heads", as we call them, and sent
them TO Uncle John 10 help work tn
farm II she thinks shecan handle them
GLENN.