Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-12-05
Nov. 2. 1918.
MY Dear Mother and All:


letters, also some from George. am
very much pleased to see he is writ
ing to me so often, because it sure
makes me feel good He must be kept
quite busy with his school and all,
but look at me, write about as often
as the next one and I have to work
as hard as the next one, but like to
receive letters so it is up to me to
answer them.
Do you get good deal Of war news
back there? I wish could tell you
how things are going on, but will
have to wait until I get back. If you
will just keep my letters I will be able
to tell you whole history and just
about where I was when wrote them.
I have a little diary of my whole ca
reer. 1t will be real interesting to you
folks to read when I get back. I sup
pose you read about the things we
are doing.
am in dugout writing this to you.
On one front we. were on we didn't
have any dugouts to stay in, only
those we made ourselves. You should
have seen the pretty little one l had.
1t was just big enough ior me to lie
down comfortably. Well, I only wish
I had something to write on besides
nay knee, but I am getting used to
that. You will have to excuse this
pencil because my pen is dry. The
last time I filled it, I filled it with
Boche ink. I found it in a dugout
that they had parted from ''tout
SUITE" Say, by the way, George, how
are you coming along with your
French? Do you think you will be
able to carry on conversation
with me when get back? I am for.
getting a lot of it though because I
don't have the chance to speak it
everyday. I used to be able to speak
it 'beaucoup," but I guess I will pick
it up agoin.
folks when I get back. l don't ex-
pect it will be for some time though,
because you know there is a lot for
US boys to do before we start back.
We want to finish this thing up right
before we do start back SO that we
won't ever have to come back over
again.
Does Mrs. Hawkins ever hear from
Everett much? l haven't seen him in
a long time, but guess he is all right.
There are just few Baraboo boys in
my company. The most of them went
to different organizations.
I would like to write more often
but I don't get the chance. You
almost know how circumstances are
here. Sometimes when do have
lot of time to write I don't happen to
have any paper or envelopes. They
are the hardest thing to get some
times, so if you will enclose a small
envelope and some paper then [ may
be able to sit right down and answer
your letter Immediately. That is what
Mrs. Burkhardt did in her letter..
was going to mention it in those re-
quests I sent you some time ago, but
the way I travel around there isn't
any use of having so much on hand
because it gets soiled. | was on de-
tached service for about three weeks,
but / am now back with the company.
I like my work I am doing now. I
am doing different kind Of work than
I used to be doing. George, you said
something about seeing a French IS
m m. gun. Well, could tell you
how many have seen and heard, and
the larger ones, too, that could hear
real plain right now.
I received a letter from Horace
Wieglow. / wrote to him and address
it home, but he is in the army and
over in Italy. He likes it quite well
over there by the way he writes.
There is surely a lot of fellows in the
army from Baraboo, alright.
I got two cards from Frank Griggs
the other day and have written to
him.
received the pictures you sent me
and am enclosing one of myself, that
, had taken just after I got back from
the Soissions front I look pretty
tough, but it will give you some idea
how look. I only. wish I could tell
you how many different places have
been in the past five months.
Say, mother, do you know of any
thing that is good for "cooties?" We
all have lots of them. I am figuring
on going through the delousing plant
before long, but then they will come
back again. We sure have to endure
a lot of hardships and you don't-ex-
actly realize what it is like