The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-05-10

anyone was worried greatly, or
thought much about being sunk, al
though it was reported that several
slept in the life boats while going
through the danger zone.
Well Ollie, this is a great country.
1t seems to me about a hundred years
ehind America. Of course one has
10 take into consideration they have
been having "hell for four years and
are still having it, but when l see
them blowing with a rigging no
American could guess the name of,
and spading ground up by hand, l
can't help but think they are far be-
hind. They have fine horses and take
good care of them. You seldom sec
them worked abreast, mostly one
hitched to a big cart, and if they use
more it is tandem style. They also
use a lot Of oxen but work them
abreast with a sort of yoke attached
to their heads, which appears to me
like a mighty poor rig, but when one
! sees the loads they pull we think may
be they know more about that bust
less than we do. Then there are all
kinds of donkeys-they call them
here-but l would call them burrows,
which they drive to carts, etc. Seldom
see a real fat one and they are about
$ fast as our burrows back there, A
zeal fast one would make about a
mile in two hours, Dogs are about as
plentiful here as they are in an old
time Indian camp, and for the most
part are pretty good lockers. The
people are very good to Us, especially
the girls, and we have ahout. as much
fHnvphI0 o0ffInne n cH,on{I,oOr ~ or -.
old friend would an "eye. opener at
the parlor. 1t is tough to sit along
side of a fine looking gal" and not
pull out my "first lesson in French"
md then spend about an hour looking
for what l want to say, and finally not
be able to get my face in shape to
ay it. She reads it and then one must
spend the rest of the evening trying to
say it correctly. They are all will
ing to teach, both men and women be-
ing very patient. Some of the girls
are quite good looking, but believe me
I'D Top. l think more of the Amer
lean girl every day. All the women
are working here sand some of them
very hard, but no better than our own
women l am sure, if they are need
ed. Prices are high, about thu same
as they are in the U. s. l think this
is the best little drinking country I
ever saw. Everyone drinks, but you
seldom see a Frenchman drunk. Wine
is their %favorite and they use that
instead of water, and you a buy It
any place. Red wine costs about IS
ents for a quart, white wine ~ little
higher. You can get a pretty good
champagne for $1.25 per quart. They
make a pretty good beer that sells
for 1h francs per bottle and they
hold a little over a pint. l think rum
and cognac is about the same as it is
in America, but l don't like the taste
of it. l have eel any Ameri-
can whiskey, but hear you can get
it at times. The wine and beer is very
light. You could drink a couple Of
barrels and the world would not look
much brighter therefore it is a pretty
good drink for soldiers.
Well Ollie l wish you were over
here with me and know you wish the
same; but someone has to stay at
home and do the work there. And
some times l think they have the
hardest time. l am sure it is harder
for a mother who has a son over here
Or a wife with a husband, or a girl
with a sweetheart. We are so in.
terested in our work over here that
r minds are occupied with other
thoughts than the horrors of war.
With them, there is always a fear of
their loved ones being shot to pieces.
We are going to need a lot of help,
and you who are going to stay at home
will have plenty to do and I am sure
YOU will do it well. Without the uni
ted help of everyone in the U. S. A.,
we will fail ove here. Those who
do all they can at home deserve as
much credit as those over here. Buy
all the liberty bonds you can and try
% get others to do the anne. Never
turn down a Red Cross worker, and
we will make it so hot for the Huns
over here hell will seem like an ice
house to them. Hope you put in a
fine winter. l expect it is getting to
be real spring by now. Have been
going to write to a lot of the fellows
l promised letters and maybe I will
get the spirit some day. Give them
all my regards. How is Clarence max
ing it? Just sit down and write me 4
long letter. l can't tell you how goo!
1t seems to get one over here. Don't
wait to hear from me every time; ]
can't always write. George Marriott
anne over on the same boat, but l
iont know where he is now In the
surveyor generals office hangs a
service flag, and l feel highly hono,ed
as n Of the stars is for me.
Well Ollie this is about all l knew.
Presume you would like to know all
about our work, where we arc at.
etc. Never felt better in my life and
try, to do all | can to help my country
and bring this war to a close. Write
roon and very plainly like this. Chas.
+. Seelye, Co. B. 23rd engineers.
american Expeditionary Forces in
France. Ever your sincere friend.
CHARLES p. SEELYE.