Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-03-08

umns. v,.ch will be- found very in
trrcNirg The Letter j. from Lieut.
Wiliam " !!sndS. Jr- Quarter Mas
t.r's Corps. Unassigned. care Gener-
~ Headquarters. American Expedi
t!oa.ry Fore. D. via N"N Nurk. and Is
wr.ttrI 10 his 'iutnrr. Mrs. W. VI
ii.ndS ~ BuYa'lt. ;h,pueh the cour-
t"sy - whom ii j. herewith repro
duc"d.
"Som"wh"r" in. France.
"l,'ar Mother
TO YOU. dear. | am writing IN,
first letter from thi, ~id" Of the deep
b'n" Atlantic turui' James is here
with M in IN" tent writing to his mo
ihrr We hav" iu,, returned from
n: barber shop uu 'h' Rue. whcr"
~" rad our fir shay" and haircut
Son Cf the lady BARRIERS could speak
English. 80 We had 10 make nois.
like razor and clippers. Before W"
left "" were speaking French and
they were speaking English II will
not tan" long To catch on. for they
all seem very glad to teach YOU. They
arc all very polite | wish ii was
possible for me 10 writ" you all
about everything. but we can only
mention few things. and will tell
you the remainder when ! return
w" were on the ocean nearly
month and .acl, day seemed like a
month We had an uneventful trip.
only for IA very bad storm, which
continued for two days and nights
II was "A scary tim. for all The shin
was doing some tall corkscrew dips
and the number down for meals was
very slim. Fortunately did not
get seasick. but MANY were in n had
fix. We wore all our clothes and life
belts during the storm and also thru
the war zone. so You can seq that we
did not get much rest. Nv feet are
still very sore. caused from sleeniny
in my shoes so LONG. am ashamed
to saw lust how long was withou,
a bath; the last real ON, | had was
in New York on Christmas eve
will long remember that dav. We re.
maincd i'm harbor for several DAYS
hut the water was not allowed for
baths As soon as We left the har
hor /! had a fine salt water bath. Int
soon III" shin ran into a storm and
i, was too danyerous for Ms To re-
move our clothes or lif.-b.us Rut
They have regular bath houses os
III" hotels ar. not e,uipp"l for bath.
or shining shoes
- ou ranno; imurin. how surnr;s
cd was To ruu upou ro,,iu .Inhu
Graves. of Atlanta. W.. had ONLY
| landed Il fn,y hours uutil ,rc met sn
Nou see this is a lir,I,. world. after
| II am fixed up very comfortable.
here am. and they ,rry. uS good
meals. Yesterday had a very nice
birthday dinner. but of course il VA
nothing like what would have had
at home. received your cable
gram birthday greetings all o. *.
"Winc is served with all meals.
and il is very appetiziug and aids III.
grstion | am afraid To drink thi.
water: YOU never know whether il
pure So with all NV meals. do a.
the Romans do. drink due Vim
Rouge One Of tn. hoys with me
from Iiraureeard. got his French
mixed up and said To the waiter
douze for 'deux'. and the waiter
brought him out twelve glasses ..
wine instead of two. | was out walk
ing today looking at the old church
IS and quaint BUILDINGS. and il wa,
a great sight to see where old his
torical things happened hundred
of years aru. Have not seen "A wood
.n house since | landed. All ar. ol
stone and very quaint. and hook &c
have been built years ago. The rail
way carriages are odd and III. on.
gincs also. 1t is all like a great
dream. and have to pinch mysel,
often to see if am awake. hay,
been looking in the shop windows ~
the furniture and curios; YOU woull
20 wild about we old furnitur,.' I'm,
don't like to talk about it for il
brings me memories of the days at
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