The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1918-02-01
SOLDIERS LETTERS
From PendIetOn Hall, son of Mr..
And Mrs. ]. H. Hall, with a
Hospital Unite With the Brit
;5h A-,

France, Dec. Ia, LII.
Dearest Mother and Dad:-
l am writing this letter in
our new Y. M. C. A. hut. 1t is
sure a nice place. OF course the
Y. NJ. c. A. have another big
hut and concert room in the
camp but it is too far from our
hospital for us to use it and be-
sides it is always crowded with
"Tomrnies." Then the Church Of
England has a recreation hut in
our camp but is is especially for
the wounded so that is always
crowded. Well, we had no warm
place to go when off duty, no
place to sit and talk or write or
read, so Chaplain Dancey and
LIT. Col. Collins put in a request
for a hut for us and it was given.
We moved in" about two weeks
ago. Nice big room about 20 x
35, with plenty Of nice easy
chairs and writing tables. Also
we have a big library of good
novels from the states. Just to
show how popular the place is,
look around with me. Over a.
cross the room are two fellows
playing checkers, ten or fifteen
others are writing letters, a
couple are talking and the rest
are sitting around the stove
reading, some with their feet
perched up on the railing, some
almost out of sight in their
chairs, Oh! / said they were all
reading, but | see Chat Tallman
is asleep. Our hut is some place
and it's for us alone.
Well, ! am going to answer
as many of your questions as
possible. First. | received KS let
ter and am answering it tonight.
Second, = = = Third. we
sleep in tents but huts are being
erected and we will be under
roof by Xmas. Fourth, we work
bloomin' hard and get very
good food and good water.
Fifth, the tobacco is rotten. Say.
that reminds me, your last let
ter said, tobacco was "nopoo" or
in other words you were not
allowed to send it. The other fell
lows get pounds of it and have
since we got here, so try again,
! could sure use those cigars.
Now | refuse to answer anymore
questions in this letter. In my
next, which will write about
six months hence | will swear
to answer the rest. Now I'll cut
out the foolishness and settle
down to this letter.
I've received all the letters you
have written so far, two of them
however, had been all over
France. Now, please, address
them as Maj. Beasley wrote you,
that is the best address. The
trouble is, our being an Ameri-
can Unite in a British hospital
they get our mail mixed, so if
you address them as Maj. Beas-
ley instructed, I'll get the let
tiers.
| received the sweaters and
the boots. Those boots were just
what / wanted and needed. Just
imagine being pulled out of bed
about 2 a. m, for a convoy when
its raining like blazes, and have
to slop around in shoes for two
or three hours, not very nice,
so those boots are "ties bien,"
or in English fine" | meant
when ! wired for you to send
my old sweaters, but from your
letter | took it that you thought
! meant to buy new ones. Why
the extravaganza, when these
are good? But, I'll sure appre-
ciate the Red Cross sweater, and
| can use it.
Your Xmas box is here and
packed under my bunk. I'm nuts
to omen II but won't until Xmas
morning. also have Uncle
WINS box. Miss Locke Arnold