Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-20


Gardiner. is in receipt Ct the follow
ing letter from her son, Russell
Grover:
May l., 1918.
! Dear Mother:
! | will write few lines this after
noon as it is rainy today. | have
been sent up to the gun. You can be-
iieVe me we have got regular little
aome here. Where we stay and live
is between % to 80 foot under
ground so you see we have got a
bomb proof place to stay. There are
Is feet of earth from the top of the
! ground to the roof of the dugout
| There are five of us in it and n
sergeant who is in charge Of us. One
of the fellows is from Buffalo. n. ".
and one from Detroit, Mich, and they
are all good fellows. We have named
the duSout, Hotel De Gink. When
one of us go back every night for our
, rations we go to the Y. NJ. c. A. and
buy all kinds of canned goods and
cookies and have great feeds. We
. had a two course dinner this noon
and tonight we are going to have
green peas and potatoes and steak.
; cookies and jam. To walk down into
our dugout you would never know
. there was a war on, we have a table
, and an easy chair and hunks up on
the wall. It's just like a little home.
Well, how is everything at home? ?
Do you know if Willie Sparrow got
| 1-Ax l.
when I was in England but ! have not
heard from him. This is my address.
No. 336l95, Cd Div, Y. Bly,. T. NJ
3D., France. Just imagine me sitting
here smoking a cigar writing this
letter. l am going to send you some
of this French money home for You
to keep for me. Next pay day I will
send all the different kinds of notes
that | can get. Say, have you re-
ceIved my assigned pay yet. 1t takes
effect the first of June. but you may
not get it until the middle of July,
the 10th at the latest anyway. Well,
must close now, hoping that all is
we'll at home.
From your loving son.
RUSSELL.
Write as often as you can.
Mr.. and Mrs. Max Slcsberg Of .iu-
gusta have recently received the fol-
lowing from their son. Sergeant Ben
| iamin r. Slosherg. Co. +. LIST Div,
Motor Supply Train. A. r. r.
May II, 1918.
Dear loving Folks:
| received letter from home to-
that you haven't heard from me for
long time. I can't seem to under
stand it for | keep writing regularly
once and twice each week.
| | have some real good news for
YOU. / am now driving n big Cadil-
lac car for our Major. I tell you it
is great No more driving 3-ton
trucks. Just think dear folks all
have to do is to drive this big tour
ing car and take care of it, We so
all over France and l always stay in
the best hotels. My expenses paid,
pretty nice / call it.
I've already been to Paris-just
think, real gay Paris, twice and
expect to go many more times. /
also visit all the big cities Of France,
, making two and three Gay trips.
just returned from 3-days trip
to Paris and on the last night it was
raided by aeroplanes. l can't begin
to tell you the excitement. All the
people. women and children. runping
for caves and dugouts for protection.
! ran myself--but not 10 cave---I
ran for cafe.
Enclosed you will fin1 an order to
send me a box of so Blackstone
cigars. 1t is impossible to buy a
good cigar here. Send it right along
as it takes a long while for it to come.
All the boys are well and healthy.
Edgar Marden. STICKY" Randall and
all of them. suppose YOU have
heard that "Sticky" was made a I'd
lieutenant.
No doubt you will get all my let
ters soon. but keep on writing. I'll
write again soon, with love to you all.
BENNIE.