The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-27
PRIVATE STOKES SAYS YANKEES
 BEWILDER HUNS
Has Been in Base Hospital Near Spain; Met School
 mate There.

The following letters were written by Private Arthur E. Stokes, who is Q member of Company c, 103rd Field Signal Corps, to his mother, Mrs. Catherine Stokes, of 1156 Park ave- nue. Private Stokes enlisted in March of this year and went overseas early in April. At the time the let ters were written he was in Base Hos rital No. 22. He was in the trenches 29 days. He was quite badly smashed up in the big drive around the 29th of July.
 In his first letter he says: '"The Germans are getting their just de- serts We chased them back about 30 miles day and night and never gave them any rest. They don't know what to make of the Americans as they never saw their equals and they surrender by the hundreds to our boys. I am proud to say (thi5 letter was written under date of Aug ust 10) that I was in the front of the biggest drive that has yet been made. You should have seen me when l came out of the trenches. 1 was a picture for Puck. All l had on was part of a pair of pants, shirt and shoes, as we had to discard every thing. I am now in Base Hospital 22, ward 19. I have been here for two weks. A high explosive shell knocked me out. l am far from the firing line now, nearly in Spain. It took the hospital train over a day and a half to get us here. The base hospital is near town named Bor- deaux."
 The second letter written August 21. is as follows: "I am about to be transferred from the hospital to a casualty camp. This is the only time 1 have seen a bed since leaving home and hardly knew how to take off my clothes to get into it as I have slept with my shoes and everything else on. Our Red Cross nurses (French girls included), and doctors treat us great for they all know what the boys have been through.
 There is an aviation school in back of us and we watch them learn. ing to fly all day long. Sunday we had a concert and vaudeville show and last night a band concert. Dr Somers, first lieutenant here in the hospital and schoolmate of mine who lives in your neighborhood, has made things very pleasant for me.
 When I leave here I will go tC what is called a casualty camp where we are sorted out in classes A, B, C. D. A Is back to the lines (where ] hope I can gO) B S two to SIX months the rear; c Is a year n the rear D Is home.
 This country is very warm. There are a lot of Spaniards working here and when I come back home I vii be talking all languages, can speal French fairly well now and as it came very easily to me kept it up. I hope when I get back there will be pile of mail awaiting me. Think my al. vision must be resting now.
 Have seen a lot of France as tn, first place hit was near Belgium ana am now down near Spain. hope t, see Paris again shortly and 1t vii be the third time I have been there Hope to be home by Christmas as VI have got the Huns licked to a stand still. You should see and hear tn, hollering of the Americans as we g, over the top. It is enough to frightel the life out of the Huns forever. Tel all my friends that l am still going tt fight. I like to fight on the front lin rather than have soft job in bacl