White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-01
WILL APPRECIATE L. 5. A.
East Ely soldier hoy Writes of scenes
and People in Var Stricken
Portions OF France.


T. J. Duddleson of East Ely, Is
in receipt OF the following interesting
letter from his son. "Blll." an officer
in the American Expeditonary forces
now in France:
France, July 23rd.
My dearest Dad We have been
pretty much on the go this last
month and haven't had much time
of my own to drop you a note There
is so much I could tell you. padre
mine, and yet so little of 1t ] can
write, that 1t becomes an effort TO
sit down and figure out just what
you can say.
We had very pleasant voyage
across the water. insofar that very
few men were sick. Conveys just
ahead of us and just behind US had
few experiences, but We managed
to slip through with one or two
false alarms. We spent some time
in two English ports and find them
very much the same. They are all
laboring under war conditions which
doesn't leave very much from q tour
lists standpoint. I've seen a good
many things of interest. Everything
is on a small scale both in England
and France. The houses are all very
small and under one roof in street
after street to economize space, and
all the farms are miniature. The
women are doing every bit of work
and some of them are most amusing.
The Bonnie Lassie is thing of the
past. Brawny .Brutes would suit
soc OF these factory women better
and they chew and smoke and swear
with the best of soldiers. saw
conductress on street car spit out
cud that any farm hand could be
proud of. / don't wonder the chill
dren of these countries are small and
ill-nourished They all smoke and
chew. | saw lad nine years old
who said he'd been smoking for three
years
Booze of all kinds has been most
plentiful both in England and here
in France. The water is all bad In
France and every meal we had ale
or champagne. 1t seems funny to
drink champagne out of water
glass. It's about $500 big quart
and they say it has gone up so per
cent since thewar.
You would be amused at the rail-
roads, padre. The little old one-spot
on the N. n. would be champion in
this country. All day coaches eight
people sit in section and the cars
are about thirty feet long. 1t does
away with brakemen and conductors
and porters. Everything is handled
by station masters and inspectors.
Some of the French cars are marked
"eight horses or forty men, They
all get about the same accommoda-
tions en- route.
England and France are naturally
overrun with bum women, and it's
quite a problem with our men. Nov
and then one sees pretty one. but
on the general average they can't
begin to compare with American
girls for looks--and they have lost
the things that make girls attract
i've. I guess there are lot of nice
families that don't put in an appear
ance in the streets or cafes.
A good many of the better class OF
women are working and have enlist
ed in a woman's army for all sorts OF
army work. There are great many
of these girls in France. They draw
about six cents day and you cant
help but admire the work they are
doing.
This is our last rest camp before
we go into the training camp. and we
will probably be on our way before
the night is over My next letter will
be from some place nearer the line,
but don't you worry about me,
padre, for minute. When I'm thru
with this country I'm going back 10
the U. S. A. and appreciate 1t.
Your loving son,