The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-08-28
SOLDIERS WRITE MANY
LETTERS OF WAR LIFE
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Gay 4 Wouiu De Sldu 10 near from
the girls any time SO you tell them
to write.
We got our second shot in the arm
Saturday afternoon and my arm is so
lame / cannot raise it to my shoulder
but it did not put me out Of commits
sion entirely. but it has laid a lot
of the boys on their hunks, but not
me as yet.
Well ! did out my washing today
and you would laugh to see me at 1t.
We also have to wash our dishes, but
that's not bad. Well, aunt, l must
close now and shave. We have 10
have a clean shave all the time, so
have to shave every day.
Hoping you'll write to your lonely
soldier boy soon, I'm yours,
Mrs. Ed. King received the follow
ing letter from her son, Charles, who
is having a good time motoring in
France at the present time, according
to the letter which he writes:
France, July %, 1918.
Dear Mother:
Just few lines this evening to let
you know / an, alive and feeling fine.
The weather here is not very favor
able just now; it has been raining for
the last two days and been quite cold
end / have beer wondering If il is
ike this in the u. s., if 1t is / am
not in Georgia or we would have to
wade in the mud up to our ankles;
gee, it is a fright there when it rains.
But over here it can rain whole lot
before it gets very bad.
They have got regular roads over
here, all made out of stone and gravel
for a surface and some have got tar
for surface so you see there is not
much chance for mud if you stay in
the road. had a nice long drive
yesterday of 103 miles. / started
driving the commanding officers car
of the hospital and it sure is a good
job. 1t seems good to me to have
the car all to myself to take care of.
The other fellow that was driving it
didn't take very good care Of it but
IN have it o. k. in short time for
when / am not out / can spend my
spare time on it and go over the
parts that need attention; gee, when
l started out yesterday thought /
was driving a Ford, the darn thing
ratified SO, but this a. m. / went TO
work and frightened up everything so
1t sounds pretty good now.
Well, mother, / sure would have
liked to have been home when Grand
ma and Aunt Nellie and Uncle Chas.
were there and maybe ! could have
swiped his car and went for little
joy ride but / don't believe his bort
can come up to my Dodge. Cause the
darn thing sure can go like the d.
and it tickled me when we were go
H. L.. L. Hal. E~ox,nk
l would slow down to about 10 or IL
need to slow down, there isn't any
speed limit around here and gee, there
are signs as big as the side of
barn Just as you go into a town
telling how fast to run, but / don't
just understand their way of doing
things here as they don't go by miles,
it is kilometers and one hlometer is
about 5-8 of a mile so you see you
have got to stop and get out pencil
and paper at every town to see how
fast you can run, that is if you go &C
cording to their speed limit. Well,
mother, l can't see as the war is any
nearer the end than it was when we
got here but of course we don't know
much about it but we are all hoping
it will end when they say it will, the
last of August.
Well, Mother. / guess i have run
out of things to say so will close, mo-
ther mine. Answer soon.
As ever, your loving son,
Pvt. Chas. K. King,
Evac. Amb. Co. Prov. No. 1, A. f. F.
Mrs. Dan Youngs, of 253 Morton
avenue, is in receipt of the following
letter from her son, Burr Smith,
which he wrote in hospital to which
he had been sent following the act of
stopping or trying to stop a bullet
with his arm.
France, July %, 1918.
My Dear Mother:
| will write a few lines today to
let you know how | am. WellrI am
in the base hospital back cf the lines.
| got slightly wounded July % in the
left forearm but not very serious.
Just broken. / am getting the best
of doctors and nurses. / am getting
better care than as if was at home.
How are all the folks at home?
What is Eddie doing now? How is
Dan this summer Is Ed at Custer
yet or has he come across? What
is Goldie doing now? Tell her /
will answer her letter some day before
long. You can tell Uncle Frank how
| am so l will not have to write so
much. 1t is hard to write laying in.
Well l will have to close for this
time. Don't worry, will be all
right in little while. OF course it
will take time for broken arm to
get well but bullet wound is nothing
over here. The wound will be all
right in a few days, so don't worry.
Prvt. /. Burr Smith,
Base Hospital 46, Ward 5. A. f. +.
Mrs. Fred Walters of Smyrna has
received the following letter from
her cousin, Harmon Palmateer:
June 20, 1918.
Somewhere in France.
Dear Cousins:
am writing you few lines to let
you know l am still alive and having
a fine time in France with the u. s.
expeditionary forces. England and
France oro hcfh xx~o<xxv