The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-08-16
Our Army Boys.

The belongings OF Walter hoWs
have been sent to his parents. Mr.. an
Mrs. ]. W. nowse, In this city, fron
TT. Riley, Kansas. where he has beel
in training and when last heard from
ne was on his way to an Atlantic Por
for overseas service.
A card from Carney Liehtfoot by hi
parents, Mr.. and Mrs, F. Il. Lightfoot
states that he has arrived safely over
seas and is in good health.
Letters received here by relative
from Graves Ivy state that he was re-
Gently wounded while serving on the
fireing line on the West front in France.
His wounds are not considered danger
sous. he states. He isa son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. E. Ivy of Hickory Withe. and
a brother Of Mrs. c. M. Reames Of
Somerville.
Relatives of boys in the army are
again asked to send US information OF
their Whereabouts and the doings so
that we may pass them on to the pub
lie. With more than one thousand
from this county in the service we
should be able to give full column
under this head each week. We cant
uuse whole letters, generally, but are
glad to have information about the
boys at the front. Won't you send 1t
40 US.
Somewhere In France
July A, 1918.
Dear Mamma and Papa:
At last | have found some stationery
so that can write you: | know 1t has
been sometime since | have written
but when tell you that am now right
eon the front line, know you will un
aderstand that 1t has been very hard to
get the necessary articles with which
to write. The Y. Nj. C. A. got lost
from our detachment so we have been
without stationery, tobacco and other
things of this kind. For while BOYS
like to have gone crazy for tobacco
uuti finally we did get one issue OF
Red Cross tobacco, we were smoking
coffee for substitute. Tobacco is as
essential in the trenches as food, and
it was a wise provision when Congress
passed the bill to have it issued to the
soldiers altho they have not yet begun
insureing it TO US.
AT the present time / am sitting In
an old school house that has been
shelled from all sides. the windows
have been knocke ed out and some of the
sides have large holes in them where
the shells have gone thru. The Ger
mans are about mile from US but at
night their .sentries and our sentries
are within stones, throw of each other.
When | first got under shellsfire
would not duck to the ground like
most of the men but when | witnessed
several casualties which resulted from
men not ducking, soon learned TO be
one of the first to duck when heard
shell coming, for it surely pays, Il is
funny TO see how men, officers and all
run for their dug-outs when Fritz puts
.over few big shells In our midst. We
a n~xa .aok haa~ hokka~aA xxssfh uaa .snuoh
only one time have / been in It, and
was with Heenan (the Irishman
wrote about before) on our way to re-
port to headquarters which was some
distance from where we we're stationed
We both smelt it at the same time and
you should have seen Us dive into our
gas maska After we had walked about
= hundred yards Heenan made me test
for gas and when found none we both
took off our Masks The day | wrote
you The card saying hoped to be
nearer the front soon we moved up
and have been on the front all this
time (aboat fifteen days. but we will
be relieved in the near future. We are
on the sector that you have read so
much about ia the papers, the last few
days.
1t Is very difficult to write letter
when onehas to bear In mind that If he
says one word too much that the en-
tire letter will go in the waste basket. ]
Your letters are not censored so you !
can write freely but mine are read
carefully when sent out. Our immed
late sector 10 usually quiet and has been
80 since We have been here except for
artillery fire. Aerial battles occur daily, /.
over our heads. but westake little in
terest IN them. except to duck for :
very few aeroplanes are brought down
A picket went across few nights :
ago into the G rman lines and volun- :
Eeerd to 60 with them but was not ac- r
,ept@d. when found out the result tie [
next morning | was truly glad that /
lhey did not take me Write him that :
referred TO him in my letter - .
t~eg.~t.fs - I hons ~ ufil rexer