The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-25

fire and mean to commence now to ac- climate myself to the weather rather than give in for a frivolous adyersity.
 It is noticed that at the time of your writing the Tennessee was frozen over and I guess by this time it is so hot in the cars that the men can hardly Keep cool and do their work.
 While the winter in Alabama was the worst you ever witnessed, I feel that n Iowa it was the best I ever witnessed, for it was cold all the time and fel- low had no chance to intercept two ch- mates during the same week or same month during midwinter.
 I am favorably impressed with gov ernment control of railroads. In fact. can realize the good features more keen- ly now than when I was in the states. It means a great deal to know just how much rolling stock that can be used for a certain purpose and have the power to demand that amount without fear of dis | appointment. It not only gives secrecy l to movement of troops when necessary but enables freight and other commodi- | ties to be sent by the shortest route regardless of the roads over which it
 may travel.
 l As to MT. McAdoo, he has been 80
 successful as the head of so many en- i terprises. and when I say enterprises l 1 mean big enterprises there is no ques- | ton about him being the most prominent
 man for whatever he may want. The fact that we are going to settle this lit- tie squabble over here during the pres ent administration will place it higher in the minds of the hundred millions of 1 people of the United States, than any ] ether administration. Naturally the world can now foresee that we are the ones to turn the tide and no power l on earth can do it as effectively as rrNir NI,A ffNrn thN world at large will learn more about the United States and the present adminis- 1 tration in the next four years than has 1 been known in any previous 50 years. | Hereafter the schools throughout the world will teach more about the United 1 States between 1915 and 1920 than be- 1 tween 1492 and 1915
 MORE POWERFUL THAN SPEEDY l As to the way things are going over 1 here I regret that censorship regulations
 forbid men from commenting and, of | course, l am mail censor for my com | pany, and was boat postmaster during the voyage across the Atlantic. How |, ever, I will say that the people of the United States need not get threadoare on account of the onrush of the Ger | mans: they need not think we are asleep. l have given some attention to warfare
 for the past 12 years and feel safe to say 1 that our plans are far more powerful ' N
 I than speedy.
 "Our army postoffice is fast improv- l ing now. We are putting postal clerks | in the cars and when the system is a little further advanced, l feel that | there will be no complaint whatever. l There are number of things I ses that would greatly improve the mail service, but don't have chance to suo- l init them as I did when in the railway | mail service, for the foundation is not yet laid that the explanation might be placed. After all, I feel that your
 plan would meet more success than any for this reason:
 | aTf a military man handles the mail he would not know how to make dis l tinction, or rather distribution, of It 1 into divisions when far away where l the quantity is small as We mass it in 1 the states. He could distribute it into | brigades as we distribute it into big | cities like New York, Chicago and 1 others into regiments as we distribute l it into cities and towns of lesser i'm portance, but away from the local line, 1 into battalions and companies as we l distribute it for local and terminal l postoffices. With the system above 1 sketched at the mail would be so worked when it reached it's destination l until it could go out to the regimental 1 battalion and company headquarters | just as city mail leaves Birmingham | from Atlanta and Birmingham II, or | Nashville and Montgomery T. No one | knows what a mess congested mail l makes better than the man who has | handled it and no one knows how easy l it is to avoid it than the man of ex- perience.
 T thought I saw mail congested in Chicago, but over here I have seen it in houses in quantities unmeasurable. It is to be remembered though that France certainly presents an encourage ing air to newcomers These people are patriotic to the core and one is encouraged to fight to the finish even though it may cause his life to see how willingly and doggedly the French are paying the price. I might add with all sincerity and truth that the en- listed men of our organization are freely and fully falling in line and it encourages me much to see them grasp the situation so doggedly with a de- termination to press through without regards to the cost
 LONG DAYS IN FRANCE
 T hope some day to write you let ter. I must close this one before 1 finish because lights are not used here to any extent and it is now S:35 D. m and am writing by the light of day, Of course we don't have much night over here. It is easy to sit outdoors and read a newspaper from 330 a m. till p. m.
 T was informed just before leaving the states that MT. Galloway was ta leave for military service and have inquired about him at every United States postoffice [. have visited, but have not yet heard from him. It may be that he is running on the boat.
 'T forgot to mention at the top of this page that a superintendent in charge as outlined in your letter to Congressmen Huddleston and Bank head would have it's wonderful effect in that the superintendent would pub fish orders every Tuesday showing the change in the personnel of the orgapi- zations: showing men transferred from one organization to the other and a list of those dropped for any purpose what ever.
 "It pleases me much to note that the clerks all received promotion and that some were appointed Also to learn that service was put on the new road 1 into Pensacola and presume the ex- press service is working satisfactory,
 Shall be glad to hear from you at any time. Please bear in mind that | am used in many ways and accept | anything they tell me to do. get less time off than many others, that is way 1 l don't write often. Very respectfully, |
 "C. J. ADAMS. l First Lieut. S66th Infantry, A. P. o. l
 11o, American Expeditionary 1
 Forces"
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