The Yale expositor., 1918-10-10
OUR SOLDIER BOYS.
Letters From and Items Concerning Yale
Boys Who are In the Service of
Their Country
A. N. r. f. F.,
Archangel, Russia.
SeOtemher 15th 1913

/
Archangel, Russia.
September 18th, 1918
| Dear Father and Mother
We received notice last night that
mail would be leaving here for the
states this Sunday afternoon so
shall drop you few lines TO let you
know that ! am feeling fine. | have
no way Of knowing whether this will
reach you in few weeks or in a
| few months. Time alone will tell what
| kind of deliveries we are to expect
on our mail from here. None OF us
have received any mail since our ar
rival here and some of the boys who
just left the states a few weeks be-
fore leaving England for here are
feeling pretty lonesome as they have
not heard from home at all since
leaving. In that respect | am more
fortunate although | have received
no mail for about four weeks now
But | have no reason for complaint.
Captain Carrier and attended
church this morning. 1t was in an
immense Russian Cathedral. The
building was beautifully painted in
the interior with Biblical characters
and scenes. There was also much
gold and silver finishings. In most
OF the countries where have been
over here one sees more wealth dis
played in the decorations in churches
than anywhere else The service was
Catholic. 1t makes no difference in
what part OF the world one goes to
a Catholic service they are always
the same. The people may differ
greatly but not so the service The
music was beautiful. They had no
seats. Everyone either knelt or
stood up, Yet | enjoyed the service
very much.
This is a very beautiful day. The
climate here is very much like the
Michigan climate so far. Trees, gar
den stuff, (of which there is very
little this year, grass, weeds, in fact
everything one sees growing is just
about the same as at home. The peo-
pie are about the only things which
are different. Then of course the
buildings are mostly OF wood or logs
and one finds few of the luXuries we
have at home But at that it might
be very mitch worse. So far as /
can see now we should be very COM
Portable this winter as we all have
plenty OF good warm clothing and
there is an unlimited supply of fuel.
Our headquarters are in an inn
mense large brick building with walls
about two and half feet thick and
double windows. 1t is a four story
building and is one of the very larg-
est in the city. We are fortunate in
getting such a fine place. We have
our mess in the same building. And
we are getting very fine food We
also have fine places to sleep. We use
our own bedding rolls. am FORUM
ate in being supplied with plenty of
good warm bed clothing. Also my
cot is very comfortable to sleep on
So once more you see ! am very for
tunate. What is more ! am getting
along fine with all the fellows here.
They are giving me a fine lot Of
things to look after but | do notl
mind and ! am getting away with
the work in fine shape. SO there is
one more reason for being thankful.
Well, shall close for now. There
is one thing about this country And
that is that there is almost no place
to spend money if you wanted to-
They have picture shows here but
they do not appeal 10 fellow very
much There are some very fine peo-
pie but not understanding the Ian
guage, most of us have not become
acquainted yet | hope you are both
feeling fine as | am.
DnV ppICUEu