The Press., 1918-08-29

iComins.
 Word has been received that Cor don Charter has arrived safely over seas.
 George Pallank of the U. s. s. Connecticut is here on an eight-days' furlOugh.
 A. G. Vincent, pharmacist in the Mccormick drug store, intends to give up his position here and go to Rockville where he will take a po- sition in the Wilson pharmacy.
 There will be no service at the Methodist Episcopal church this even ing. Rev. o. J. Aldrich and family will return from their vacation before Sunday. All of the regular services will be held from that time on through the fall and winter. The sacrament of the Lords supper will be administered on Sunday morning.
 The following letter was received from Amos Gingras by his mother.
 France, July 28. Dear Mother:
 l am still feeling we'll. I have changed camp once more. I am To- cated at PeriQueux-DOrdOgne, about ninety miles from Bordeaux. There are not very many soldiers at this place. They are building a large American base hospital here. We are the first gang of soldiers to come to help construct it and are doing all kinds of odd jobs, from bricklaying to shoveIing. Nearly every day we go out on a different detail They start ed building this camp only a few weeks ago, so there is plenty of work to be done for sometime to come. They claim they will be lucky if they have it finished by December. See ing we are the first bunch to come here, chances are we will have to stay till they finish the job. I like this line of work pretty well. Our living quarters are in barracks, same as ill the states. I think our moving around is done for a while at least. Believe me have covered some terri tory since my arrival. It agrees with my appetite all right, for I am eating like bear, and on the kind of work we are doing now we are allowed ten per cent. increase in our eating allowance, but the boys will eat up all they can get. The air down here in southern France works in harmony with our stOmachs and you would think so if you could see them line up for the eats. To-day it rained for the tsfst time since we came south. They say it seldom rains down here. happened to be elected for barrack orderly for to-day, so all I have to do is to sweep the floor and stay around. finish my work at a. m., so took up my pen to write you letter, as this is the best time, for all the fel- lows are out and there is no cOnfu- sion. l was down town two nights ago. It is a city of about S5,0O0 people. Our camp is about two miles from it. It is quite sight to see the different customs and fashions. The streets in some quarters of the city are about a couple of yards wide and the buildings run up as high as five and six stories. Some of the houses are built right in big rocks on sides of hills. You have heard of those little donkey teams, well this country is full of them. They also have dogs to drive some of them. All the carts have just two wheels in the center. They have little street cars of three compartments. The rich ride in the mrst-class and the poor have to ride in the third. The difference is the first have plush seats and the third are wooden. It is w0nderful how the people stand the strain of the war. We have the time of our life trying to buy bread. All the people are on ratiOns. That means so many pounds "cch IO cdC1l, dnu IL IS LI10 ScGkLIe with everything else. What you can buy is very expensive. Take chOcO- late, the same that you would pay five cents for at home, here, when you can get hold of any, you have to pay thirty cents for them. I had a crys- tai put on my watch and it cost me forty cents, where at home you could get one for ten cents. It is the same all the way through, so I have re- solved to do away with all those sweet things till get back, then will dig into them. We get an ed itfon of the New York Herald, which is printed around here somewhere, and | notice the French-American forces are putting up some great bat ties at the front, but I bet you get more war news than I do. It is "A days since I left the States, and I have not received any mail as yet. I was talking to some engineers who have been here two months and they told me it took about six weeks before they received any mail, but now they get it about every three weeks. Once you get settled down it is much cas- fer for mail to reach you. As soon as receive letter I will let you know how long it took to get here. One more thing I want to tell you is this, we don't have windows to close at night. All the window places are open, so we get plenty of fresh air all the time. I have three blankets so I am not cold. I was in the cathedral the other night. It is about the best one I have entered The interior is all white marble and has seven wings. If we get off early tonight five of us are planning to go to confession down there. l talked to quite a number of French people. They say I am O. K. nT hot r. &v1