Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-05-23

Ueuienani Carl Pay Bass. q former
McKieo beg. writes the folo@inE let
Ter 10 his aunt Miss Emma BAsL Of
this city;
FRANCE. April 20. islS-Dear
Aunt Emma; Your sweet letter Of
March q came this morning. and
though Il has been less than a week
since ! sent you = letter, ! shall write
again Letters are appreciated more
tan ever now. as I'm far away from
Paris and see nothing but military in
all forms Am very pleasantly stu
ated. my sleeping quarters are com
Portable and the feed Is very good.
Anything would be more pleasant
than living in Paris. One feels that
he is almost useless there and 1t
seems too much like civil life. Out
here, all is different and he realizes
that war is on. Am wondering how
YOU folks feel about the situation. Do
not be alarmed or uneasy about the
outcome. The situation at the front
serious, but everything will turn
out right in the end. Reverses are
bound 20 come when such vast num-
bers are hurled against the lines and
some ground is sure TO be lost but
such gains are too costly to last long.
At the proper time a smashing blow
will be delivered to the enemy and
the silver lining will begin to show
in the dark clouds which have been
over the Allies so long. Brighter days
are ahead for us.
In our camp, we have a splendid
military band, which plays real Amer
lean music and a first class Y. M. C.
A., which gives some kind of enter
tainment every evening, SO we enjoy
life to some extent. My homesick-
ness has entirely passed away as we
have no time for such thoughts.
Every minute of the day is taken up
and in so mich activity, one can only
think of the work on hand.
Understand, I'm not growing un-
Interested in home and all homefolks.
It will be the happiest time of my life
when l can com home and l shall
lose no time in getting there when
this terrible war is over.
1t is unfortunate that the United
States is not prepared to put a mil
lion fresh loops in the line. Am not
saying this in a complaining mannc
a. l freely appreciate what Uncle
Sam has done in a years time. I'm
in a better position to judge than you
folks back in the States, and / do say
without hesitation that the recent
criticisms Of the work of the admins
tration are groundless and ill-timed.
This is no time for political propa-
ganda land that is what it seems TO
bel and If the fault finders and rock
throwers would knuckle down to work
and do as well as those they are crit
icising, they would be Of much more
service to the cause and their coun-
try. There is nothing but praise and
admiration from the French and Brit
ish people for the magnificent spirit
shown by the U. s., A.
No letter has come from Uncle John
but il he has written, it will come
some day. All Of you must write Of
ten and keep me posted on everything.
l suggest that you send all of my let
tiers to Eugie, Claude or anyone Of the
family with instructions to pass them
on to the next. Am sure that / shall
have less time in the future TO write,
and in this way all can keep posted as
to every condition.
With much love to all and hoping
| a see you before the year is fin
ished, / am your loving nephew,
CARL.
How it feels to have a commission
in the air service is told by Russell
Moore, a graduate of Mcmillan High
School, and the son of E. D. Moore of
Columbia, in the following letter to
members of his family:
BOSCoMBE DOWN, Amesbury,
Wiltshire, April Z, 1918.-My dear
Mother: l have just received your
letters of March II and II.
: The farmers are not the only busy
l people just at this time of the year.
The boys over here are as busy as a
= bunch Of cats trying to climb a tin
{ roof. The farmers are putting in every
l minute in order to insure maximum
production as far as mar power can
bN' - wv III my ONH HUT huElu,
c find things in a whirl. Between the
machines and the machine guns, l
manage to keep most Of my time oc-
cupied with useful labor. | put in
s nineteen hours and forty-five minutes
s in the air this last two weeks. Prac-
d tically all Of this time was in service
machines. -Four Of my bunch, includ.
e, ing myself, planned a 35O-mile across
country last Tuesday. Payson and /
u made the course, Sherman got lost in
re the clouds about half an hour from
y home on the start and Griffith got
X lost over Ipswich. The most distant
Is point was Elmswell. 1t took US five
Ie hours and a half. Payson and I re.
turned through a wind and rair
le storm every twenty or thirty min.
n utes we would strike rain or sleet. Tn,
a machines tossed about like small
boats at sea. I was sure glad 70 see