The Raymer enterprise., 1918-08-01
LETTER FROM
SOLDIER BOY

OULUILn DUI
The following interesting letter
wasreceivd by Mrs. Florence Scolton
from soldier In France:
Somewhere In France,
June Q. 1918.
Friend Florence
Have been wondering what has be-
come Of you all at home It has been
almost four months since I've had a
letter from anyone and the reason
yours was so long In coming is the
same. cause you must put Lieut.. on
as it is military rules that we go by
our standing. So your letter was ov-
er the biggest part Of France before
received 1t, Just because Of one lit
tie word n
Tonight as write is like a summer
ese in Colorado. the birds are going
to rest and only once in q while dis
tant machine gun will disturb the
slumbers Of the birds and men. At
FIRST, could hardly stand the guns.
| couldn't get any sleep. now it's just
like being at home and Dad calling
me to breakfast, turn over and go
to sleep again. We had some excite
ment Sunday night. It was so hot In
our dugout and the "cooties" 80 bad.
We stayed out and thought we'd even
undress as 1t was all still, but .
boche discovered US and wouldn't let
us rest, so about fifteen of US were
without clothes for few days as we
had stacked them all together and the
Germans blew up our clothes and
thank the Lord not US.
! still have the same boys with me
and We have two guns which we use
once in awhile to surprise the enemy.
Our machine guns are larger than
the Germans and not saying any
thing about Pat and myself they are
come straight shot. I'm enclosing a
note, please give to Cliff. He'll know
more about what want than you do.
And the card Is a Censors o. X. that
you can send what you want to, also
send me radio wrist watch, check
out Of the bank for all the things,
II haven't any money left. well
don't forget to send them." and say
send me some Herseys. We get some
stuff over here but It don't taste like
1t would from home. You said you'd
like to come over II you could do any
good. Florence, what we need to
save our boys now are American
nurses. don't you know man ia like
o baby, they need their mothers, and
more than one boy would pull thru
II he had lady nurse to make over
him. Did You ever see a man that
didn't want his mother when he was
sick? We have splendid men nurses
here but the boys want ladies to care
for them and tell them OF home.
We have two salvation army girls
out here on front lines and shells will
fall all around them and our boys
wE go down, but they stand up un-
der that awful fire. | sometimes won
der II God does protect them from
death. they are doing more good than
| cap ever tell. The heavy artillery
is giving someone their medicine now,
we can tell by the sound of the guns
II it's American. French or British.
All 1t takes Is getting used to It. I'd
like to tell you all about what were
doing but paper is scarce. and Gen.
sor is awful busy I'm sending you
headline Of the Raymer paper ri
found in the trench just three miles
from me now. I've asked all our COM
pany II any one from Raymer Colora-
do was present. No one answered.
They either were'n there or would &C.
knowledge 1t, 80 It maybe has blown
long ways not all the way from
Raymer though. We've moved over
so miles from where l last wrote
you, you know where that was, well
It's about two-hundred miles from
where We started from and we're still
going on.
The country here at this place
is perhaps the most beautiful place
| ever saw. The trees and flowers are
lovely. Green grass like on our lawn
at home, at this minute 1t looks like
q quiet peaceful valley. but only for
a short while until a gun shakes the
ground and ! rock back and forth and
play ! am riding rocking horse in
stead Of a real one. There are two
little tots about one half mile from
US that are in need Of everything
and It sure would be grand II you
would use the enclosed address and
send some clothes to them, working
for the soldiers Is fine work, but we
will be given clothes By the govern
ment. and so waste no more time