The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-02-28

ERNEST.
ERNEST NOLAN.
End IL 2e Inf.
LIST Sta A. Z. r.
-. : F-.dsy. Jan. Is. 1918.
$500 p, n.
Ny Loving Folks:
have finished my work sooner
than usual tonight SO will write After
drilling all day. making an ispection
OF the mems feet. shoes and equip
ment. attending officers meeting and
answering all the letters written by
my platoon. I am relieved from furth-
er duties until SIX o'clock IN the morn
ing; and 1t that ! would really call
this an easy day. But by the way. ]
forgot something a,tho stili doing du-
ties with my company. I have been
appointed Battalion Gas OFFICER. 80
will have a lot of dope to read and
study up tonight, sFtfli ! am pleased
with my new appointment. however.
and feel that II l am successful with
the assignment Il will Undoubtedly
lead to something better. also gas In
this war playa q particular part and
all n man knows or can know about
IT will be for his betterment and also
his command. When at the front !
will have lot OF responsibility but
don't mind II as wouldn't feel nj
home without responsibility any
more.
The old guns at the front seem TO
be particularly active tonight and
keep up a continual rumble. But we
have been so long within hearing dis
tance OF the front that hardly notice
II any more. This would be very
interesting place to Father. All day
and night. troop trains pass going TO
and from the front In both directions.
All kinds OF soldiers. English. French.
Morracans. Africans. everything and
all kinds and descriptions OF arms and
armaments. II could but write OF
tho different things that have al
ready seen. the different Interesting
and exciting experiences I have had.
my letters would he interesting and
Instructive. but II can't be done.
The American people have no idea
OF the magnitude OF this war. The
thousands and millions OF men that
have TO be moved and operated to and
from the trenches ~ by clockwork.
and the merest7 nav caused by poor.
management VII stop the whole
works and movent. II is wonderful
and amazing and has only been
achieved BY perfect discipline and alb
soiute o6eying OF orders. Every unit
operates separately. and when orders
are received to take up q certain po-
sition the orders must be Immediately
no unit to take its place and every
link must be put In the chain. and
thus IL II passed down from the Army
Corp to the individual man and every
one haS their or bis responsibility.
Every branch OF the government
moves the same way. trains move here
by minutes. not hours: traffic Ia ter
ribiy heavy but not confused. there is
no time table on army stations stat
ing trains late. all trains move on
time and arrive and pull out on time.
the slightest interruption In traffic
would cause a stoppage OF the -hoie
chain. which might mean disaster.
like a shortage OF ammunition on a
certain front or the starving OF men
on another front. And thus say the
average American has no idea OF the
propensity OF this war and the time.
brains and money that have been ex-
hausted in perfectlng such n system.
Success to the Allies is inevitable.
become SO educated and advanced
that democracy must rule. and mon.
archy will be destroyed. II We did
not destroy Wilhelm. he would be a
pest TO the whole world and we would
have to repeat the same thing later.
80 the allies have decided TO finish
the job now. We might Just ns well
do Il up brown while we are at Il and
that's what wen do. The kaiser still
has some kick LEFT in him but he is
slipping and It won't take long now.
since he has started to slide.
There isn't much more for me TO
write about. folks: you really by read
ting the newspapers. know more about
the movements OF the 26th u 8. In.
tantry of tho lat Division than am