The Yale expositor., 1918-05-09
our SOLDIER BOYS.
The Following is a Letter from
Roy Bricker who is with the
American Army Somewhere
In France.

American Army Somewhere
In France.
April z, 1918.
Dear Father and Mother:
Well, this has been another wet
day. Occasionally it clears up
and we have a few days of fine,
sunny weather. Then about tn.
thine everything gets dried up it
rains again. That is the way it
has been almost continually since
we arrived here. Just a success
ion of fine weather and squalls.
They started US in on another
course last Tuesday and since
that time we have certainly been
kept busy. They have been giving
it to us good and strong, | can tell
you. But Pm glad to get this work
as it is helping me on some things
about which | wasn't very sure.
And about the only way to accom-
plish anything worth while in any
line is by hard work.
We are still getting fine meals.
Occasionally we come down ana
get a meal. You should hear me
speak French in ordering meals.
I'm becoming real adapt at it.
| When we come down town we get
most anything we want to eat. For
instance Flanagan and | can't
down for supper and here is what
we had: French toast, three fried
eggs apiece, beef steak which
couldn't be beaten, French fried
potatoes, plum jam, Chocolate to
drink. Isn't that some meal? We
could have gotten anything else
we wanted but that sufficed nice
ly. 1t cost us about $3.50 apiece,
but its worth it to get a change
of eats once in a while.
l notice that an order has been
issued by the postal authorities
denying the people in America the
privilege of sending anything over
in the nature of food-stuffs, sweets
wearing-apparel or anything else
unless we boys over her. have
made a written request for same.
This request must be enclosed in
the package with the goods or it
will not be delivered from New
York. There is a very good reas-
on for this because the railroads
and steamers have been unable to
handle the huge consignment of
packages which have been sent
over. At the present time in con-
nection with every camp there is
a quartermaster store where one
can buy stockings, underwear
shoes, raincoats and nearly every
thing one wants to wear. Then
they have a comissary store where
you can buy candies, cigars, cigar
cites, candles, raisins, fruits, jam,
cookies or almost anything you
wish for less money than it can
be bought in the U. S. So you can
see why it is really wise for the
government to make this ruling
The Americans never lived better
in our lives than we can right now
in our lives than we can right
here from what they feed us and
what we can pick up cheaply. Oh
course it is great to be able to
watch the mail each day expect
ing something from home. There
is always the unexpected in each
package which makes it a real joy
to the receiver. Nevertheless u
government has a very big problem
on it's hands getting things over
to us and guess we shall have to
forgo the thrills we receive in
getting individual packages. How
ever, that is a small thing for us
to sacrifice for our country so we
shan't find any fault. If anyone
says anything about wanting to
send a package to someone over
here, just tell them to write a good
cheerful letter to the party instead
and it will be just as heartily APP
preciated by the recipient and will
be doing a good turn for our gov
eminent besides. Why on a recent
steamship from America we are
told that enough parcels post
packages arrived to fill seventeen
French coaches (about half as big
as American coaches) and a lot of
the things sent were useless to the
fellows when they arrived. OuI
package contained baby clothes.
Don't see how that would help a
soldier very much. Do you?
Practically everything which is