Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-03-01
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WRITES FROM FRANCE
:. u Many Interesting Sights in
War Torn Country
Somewhere in France.
January 26. 1918.
"'' Pullman, Wash.

~ .ocaiyed your letter yesterday.
and one other is all the mail
...o had since Thanksgiving. That
wbat | get for not "fussing" at
,ool and having half dozen girls
arItipg regular now. l guess how
that have a bunch of mail
.r nm on route as the mail service
is very poor
oct enough of reading letters,
,,wover The battery officers an
.ror all the mail and the second lieu
,onaDts do most of the battery work.
wub no stamps required on letters
and the Y. NJ. c. A. furnishing sta
,ionery free, you can understand that
/, have quite a job. | have read d
tow letters already from w. S. c..
,orows to their friends which gave
mo information which | wanted, so
rou see even censoring mail is not
fVu
Without its compensations,
think that Honor ROLF is a
mighty fine idea 1t will give us a
chance to know what branch of the
service our friends are in and in that
vsy enable us to write to them.
We had fine trip from the tim e
we left the port of embarkation I'M
I'll we landed here in our camp. We
have seen much more country than
YOU would imagine and have seen a
good many things castles, etc. Of
real historical interest.
Whenever we stopped at a rest
camp for few days we would divide
the battery up and the officers would
conduct their platoons on tours with
guides to explain the different points.
You would be surprised how we'll
satisfied the men are, considering
they have not been let loose outside
Of camp without being under the
supervision of an officer. Some out
fits turned their men loose, but they
lad to pay the penalty. We have
not had single man penalized yet
for violating K. o. %.
The climate here is a great deal
IKE Pasadena. The nights are just
cold enough TO make sleeping nice
and the days warm enough to make
work pleasant. The soil is sandy
and all around the camp is covered
with forests. When l speak of for
ests mean French forests, not our
kind. They resem Bile parks more
taan real forest.
January 27, 1918.
had to quit to catch a ride to
town. 1t was my first visit to a
French city. l had only a 24-hour
pass, so l did not have much time
10 see the town. | spent the after
noon and evening in the stores buy
ing shoes, clothes, etc. Shoes are
aoCut the same price as in the Unit
Ell plates. In fact, | bought a pair
Vi u 5. made shoes cheaper than |
could have bought them in the
"a'es' Puttees are half the price of
'ne same goods in the U. S. Uniforms
are about 65 per cent the price they
are In the U. S. English and French
prices are about the same. l had no
uOuOle IN talking enough French to
make myself understood as I had a
''ar OF French at w. S. c. have
VIZ advantage over most of the
Ollcers as they can not even read
me newspapers.
! went to theatre and saw a
musical farce comedy which was
pretty good. By reading the synop-
',' ana catching an expression occa-
",OuSiiy' | was able to tell pretty
=. n''' "hat was going on. l think
'l'N Stutf is a little better than we
w. Inc actors put a little more
=, into their parts.
ine hotel where I stayed would
I'upafe favorably with the best in
uerica as far as service and dining
NJ, was concerned. The bed in
- 1''h l slept was so high that a
81. Fellow would have to use a
%. 'uuer 10 get into 1t, but after
~ ~ IN 1t it sunk half way to the
H. Inc mattress had a soft elder
,0ms mattress on top of it and the
c,,h, s were great big square
iDoha Hs Oh eiderdown about six
no, ' thick, The whole bed would
mr. neish over five or 10 pounds.
ny french surely know how to cook
h,a, "Ae beds. l may settle in
Ts, e after the war is over.
p,.oa Is certainly a wonderful
sbIs, Imagine me at my desk in
snot,~ 'eS with the windows open,
rerim cigar and listening to the
Amar' en'ai band playing good old
etc :, n waltzes, marches, foxtrots,
ROAD 'ne square just across the
DaIs., II don't seem much like cam
iovos ns' does it? l have never en-