Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-11
Letters From
Local Soldiers
Charles A. Groves.

SHtnEICS n OAONCSs
Dear Sis:
The first thing is. why haven't you
received the letters which / have
written you. / have written so many
of them that they must be delayed.
/ told you in several OF my letters that
/ received your two boxes safely and
with many thanks, also / have written
a letter OF thanks to the Red Cross
although It vas a short one, / think 1t
will answer the purpose. AS to the
news 1 sem why, Sis, / tell you all
I possible can without getting into
trouble. I know lots of the boys send
O great deal of news homo that they
aren't supposed to and besides, Sis. a
whole lot of the news they send is all
''bull' as they take advantage of
their being over here and think that
the folks at home will believe 1t and
no doubt they do, but you can believe
all / write Is rue and besides / will
not tell all I know even II II would
get through the censor for some Ger
man might get hold of 1t and 1t would
make a whole lot of trouble for the
Annex. Forces and 1 do not want to
do that for / am trying very hard to
do the biggest bit that / know how
and the more I can do the soone the
war will be over but Sis. you al rely
on me to tell all / possibly can and
more to If 1t is possible but all I tell
will have nothing to do with troop
movements and the like; there is no
sense taking a chance OF getting stuck
up against some stone wall over here
as I would sooner die like a man IL
I have to than die nk a traitor for
disclosing some army secret for what
I might tell you. I might not think
IL had n meaning but still might
mean a whole lot to a boche II he
could get hold of II and you know
IL does not do to trust anyone these
days. Why only the other day the
| fellow that works with me was called
up before the captain and threatened
with a court martial for codeing n
all that as in his letter was an auto
number. It seems that his people
wrote him saying that they had a new
auto no. n they gave the number
in the letter n when he wrote home
he put the number in his letter and
asked them IL there was a letter at the
end of the number and the censor
held the letter and said that the next
time IL happened he would get a c.
NJ. and believe me that IL q pretty
serious thing. so although some Of the
lads take q chance I don't intend 10
as 1 have a clear record so far and
I don't intend to stain It with q court
martial; well enough of this. / heard
| IOOhy IndI bOme VI Iuo DOyb daht
came over with US are going back to
the states to be instructors at the
camps and I also heard hat some
of the boys out OF the. Prov. Act. Bn.
which / was in were transferred to
the Infantry and are now at the front
and that quite a number OF them have
been shot up. The other night
twenty-four of them were sent out In
a raiding party and only one came
back; some OF the boys have already
came back from there wounded. that
is where I got my news.
/ ave taken several little trips
around the country within the radius
of eighteen miles about the camp but
outside OF seeing a few flying ma
chimes n hundreds of auto trucks
going to the front why there isn't
much TO tell.
I am trying very hard TO learn
French but / can't seem 10 get the
hang OF II but / am doing fairly well
n hope to earn II.
Hoping that you get my mail o. X.
and that you write often. I remain as
Your loving bro.
CHAS.