The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-08-15
Mrs. Fourier
Received Letter
from Her Son

Mrs e NJ Fournier OF 5I5 College
avenue, recently recsdved an unusual
ly interesting letter from her son. LIE
Roy Fournier. fsmiiiarly known TO his
friends here as babe" from some
where in France In which he de-
scribes in detail his work in connec-
tion with great artinery school over
there in which ne71s a student. lie
Roy has been employed for the last
seven or eight years with the Tellu-
ride association in Utah and Idaho
and he was taken into the army there
last November and sent to Camp Lew
is, Washington, for military training.
week later he Was sent to Camp
Mills. Long Island. where ne was re-
jected by the medical corps on account
of his eyesight. He then enlisted in
the signal corps with the seth artil-
lery and was ordered TO France in
January. where he attended the radio
school until May. when an accident
compelled him to go 10 the hospital
for three weeks. The latter part Of
June he began course of study at
the great artillery school at Saumur.
In his letter. which was written July
14th, the French national holiday. he
says in part:
I'VE have just completed our sec
ond week of school and tell you the
work keeps us most awful busy.
wish ! could give you an outline OF
the subjects we are studying here. AS
that may not be Just the proper thing
to do l shall only tell you that we
are learning great number of useful
things that we will be able to use ap-
ros la guerre I have in mind for one
thing. horse hygiene and horseback
riding. This school has a reputation
unsurpassed for cavalry and we are
learning all about the horse from the
most famous cavaIrymen in Europe.
Allfour instructors are of the very best
France has. They all speak very good
English, too. with a slight accent. but
nevertheless dramatically and ida
matically correct
I'VE get plenty of exercise and plen-
ty OF trips out into La Compagne,
which around this city is very beau
tiful. We go out on bicycles or on
motor trucks. This is the largest
school in the world devoted TO the
study of artillery they say and the
course of instruction is very thoro.
Men who go thru the officers training
thru this one to complete their per
paration for the highest positions. We
have several hundred such men here
at present Some OF them we're given
their commissions before leaving
America and GONE who have not yet
been commissioned. -
"The Y. NJ. c. A. here is located In
beautiful place. II occupies an old
mansion belonging to very rich
Frenchman. II is situated directly
behind the artillery school. less than
half block from our barracks. The
grounds surrounding it are like
great park. so we dtNdIs study anu
write our letters there. Al present ]
am sitting in one of the thatch-roofed
summer pavillions on the grounds and
can look out upon a small pond. sur
rounding which are many kinds of
splendid shade trees.
We'll. ] am wearing my first ser
vice stripe, little gold chevron on
the lower left sleeve. which signifies
that have been in your native coun-
try for six month. As look back
upon my experiences IL seems hardly
more than three months, but that is.
probably due to the fact that | have
been almost too busy to notice pass
ing OF time. II is hard to realize that
we are half way thru July and that
the summer is going 10 quickly. With
regards to all of my friends and with
love for you always. | am,
Your arectionate Son.
l.. Il. FOuRN1ER.
Army Candidates. School.
A. p. o. 71s, A. E. f. France.