The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1918-06-06
ROY GILLETT WRITES HOME.
Member Of Idaho County Company
States They Win HOnors.

Mrs Emma GilIett received the fol-
lowing very interesting letter written
on NAV g. from her son Roy, who Is
in France with the 10th Engineers,
of which Company E,-the Idaho county
organization, Is a part. Roy, who. is
now a first-class sergeant, writes OF
a number of other Grangeville boys.
The letter follows:
said l was going to write to you
this afternoon and ] have been about
an hour getting this far. / wrote TO
Frank and Grandmother yesterday.
1t has been raining last night and
today. hope it gets through before
, tomorrow morning because 1t Is not
the least bit pleasant to drill in the
rain. The weather bug was pretty
good last week, however, 1t held on
until we were through drill yesterday
before it started to raining.
This is one of those kind of Sun
days that one does not want to do
anything but see the day pass, and yet
| the time just drags. We never got
up, or rather l never, until about 10
| this morning and 1t seems that l have
been going for two days already and
it is only four o'clock now. The kind
Of days one thinks most Of home and
wonders what is going on over there
! just now.
Grangeville is still hanging one on
Lewiston. We had a baseball game
the other night between Il. and #.
Cos. We only have time to play five
innings but when that time was up
the score stood 6 to 3 with E. Co.
first We made the two In the fifth
and could have made it more in a
nine inning game. We have quite
some display Of talent. l played first
base.
like the way Frank has Of in
viting me down to chicken dinner
with him. ! am going to keep the in
vitatiOn and eat chicken with him
yet: l hope 1t will still be in 1918.
Who knows but there Is a chance. If
Imagination does anything we have
chicken dinner quite ofen when we
eat our coffee, beans and prunes. We
had doughnuts for supper last night
and then an entertainment after sup
per. after which coffee and doughnuts
were we'd, so l guess we don't fare
so badly. Butter Is served about three
times a week.
Before this month Is over we will
be entitled to a service chevron. We
are also expecting our Border service
ribbons. 1t hardly seems that we have
been over here for six months. The
time has passed slowly but to look
back over the time it just seems to
have slipped away but not without
our gaining by all of it and learning
n whole lot, not only in a military
way but by seeing a great deal that
many of us would not have seen other
wise, and last but not least, Qearning
a foreign languGge?) 1t is supper
time so 1 will have to finish after
supper-It is finished so now for the
finish. / have found a new way OF
making potato salad, in fact l have
several dishes to bring home that you
need never mind about making VI
for me.
We had contest last night in the
manual of arms. One sergeant, one
corporal and one private from each
company, Sergeant Schwarz and Cor
poral Erskine dragged down two hon
ors but we lost out with the pri
vate. More credit for Co. Il. Two
weeks from last night we put on a bis
stunt, a silent drill One squad does
the work, Jack, Neil, Speck, RAY
Church and myself, the other three
you the outcome of that two weeks
little extra work but anything for the
company. l win be better able to tel
you the outcome of that wo weeks
from today but it will be good jusl
the same.
Well l must write to Carrie so ]
will close for this time. Love to all,