The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-09-12
KHAKI COLUMN !
Sunday, Aug. is.

Somewhere in France
Dearest Mother, Father, Grannie,
Sisters and Bros.
A few lines to let my dear ones
back home in dear old Sunny n.y.,
| know am we'll and happy and enjoy
ing my "visit" in France, and hope
by the time this reaches you it will
find you all in the best of health, and
enjoying Gods beautiful rays Of sun.
am not so busy now-but at that
| have plenty to do, altho little
work hurts no one and really makes
real man of him. This is the first
time was ever so far away from
home-of course have been to Paint
Lick, Bryantsville and Stanford, and
a few places but this place has them
all beat
Tell my old friend Mr.. j. S. Has
eden, that when | get home | want
to get into the Real Estate business
with him as | have had some expert
ence in that line covering ground.
wish had a nickel for every mile !
have travelled ! would get a Is hour
pass, buy me an airplane and come
home to see you.
When got your letter with the
good L. S Money in it, got il
changed into French money and
wished you could have seen the
Francs that | got was some rich,
as the French people talk about
francs the same as we in the states
talk about dollars. We say for in
stance, that it is worth so many dol
lars, the French say it is worth so
many francs, and franc is worth
about Is cents in our money. and !
had IL l-2 francs for the $500.
Seems and sounds funny, doesn't it?
Mama and Papa, dear, think of
you all daily and | would like to have
papa with me so we could visit the
"old time" farms where they thrash
out their wheat in their own barns, as
they do not know what such thing
as a thrasher looks like. Their barns
are built right along side of their
homes and | go out to watch them
work as it certainly is interesting.
These people here where | am quar-
tered put me in the mind of being Mt
home as they have plenty of milk and
butter, and when ] want glass Of
milk or some eggs | just go in and
help myself. Fry my eggs on the
stove and fix me up nice lunch, and
sit down and eat it. If Madame
is not too busy she will fix it for me,
and to try to pay for it, they take it
as an insult, they say something which
means in English, No, no, not at all,
or something to that effect.
All the men certainly have COM
Portable quarters and our eats can
not be beat The Orderly Room" is
a private home and that is where |
am quartered. 1t certainly seems
strange to me to be behind lace cur
tains and see once more paper on the
walls.
The man and wife where | am
quartered are as nice as can possibly
be, they speak a little English, and !
a little" French, so we get along
fine and feel as if am away from
home at work and boarding at pri-
vate home.
have so much TO tell altho there
is a certain amount that | can write,
one really gets started on subject
and then he realizes that he has made
a mistake, and has to start over again.
In the French home the people all
wear something like house slippers
and when they go out, they have a
pair of wooden slippers they slip on.
The colored troops are known to
the French as the "Black Faced
Americans.
Guess you can tell froin the papers
that tie Americans are doing a won
derful amount of work and, ere long.
they will put an end to it all.
Please do not worry over me, as !
am well and enjoying myself and
from the way they are going after
the Kaiser they will soon have his
goat" Tell all my friends hello
for me.
| close asking God to bless you all,
looking to Him for guidance and
strength and trusting all to Him,
With love and sweet kisses,
Your son, Billy,
Address Corp. VIM. f. Miller,
NJ. G. Co., 81 Infantry, Regt.
Somewhere in France,
A p o., No. TIT, Via N. Y, A. F.. F.
On Active Service with the
L. S. Marine Farces Operating thru
Carnnan Lines