The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-03-07
Owen.
JACK GLAsNER WRITES HOME.
Very truly,

Feb. 9th, 1918.
With the American Expeditionary
Forces, France.
Dearest Mother:
believe it is about time letter
should be going west, so will see what
can do. To date / have received no
mail, except the once l wrote you
about / think tho, we will receive
what should have been forwarded
weeks ago, by Saturday next. | have
written twice for mine, and the fell
lows have all put in demands, so /
think it will show up any day now.
The sight of calendar the other
day reminded me Of the fact that I
had a birthday, and that Sunday | will
have reached the age of discretion
a full fedged man. ready to vote on
Woman. Suffrage, alderman for the 18th
Ward and everything momentous in
the IT,. S. politics.
don't know, but hardly think
there will be any birthday cake, or
any be the usual, day Of National
Thanksgiving.
I am still working with the Advan-
ce Section, Line of Communication,
but realizing as we do that armed mil
lions are facing each other with the
grim determination to- do or to die, it
seems; that but little has been done
the past few weeks. Sometimes we
think that Won Hindenburg will never
try to break our lines, if he does the
greatest. battle of the worlds history
is on. do not believe that they can
make a dent. The allies to man are
competent and ready. They shall not
pass, is the slogan. Gossip here is If
a decisive victory in the near future.
of the probable end of the war. Of
course we do not expect to return
home for many months and prepar-
ations: are. being made for the u. S.
troops, after four months service, to
be granted seven days furlough,
which we are to enjoy at one of the
best watering places in Europe. Ev-
serything in the line of amusement be-
ing provided by the Y. M. C. A.. I
would like to go to Nice, Marsailles
and Monte Carlo. but guess there is
no chance unless l can strike it lucky
after the war. Paris, think is pro-
hibited city, but ] am sure to see it
after the war if possible. It would be
a shame to be near and not get to see
the most famous city in the world.
The snow that has covered the
ground here from the middle of Octo-
Der has at last melted away, and the
weather is getting fine, there is little
or no rain and while the sun hasn't
the goDd old heat of mild summer, its
fairly warm and feels mighty good.
They. say France is too beautiful for
words in summer, and can easily be-
,lieve it. ] only wish that had q
camera and could send you some of
the wonderful views have seen. am
collecting Post Cards now and then.
which | intend keeping until can
take them back personally. How lit
tie we that volunteered realized that
perhaps during the entire period of
our soiourn in Europe we would be
separated from each other, thus far
have not met Tyndall man since
my arrival in France. but as | stood
in the mess line tonight someone hail
ed me and turning I found it was
Otto Max of Scotland. He was draft
ed and went to. Camp Funston, or
wherever the South Dakota bunch
went to. He was taken from them to
New Jersey: then came across with an
Engineer regiment about a month or
so before / did. He was certainly
glad to see me, as was to see him,
said it was the first face he had seen
that was. familiar. He also said that
he had been continually on the look
out for our old regiment ever since he
landed. He would ask everyone in
uniform if they had seen or heard Of
them but this is the first track he has
had Of them. / told him they were
over here though / did not know just
where. He is in a bunch of engineers
that are working hard and accomplish
ing things. and he is getting along
fine ! thought would tell you this
so that you may tell some of the boys
who may in turn carry the news to
Scotland There u! s;.;
would like toshear Of him and how he
ia getting along. He has been raceiy-