Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-11-26
CAPT. EDGAR FELL
SENDS NEWSY LETTER
Tells Of Living In German OFF,
GERS Dug-Out At The
Front
SLEEPING IN HIS BED

\ Letters from the Annapolis boys
"oyer there" that have been for some
unaccountable reason delayed for
weeks and weeks. much to the anxiety
and distress of parents and friends,
are being received here daily in large
numbers.
4 The following is portion of let
ter just received by President and Mrs.
/ Fell, OF st. Johns College from their
son. Capt. Edgar Fell who is an intel
4 ligence officer of the 18th division. act
i ing now General STAFF officer of sec
ond section. ca This division is now
moving through Luxenburg toward the
/ Rhine, November 4th.
4 Il have just few minutes in which
1 to write
i This is to let you know all Is go
1 ing well. and as you know, the war
seems nearing an end. The war may
last some time yet. still doubt if we
run through another winter to spring
new that Austria has signed the arm
istice.
"The strain of the past weeks has
been terrific because you must admit
l have had a lot of responsibility. The
corps has been very kind, and has sent
officers TO help me out. but l am still
Co.
"Since ! last wrote, / have moved
forward again, and am living now in
German officers dugout, and sleeping
| in his bedl The dugout is high up on
hillside. and is most luxurious.
have large bed, wash stand, bureau,
fine full sized mirror, grandfather's
clock, beautiful settee and table. The
only trouble is that it is on the side
of hill, facing the Germans, and in
4 fact. the hill is a regular baseball
back STOP for their shells. Still l
have a nice deep cave in the back when
it gets too warm" After all. / am
very little in the dugout but spend all
my time in the field or in the Office.
"Time is absolutely forgotten in ac-
tive battle, nor does it matter wheth-
er it is day or night, and to go two
days without sleep is nothing; it oc-
ours often. Often sleep on the floor
of my Office with the phone" on the
floor near my head, and papers and
pencil by my side.
Il have not heard from you for a
long time, for we are constantly
moving on, but when we slow up
shall get my letters | have had a
wild and wondrous day today, and wish
could tell you all about it. 1t is now
from head to foot won't tell you
why. but you can blame the boche ar
tillery for it, All. we'll, it is great and
all that, but 1t is h.
II have lost an awful lot of my men,
those / had been training since last
spring, but 1t means victory, and we
are all smiles and the morale of the
men is wonderful. They will go any
where you tell them without hesita-
ton and without a single complaint.
| have seen men come out of bonn
bardment of 1900 high explosive
shells in two hours in a small woods
in which they were and yet be able to
laugh. joke and carry on as if nothing
had happened
\ II think mother dear, if can't bring
home the kaiser's helmetU haven't
captured it yetD ! can at least bring
you home the victory, and that soon.
1.-TWO officers closely associated with
me are, Col Mackall, who says he
used to hold me on his knee when he
was at Annapolis, and Col Stilwell.
the attache who was at the Spanish
embassy when / was there