The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-08-20
BOYS IN FRANCE ARE
READING THE NEWS
Walter Cauthcn Writes His Mother
OF the Things He Reads i'm
This Paper.

The following letter has been re-
ceived by Mrs. w. (. Cauthen, OF
this city:
My Dear Mother:
Just few lines to let you know
[ am well and enjoying good health
Although at the present l am lust a
little tired and feel as though I
ought to put just little more
bunk fatigue" because 1 have put
in very good week drilling, etc,
and now l feel as though / should
put out some bunk fatigue" but I
will have all day tomorrow for that
so L presume l am making lust
about as valuable progress as I
should, because il has been a right
good while since l last wrote you. or
AT least 1t seems so to me, and l
have laid aside other pleasures to
try and write few lines home to
those whom l think Of so often AMI
wonder If they are getting along as
fine as l am. Not only because 1
think of home so much but because
L love to write you when | am at
leisure to keep you from Worrying
so. Really l do hope that you do
not worry so much about me. be-
cause l am getting along just fine,
enjoying good health and plenty of
work.
l received three newspapers from
The News today and found a great
deal of interesting news. such as
George Parr being in the first class
and Willie Strait. Well. that beats
me. We all enjoy reading The
News. even some of the bows from
the West enjoy reading it and
those that don't read the current
events take it out on the Funny
paper So you see the little paper
is always welcome to us. AS soon
as we finish with it in our Quarters
SEND 1T, or rather take it to some
OF the boys who are from Lancas-
ter county and let them see the
news.
So DR.. Poovey and DR.. Brown
captains in the NJ. D.'s,eh? Well,
that beats all / ever heard. DIR
Poovey and DR.. Brown; I never
would have thought of them getting
in this scrap.
| only wish l was permitted to
write YOU just few lines of NV
trip since I left SEWER. but such is
war. 'Everything is fair in love and
war;" so l guess | will have to hold
all of that back and combine it
with the experiences to come. and
then tell ii all at one time. but I
know my letters are boresome with
out any news in them. Neverthe-
less. you Will have to get accustom-
ed TO it all, because l am not trying
out my pen like some folks. even il
| do write rather often There is
no news that l know Of around here
because I haven't been out of camp
In week, and consequently there is
no news around here except military
news and that is scarce and pre-
cious. Anyway, 1 guess you all at
home get about as much of the i'm
portant news that can be obtained,
so you see there is, in fact. nothinc
to write about except I am we'll.
feeling fine. Hope you are well
Write often, etc.
How is Ethel getting along with
her Red Cross work. Just fine, I
nope. Tell her to keep up the good
work because every little bit helps
to down those hateful Huns and that
much earlier.
Mother l must close, although I
hate to, because when I am writing
you / am better satisfied, and I only
wish | could write more but the
censor might put me out on a pile
of rocks, so l will close for this
time. Give my best regards to all
and write real often to your
Loving Son, Dub"
Sgt Walter b. Cauthen.
Headquarters 1O5th Am. In
American r. F..
Censored by w. H. Cogswen, Jr.
Capt. NJ. G.. u. S.