The Sentinel=record., 1918-01-27

Roy l.. Ray, formerly of this city, and who was connected with the Ar
 mour & Go. local office as bookkeeper. for some time, and who is now some where along the battle front in France, has written Miss Thelma | Moody of this city the following in- teresting account of the war that,
 as he states, is not shown in the | moving picture films of what is trans piring across the big pond
 December l2, 1917. My Dear Thelma:
 Your letter of November 4th came today, and was of course more than glad to hear from you l suppose It
 was somewhat of surprise to you to hear about me away out here You cant have any idea of what it is like The awfulness of it all. l am sick of war for all time to come. The nov ing pictures only depict the best phase of it. They don't show the other side. l wish that I could tell you about it. Of course I cant now, but hope to be able to do so some time.
 You say is to marry a young officer. Well, my advice is to marry him before he comes over, for from what 1 have seen, his chances for coming out of 1t are not the best in the world. At least not a whit better i than the enlisted men. l had just as soon take my chances in the ranks and little bit sooner l think could have made the grade at the C. T. c easily, but decided at the last moment that l didn't want it. know a hundred other or more fel- lows who did go in, and are now commissioned officers Perhaps you read that story in the Saturday Even ing Post entitled. Little Buck Pri- vate" Well, that's me and l don't mind it. either, I say one thing fo: our outfit: We have seen as much real war as anybody in France, not to have been out any longer than we have There is something doing every minute
 have a dandy dugout, and take shelters therein quite frequently Of course these tin hats they give you are all right, but c.ey won't stop a very large projectile, so l play safety first when Fritz starts that shelling, or comes over and drops those call s,,. I 4uh han n stop one of them, you know.
 have seen air battles, planes brought down, balloons set on fire. and in fact everything that goes on in this grim business of making war ! have been very fortunate so far, l
 think. and only hope that my good luck stays with me through it all. | have been in the dumps for the past several days and don't seem to be able to come out of it somehow 1 1t is a hard matter to keep ones spirit up at all times out here, for the sur roundings are anything but pleasant. No matter where you look or what you hear it is all the same thing, and that is war.
 The roar of the guns is terrible most of the time, | would give any
 thing almost to get in some quiet spot away from everything and for get all this terrible business foi awhile It is all very interesting for
 time, but it isn't long before it loses all the excitement and becomes one of Che things in the daily routine If should go on at this rate very long you would suspect that I am suffering with cold feet, but such is not the case. was simply trying to tell you | something of what it is all like. l started this letter five days ago, but | lid not get to finish it. In the mean while there has been big snow and
 some of it blew in my hut. AS you can see from the looks of this letter. Please pardon the appearance of it, for l am afraid if l started another
 one l would never get it finished.