The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-02
FROM THE BOYS IN SERVICE
Recent Letters Descriptive of the Life of the Boys
in Army and Navy

! shelf at the head of NV bunk. with
Is key switch on the bottom of the
'hclf, about six inches from nv pillow.
and over my writing desk hangs a
french en-. protector bulb, in a hoche
ockct, with enameled shade, all of
which | found, scattered about in var
Gus dugouts in this vicinity. These
TWO lights are energized bv q pair of
l-vot storage batteries, also boche.
which volts gives bcaucoup light, the
Two lamps each receiving eight volts.
bong hooked in multiple, and the bat.
teries in series. When my lights get
linn, which they haven t vet. I'll lust
take MY storage batteries over to the
harsng plant of whatever division
happens 10 he up here, and have them
'harged, meanwhile using the pair
which they exchange to me while mine
are ''in hook
Outside | have several buckets. n
yash-basin, and an urn. This urn is
the thing. holding about fifteen gal
'ons of water. The only trouble is,
said fifteen gallons l have to lug in
buckets up the hill from Battalion
Headquarters, a quarter mile away.
But once all my buckets, canteens, and
the urn are filed up, water problem
AN rest for at least four DAYS, unless
= bath or clothes-washing comes in
order during that time. This afternoon
| heated myself a good bueketful of
water and spread my poncho and nv
self to nice warm bath. not sponge.
tut a combination of face cloth and
military brushes, soap and elbow
grcase mixed in. 1t was great, And
his morning boiled two bucketfuls
OF dirty clothes, and tomorrow I'll boil
another couple, and then ! can do
90 bunk fatigue for awhile, which will
sure seem good, having been on the de.
"ided hustle for the past three weeks.
Rumors ailOat are not to my liking:
It's said we are soon TO be relieved by
another regiment, and are to 20 back
20 "rcst camp" for at least a three
month s period Lots of the hovs are
tickled to death with that prospect. and
don { blame them. for we have been
on the front, and actively engaged for
nearly seven months now, and the
boys are many of them pretty sick of
Il, besides being tired out. nerves
rackcd, aud longing for something be-
sides this neck of the woods. with its
incessant din, and mud. and various
other things, including shrapnel gas.
vhizzbaugs, Jack ,Iohnsons,p &C.
I. cans etc.
The &C. I. cans is the name applied
90 projectiles Of cight-inch caliber and
mp. Tie name is used in speaking of
all our big galvanized iron cans. things
about three feet high of diameter
81 two feet, and used for water, coffee.
yartagr aud other uses too numerous
and useless to mention.
This Is wonderful pen-how much
am offered 9 Two cents" takes il
away,
Your remarks concerning the Red
Cross Christmas package were good.
and the coupon and my wishes have al
ready started over the pond to YOU. and
here 5 hoping YOU Il get it in time TO
fix IL up that way.
1t 5 too chilly down here for comfort,
and ! don I want TO build a fire now,
rs it ; too near time for me TO 90 TO
bed. Bowling relieves me in about two
hours, after the midnight communicate
comes IN, SO as John Boche" has dis
continued his souvenirs for the time be
ing, IN going to resume my place in
my bon maison. Up there a fire, if it
still lives, and hot coffee await me. 50
will take chance on sticking out my
pcriseope again for awhile.
Although sleep is scarce lately. | m
feeling fine as fiddle; guess my re.
cent eXertions aroused me from my in.
ertia, for | have been lcthargic for
somc time. Lovingly,
WYMAN.