Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-10-28
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Soldiers Letters &"

Letter from Lloyd raIilottE son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. d. g. Elibjt, ,oEKen,
dali. Lloyd is formPEF Ftyaent and
well known athlete OF Henry Ken
DAN college as is also shist tErother
Harold ",p
Lloyd Elliott is with thcisthsbilIoon
company A. l.. +. I. 49,
Somewhere in MuduyFrnaee."
My Dear Mother: y .E;Vs
Have been working 'haed .the' last
week. | suspect you ,ihaNF read
about the drive. am. stillU&fth the
intelligence department IllR,tnqvo
been assigned to forward VQbserya-
tion work, so have oppoTtInify1o o see
all the excitement ahd all jaction
which takes place. The ptifht the
drive started | received Art let1ets
from home Had Just craEtedAbe- =
tween the blankets andkwasS'aBmost
asleep when some one yeQSsl ,,Tnail
Every one was out of.thAF;tkilts In
a iiffy and down the hlll16$ar9s' the
mail truck az though tNeE4e rtfians
were coming over the t9pleiH FH',
You may imagine mWJqN Aad.Shaw
pleased | was to get yout yIkt3fI out
of the handful that c3ufe in. d INkntw
| have n bunch of mail sahs,phefc
on the road because thk(9tarb .the
first | have received in. e long itime
and I know you writel d gSIJetly.
had TO wait until theFf6ll6&} }pk; day
to road them as we canp Of, BURN "A
candle after night. LAM n Bior-
ious hawling out becaQset It.struck a
match TO SEQ who thSyrytrtt from.
But far be it from meste Idind that
when | had four big tattl e0eTsi to
read the following day
So / went back and Icra Yiedr in
bed again, All the preHaS1tlhp 1--we
make tor bed W here .lsl toetGlA.'uff
our gun and gas masE Itg tsskfi tiur
pup tont spread our 'blSJsb,tfs Ehnd
crawl In for "A good night1{ sHSp The
Germans delight in bdallkriAEIus at
night with gas. r!.fI ~ ~ ~.
Well, at o'clock this'saJtk MORN
Ing the big drive sLsrSad, !SoSi got
up. threw light blanEAtIt ItqiL, ,uyer
my shoulder. strapped R3p MY gun
and was off for my post tIfMi. "a.
Upon arriving at my, bpst, ktKiGch
happened 10 he In a, bfRL as&eJ JUst
over the trenches, thiuEStweSS going
you could see the flash;M, ,kpVirtds
OF guns both large and l.naJIs also
different colored rocA cAtthfsikrt. up
from no mans land KY III Gould
hear numerous planes. .fkhtk.Ln bat
tie formation, hut could ;hN H3e, them
TIL it got light Just aIkBk(bGeak /
saw one OF the m6s1 'klhrful
sights | ever expect % it
/ 4. (. !. S: : !. !.
was a barrage and n pr
liquid fire. II is ain e
TO describe T., but II
s"ething furnace Of I
fivN kilometers zone d
miles,, and wondert H.
ful sight. hnt oh. son {And
horrible because Il destf nery
thing It came in contact WtWfA This
sure reminded mo OF whAa Sherman
said After daylight tho Sbaule CON
unucd with Increased viBer, apdtyou
could see tho gun clouds and shells
~ they burst and came rnllihg oyer
no mans land. ! was relieYaIf at 2
and heat II back 10 camp tl,Epr; sbme
sleep There are so maRXfrngs ]
would like to tell ABOUT HNk1battIe,
but Will have 10 wait.
The other night things pret-
,y quiet so thought hsss Nance
for a good nights sleep. .rtIAS fesss d
for the first time in--IrWPRt asay
how long-and crawled betHf8en the
blankets with n wad.r Off .0ptton In
each car. Had Just ABOUT 10 min
utos comfort when one otlthose nee
essary but much loved orderlies