The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-18
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FOURTH TRIP TO FRONT LINE.
Robert T. Stephenson Writes from
France to His Parents.

Mr. and Mrs. William Stephenson of /
Winhall Station have received the fol
lowing letter from their son, Robert T.
Stephenson, of Company E, 1903 u. S.
infantry, written in France June 25:.
Dear Mother and Dad: so
Since I wrote you last, about two
weeks ago, / received letter from you
dated May IA. l didn't get chance to
write again as we were just ready to go
up to the front. This makes the fourth
trip in the front line.
As we were going in passed right by
La post where Earle Buckley was on
guard, but I didn't know about it until
quite while later, as it was dark when
/ passed him. We relieved his regiment
and / was asking q corporal in his COM
pany about him the next morning and he
knew him and said l passed right by his
| post as came in. sent him note just
| to let him know l was alive.
/ We had it very quiet until Sunday
morning, the 10th, when Fritz thought
he would start something, and he did
But we were right there and were also
there when the thing finished, and what
Twas left of Fritz's outfit went home on
the double OF course we met with a
few accidents, but nothing like what
the boche got l didn's get hit at all.
!, Last Monday morning l had touch
of rheumatism which resulted in one leg
dwelling and making me unfit for duty.
III reported to our lieutenant doctor and
he sent me to the hospital for treatment,
where am now. Do not worry, though
, for it is nothing serious and i am re-
lceiving good food and good care.
There are American Red Cross nurses
here and they are real nice to our boys
We also have visits from Red Cross girls
who bring writing paper, reading matter
, and other things.
II | do not know when I shall be bacl
, with the company so as to get my mail
. but | shall get it soon anyway. In you
last letter you spoke of a sweater tina
a lady in Brandon had sent to you TO
me, and by the description of it | thinl
Lit will be just what ] shall want mex
: winter The one Aunt Clara sent me ha
been very handy when l was on dut,
e nights, up in the lines especially. | d
n not know of anything you could send m
e now, as / am pretty well fixed for thing
l. until cold weather sets in, then | shal
need few things as mittens, stocking
and rubbers.
The stockings you sent me are dom
very good service ana Wnen get locate
l lagain I am going to send for some NOR
They wear like iron and are nice an
comfortable. When you knit the mitten
make them heavy and leave the forefiI
= ger by itself, and knit them of brow
: yarn, the same color as the last socl
" you sent me.
= Another thing you spoke of was m
allotment. Now don't you worry abo,
or that at all, as | attended to it and ha
it renewed in time SO as not to make
TX break in it. also took out an insuran'
De for $4,000, which only leaves me abo,
st So month now to spend, but it
h enough so that | can get by.
to / would like to write to some of Il
e. boys, but it is an awful job to wri
on when you can't say much. Give my r
ed CARDS to all of them whom you see al
ed tell them that | am going after 20
Bill" again pretty soon. Tell the wor
for me that the American Red Cross
certainly doing its bit over here as WI
as any of us boys. Your loving son,
ROBERT T. STEPHENSON.