The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-04-04
Some Interesting Letters from
The Boys =

The Boys .
In France.
Dear Folks
| suppose You will be SUR
prised to learn that Willie and are
not together any more. / got q tele-
gram last week from the Adjutant
Generals Office at American Head
quarters to report for duty at once in
the printing department so here / am,
among strangers. and as far as l
know. the only Scotland boy here.
don't think l will like it very
we'll in the printing department., as
when / quit the business year ago,
/ didn't expect to work at the trade
again but it seems az though the gov
eminent won't even let me quit it.
Probably / will be able to get trans
ferred back. but it GEMS very doubt
full as they are putting us in positions
where we are best suited and most
valuable.
The rest Of the Scotland boys are
still together and have very good
camp. When left the boys l trav-
eled almost 400 miles alone so have
covered a big share Of France.
Some of the boys from our battery
were on the boat Tuscania, that was
Summarized off the Irish coast some
time ago. They all got to shore safe
ly. but have not joined the battery
yet. They were left at Camp Mer-
rift in the hospital on account of sick
ness, and came over on the Tuscania.
/ spent Sunday visiting the differ
emit places of interest in the city.
They have one of the largest railroad
bridges here have ever seen, built of
stone. They also have a lot of tun-
nels in France, and all the buildings
are built Of stone.
Have not seen anything of Joe, but
found out at the Office that he is To-
Gated about 100 miles south Of here.
l wrote him tonight and told him that
was transferred I haven't heard
from him since we got here.
Willie is better off than l am, az
he wont get as lonesome as will vii!
here all by myself. n.
On my way here stopped in Paris
for "a hours and took in the sights.
We have seen lot Of wonderful
things since we left the States.
When we landed in France we spent
about a week in the port town and
then went to a billet town. At that
place is az old castle over 500 years
old. went all thru the castle, and
the sights were great. IF / dared
to, 1 would write more about it. but
it would not be any use, as they
would probably scratch it out.
The next move was made about two
weeks ago and the boys are still To-
Gated there. It's camp town and
the boys have large stone barracks to
live in. It's ss good a place as any
we had in u. S. A.
We'll will have to close for this
time as it is almost bed time. Tell
Ed. and Kate that we got the helm
cts. soap and cigaretts since we got
to Franc. and we have even got a
few letters and newspapers.
Hoping to hear from YOU soon,
am. Lovingly
Duffy.
March 2. 1918.
AS have finished my work for
today am spending the evening in the
Y. M. C. A. writing letters.
Have been here at General Head
quarters for week and am getting
so that / kind Of like it here, altho
it is either showing or raining every
day. The place where Willie and
the rest of the Scotland boys are To-
Gated is a lot better than this. They
have regular summer weather. Joe
is located about $50 miles from here.
I wrote him a few days ago but have
not received a reply yet.
Our daily routine consists Of Re-
vile 6:30 q. M; breakfast 700;
We go to work in the printing Office
at 7:3O and work until 1:3O; one
hour for dinner and then work until
a 30 p. m. We are off duty then
for the rest Of the day. Sundays are
our only holidays; before we had Sat.