The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-09-29
TRENCH LIFE OF The
SAMMY IS DESCRIBED
BY PRIVATE DE- WITT
Former Corpus Christ, Manage 70,
the Southern Cat Company - Nov
With American intelligence Section
Somewhere IN France"


The folioing letter from Bart c. De-
witt 20 Tho Rotary Clb. ~ which he ~
q member VIII We % interest 20 his
nhny fricnds here Private Dewitt. who
WAS local manager 81 the Southern
Gas Company. volunteered for acrvlc.
last spring and Il NOW Ia France
HIS i.tiei follows
Am IN the trenches don't like
the trenches. Whenever man gets up
and tells you he docs. he either has
uevcr been la trench. on he ~ liaf
Another thing when she'll whIgzcs
ny ~ ~ no diagrncc 10 sprawl on the
ground. n IL WIS Private Is. c. would
oe dlsgfaeed forever. aud 40 would
many others
Have Just seen a beautiful mir fight
one ~ our sausaRes was hanging up In
The pir 9c SIN and fine when out 81
The ciouds came Boche plane, ma y.
hine gun going fun speed. lie got our
balloon about the time another Bocho
ioined him. and as they started back
fof their lines three French planes cut
HON or ana Sc was some night. and
Goth the Huns wcf" brought down ia
'uf lines. one IN flames tho other dis
thlrd iiy this time the nif was fun OF
Allied airnen. have seen 80 many
AZ raids and aeriui bombardments that
hoy uf" aimoet commentaries, not
quite
1T makes = man feel rather queer
when ~" heayics' open up-n Kind OF
lomesick feeling ! often wonder II !
really could have been Of greater help
over there In the states, Bang There
hes 70 again never VIII enjoy an .
,ih"r thrundef storm--you know. those
KIND that come up suddenly ~ sunday
school picuics ana Fourth Of July bar
pecues, about the middle Of the after
noon ana interrupt the speaking and
ipoil ihe bunting. ! also thought had
seen quite bii OF bnrbed wire. but
therc are enough wire entnnFloments
out here 40 fence Texas rs hnrbad
wire. too in every aense. II / ever get
oui Of this { will be able to wink right
.hrough one Of our Texas fences WIN
90 evening gown on ana nev get u
mag.
u will also he able To- get along nicely
~ two meals. make one canteen OF
water DO two or three days and shave
iut of il twice 1--WE have 20 shave every
ley on account OF the gus masksj /.
ieep IN ans KIND of place IN any kind
. position, and march an night with a
oini Of siN-inch pipe on my back. My
,ack weighs "a pounds, besides rifle.
,ayonci trench knife. Colts automatic.
gas mask and ammunition. OF course
his Is only on hikes from one place
another would rather fight than
ike ri lenst ! think so during a hike.
Gas ia one of the worst things we
nave TO feal, II is certainly wicked
,tuff.
I get 10 see paper very seldom. so
f"u really know more nbout the war
ituation in general than do.
III Is surely good to know. az | do.
that you Fellows over there are doing
% much hard work IN the various war
activities that II may be easier for
hose over here nrd Il Is not hard 70
zee that the work al home of patriotic
American men and women. God bless
Them ail. aas made II easier for W. and
4 Is good To know. too. that YOU viii
stick II out to whatever limit any sit :
uatiOn may demand. even as we VIII
stick II out on this side
~ am now an observer in the Intel
tigence Section. win see the war on
Dur front &c anybody does. because my
work is right at the front line and Of
,en ia front Of the front. No Mans
Land, with "a good glass and little oh
ftruction entirely too little, ! think. II
IS my job 70 help keep tab on what
Fritz Is doing back there.
The hcaVies are awake again. so
VIII close. sherman was wise old
duck, even IL he did march 60 the sea.