Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-01-10
France, Dec. 4, 1917.

IildiICIy, "A. IL. l.
France, Dec. 4, 1917.
Dear Father and All:
am writing to you this time
because | guess it is about your
turn to get a letter. am feeling
y. X. and hope this finds you the
same. guess it. will, too, If you
haven't changed since l left, be-
cause ! guess God never made
you to get sick, and l hope not.
SO you are now storing war
junk under your belt. Well,
guess you can get along with all
that, as am, and l am sure
working as hard as you.
Well, I got one Xmas box from
you yesterday and was glad to
get it. Iwant to thank you for
the box of cigars you sent me.
They are very nice. and I shall do
justice to them. The nuts were
very nice and the will last quite a
while. l wish you would tell
mother the jell is very nice, and
so is the picalilli Il guess that's
the Way you spell it, and wish
to thank her for it,.
! also got box from "Heck''
Adams. 1t is the first time |
have heard from him. He sent
me two more pairs of wool socks,
some cigarettes and tobacco. All
OF it was stamped with Canadian
stamps. Z
I received a box of candy from
Florence also, so you see | have
quite store of stuff" on hand
now.
! received your letters of Oc1
tober 81, November and 6, and
will try to answer some of your
questions.
or course you are receiving less
mail from me than you did before
and when we are sent TO the
trenches YOU will probably receive
less than you are now.
Glenn and do not sleep to-
gether any more, because | sleep
alone. and so does -he, but we both
sleep i'm the same building, about
ten feet apart, SO we do not get
lonesome.
We had a little sham hattie
Monday and Tuesday. The 18th
Infantry declared war on the 10th
and tried TO capture our town. We
moved out to meet them about 9
a. m. Monday. We did not have
any fight. but we took a number
OF prisoners and also lost some.
We had all of our signals work.
ing. II was certainly interesting.
About . O'Clock Tuesday they
started to retreat and we followed
them about six fmiles, hut could
not find them, so we gained an in
complete victory. 1t is very inter
esting to see whole regiment
move. Everyone has his part to
do. and when he does it every
thing goes just like clockwork.
One gun section of our COM
pany took a whole company of the
18th prisoners and sent them
back.
You said you thought 1 was in
the wireless section. Well, l am,
but | have to know how to use all
OF the signals so that l can take
another mans place if necessary.
| am supposed to be an operator
in the regimental headquarters,
though.
Well, | shall have to close for
tonight and will try to write to
you more often than have. Hop
ing this finds you all we'll, 1 am,
your son, sBHL.''
Somewhere in France, Nov. g.
Dear Mrs. Burke and Family:
! shall write to you collectively
today because am very crowded
for time, and 1 have a number of
letter to write, SO please do not
feel sighted by my doing so.
! like the army life quite we'll,
except | miss some of the home
comforts have been used to up
to the last six months, but hope
it will not be long until | have,
them back
The country is quite pretty, es-
pecially this time of the year,
with the many colored leaves dot,
ting the crystal streams which
flow through the country here.
Sounds almost like poetry, but,
that is the best way can tell it.
The houses are all old and seem.
odd to. me, because they are all