Arizona republican., 1918-09-30
SEEING AMERICA IN FRANCE |S B|C SIGHT
 WRITES ROY MURRAY

OnCle sam WdrenOuSeS there are measured in miles, not feet, is the statement of Roy M. Murray, formerly of McDougall and. Cassou of Phoenix in letter to Joe Cassou. Murray now is in France and is learning to be an artilleryman. His letter is as follows:
 Artillery Candidates School
 A. P. o. No. 71S
 American Exp. Forces.
 France 9, 10. Dear Joe:
 I have not written to you for quite a while because I have been moving, and moving in France in these days and times requires time.
 Four of us from the regiment are up here taking a course in artillery and if we are successful, we obtain the rank of second lieutenant. There is a whole lot hangs on that prhase "If we are successful" so do not anticipate too much that your former companion in crime will obtain it. But 1 am going to shoot hard for it anG here's hoping. In any case the course is interesting and no matter how dense fellow is he can gather a good deal of infor- nation that will be useful wherever he is placed.
 The school buildings were formerly used by the French government as a cavalry school and were built in l110. Some of the newer additions were made in the year 1928, or as our friend Archie Cater would say, the pre-Vlc- torian period.
 L l.. ;,,tn tiroor tn fO know that the four that came from our regi- ment were from Phoenix, though pos sibly you do not know all of them. Lln- vile Lutgerding, Bert Clingan, B. E. Gilpin and myself are the Phoenix club, but there are several more chasing around the campus, Lieutenant Price from Chandler, Lieutenant J. E. MIG Comb and. Lieutenant Watson FlcKreii' who have been over for about month and are taking this course ln aoulllon to the one they took in the states. During the week we are busy rom 5.45 a. m.. to 10 D. m., and It IS only on Saturday nights and sundays lna' we can browse around and gossip Tonieht is Saturday night, hence the wild. intoxication of letter writing,
 Tn one of the cities of southerl France I was fortunate enough to run | into Major Conway, and ne LOOK us around all afternoon showing the l America in France. 1 wonder uo you neonle over there form any idea or the | tremendous amount of Work uohe ps l America. here? Since coming over neie | A few months ago l have run lii'o | good deal of the "Amerlca' paI no' | until the major took me arounG' ulu .ns | eyes begin to open wide. In the s,a'es won think of warehouse as pelhs ot l many feet long. Over here tney coul.' | the measurement in miles. nae 1 ;Jlustration that can follow all the way through too. The whole thing IS tre- mendous, and Uncle Sam is going to DC nrenared to give every man he sends to the front line the right kind or paek, 1 ing Old MT. Boche better get hep to himself pretty soon and crawl out o | his hole before this American gang seE 1 in f,,ll swing. They have snown Una they can scrap alongside Of any O | them. and every man wants to get ui | to the front and get in the exclteHiellt Two of the boys in my room nave JUS come down from the front, and the! surely have interesting stories to tell I feel like a low-down raw recrul when they are talking.
 What's new in Phoenix these days I suppose Art Rick still has the same line? When you see him "this morning tell the old boy that he isn't in it witt the French when it comes to long distance talking. They're prize win ners for sure. As an after the war suggestion, you might tell him tha Halle Carnst' would be a very popula name for his theater but he, no doubt is arranging for such change al ready.
 My regards to everyone, including John Thomas. Write me often and b. sure to tell if fancy hose are correc for the coming season.
 l ROY