Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-08-21
FROM OVER THERE.
Another Letter from Lieutenant Hall
of Ellsworth.
COMPANY B, BIRD INFANTRY
A .rrREcAN q 8

American T.. F.
FRANCE, July 2s, 1918.
I Dearest Motaer;
While the old French woman is pre-
I pairing some water for a bath, IN drop
you few lines. As cur part becomes
more and more active 10 tne great war,
ind less and less time to write. II seems
TO me as 10 great zeal OF time ha
passed since | wrote you last, but ! really
( haven't had time. You may rest assured,
I eow&er, that think OF you constantly.
We are nov "oUt" in earnest, for the
\ first time. TO be retrsined and get re-
I placements For the last month we have
had very strenuous time Of Il. Sis sent
noe a clipping from an American news
paper which told about our stopping the
Boche drive from scissors towards Paris.
1t sss all true, and we saw real service In
doing so. Without stopping 20 eat or
sleep, we were shifted, and our division
and one other were in the driving wedge
which started the big show OF which, by
this time, you have proba bly, read 80 much
We took eight miles swsy from them, and
then fresh troops passed through US to
carry or the good work.
In that little show I happened to have
command OF company. Its captain had
lett for school a few days before, and
WAS given the job of taking care of il
temporarily. am happy to say didn't
commit any big mistake during The fight
We killed fifteen or twenty Boches, and
took iI3 prisoners my company.
You must be bit worried on account OF
one OF the hardships of this var. few
weeks ago heard OF certain organiza-
tion being in the neigh borhood, and i'm
rnedizteiy started out to look for Phil
Jones. ! found him, stayed to dinner, and
had grand chat with him. II sure did
seem good to see someone from home, and
guess be was just &c pleased as was, too.
In our march yesterday we passed
beautiful old castle, one like you see in
picture booss, with turrcts and towers.
1t seems Il was built sometime in 1890, wss
destroyed by some king in one OF his ram
pages, and vas then rebuilt by Napoleon.
Glamour and romance chung about every
pNtf1t hH1 AA1 AZ tFNAN a NGuiu
dearly love to have spent q day or 80 going
over 1t with father. There are 30 many
things want TO do after the war, and
hope pull through.
| am IN the best OF heslth--tne only way
to get rest here is 10 get SICK OF lo-~ sn
arm or leg or something. dopt think
they will use US again sntil something ing
takes place. You know we have . Won
derful reputation here in France, - veil
a. in Germany now. THE last time IL ~ss
entirely shock troop affair at the start.
One thing am glad ! saw was the CO.
operation Of the Iudicroas ''7anks" With
the infantry. They are very xsetul, sud
one almost gcss 10 thinking Of them 80
pets, and with e great deal of arsction.
We expect some mail later. HSpe thers
there Is a letter from you.
Since writing this last line have bad
good hot BATH, and letter has como from
you. The news about Niece wss so
he appears to ne perfectly
happy, and just ss "-kiddish" as usual.
We lack pet ia oar company. Dogs
won'i do, because ali soldiers look alike TO
thsn, and they wont sssy with the same
mose than . day or two,
How Is old bobby"
Tb@Ss ART no Y. NJ. c. r. '~hnts" near us.
At present. We see them once in a while,
but ~s move SO oftes that ii Is easier for
Them 70 use tents when actually at the |
front. We have Y. Al, G. A. nsn, ns med |
Mr.. Butler, from sko~ hogan, Va no Is with |
Ms psrEnane ntly, and takes care of us. He |
sends papers, candy, etc., ln1o the front |
Line when Se are there, sod provides stuff
for US " ben we are back. he rs q good
sport, and carries his pack ca sbe longest
hikes with the rest OF uss
don't ever get actually h@1sesick, but
sod knowsl'd ike 10 be hons-there IL
no place hke it.
No snapshots. Ny eaEsra is stored
away in nay trunk somewhere. We have
no place to carry cameras without running
them, and no way OF getting pictures de-
yeloped.
Don't woEry about the heat here. 1t is
seldom warm, and the nighIs are always
cool.
You will never see US Ia plctures-we
are too near the front, always, l guess.
haven't seen photographer for months.
Well, dsarest, have spent hours on this,
so must stop. Good-bye.
Loads Of love,
LII.
LAMoINE-