Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-08-07
misunderstanding, then Eli come back
to you.
Yours sincerely,
Peter NJ. Kipperberg,
. Hdq. Co. 16 Inf,
A. E. F. France.

l LUZ. W. 1O ILL,
| A. E. F. France
A. E. F., July 5, 1918.
Dear folks:
We are back for six or seven days
rest now SO have lots of time to write.
We have been in the front line trenches
Just came out yesterday We sleep
during the day time and are up all
night. I am with an automatic rifle
squad-it shoots Is shots at lick and
an average Of 200 to $50 shots a min
ute. During the day we sleep in dug
outs. There are lots Of coolies (lice)
and all kinds Of rats. However, we get
good food and are fixed alright. We
take baths and change underwear to-
morrow. ~,
Roti, Stacy and caught ride on a
truck to another town, its about three
miles from where we are camping
There is a y. NJ. C. A., Salvation Army
! Canteen and, Red Cross Station here.
am writing this at the Y We have
just had two glasses of lemonade and
they say they will have hot chocolate
and sandwiches later There will be an
entertainment here tonight some trio
or something I don't think We'll
stay as we don't want to walk the three
miles in the dark.
l suppose the papers back there have
been full Of the Fourth of July cele-
bration we've had over here. We
Il DIN DOT Of h
i gave concert last night, but I guess
the fellows in Paris had a great time
Yesterdays paper says that there are
now over 100000 e. S. men in
France; I don't see how the war can
last longer than this summer. I can't
believe that the Fourth of July has al
i ready passed-the time has passed SO
i quickly since we landed here
| We are now in reserve, our next
move will be to the support and then
4 to the front line again. We went
straight to the front line when we went
in and they say everything went fine
considering it was our first experience.
The reserve certainly agrees with me.
We have all we want to eat, have
nothing to do but lie around. and the
weather is perfect.
/ Last night we went over to the Sal
Walton Army Canteen and had fresh
doughnuts and coffee. The doughnuts
had been rolled in powdered sugar and
were the best things I'd tasted since
we got over here. After that we went
to the Y. NJ. c. A. and saw moving
pictures-5 reels. They we're pretty
up so didn't get the greatest possible
lenjoyment out Of them.
We have breakfast at 7:30, dinner
at u 100 and supper at six. We are in
an American sector now and get all we
want to eat-some change from the
each bought can Of jam so will get
plenty Of sweets tonight.
I'll forget to tell you in my last letter
I that we we're paid the day before we
:. went to the line. I got 134112 francs.
A franc is about 1913 cents in our
money. I hope our pay will be more
regular now I have over 100 francs
Oh me and two months pay coming.
I wonder if the Co. I boys have come
over here yet.
i One Of the Sergeants just came in
here and we asked for permission tc
stay for the concert. We may be able
to catch a ride back on a truck and ii
:. doesn't get dark until 8 80 anyway.
Did I ever tell you that we were re
: viewed by General Pershing and his
staff about a month ago? The Ameri
can officers are so much more distin
guished looking than the English OF
French and dress much better. His
staff certainly looked classy. Most Of
, them are West Pointers. I suppose.
There are several American papers
: printed over here. The New York
; Herald and a Chicago paper and thu
Daily Mail They are all printed II
Paris. So while we are back here We
get all the news, even the baseball
,, scores in the big leagues.
I haven't heard from you for abou
= two weeks but expect mail any da.
now Will write again before we move
! Lovingly,
Harold