The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1918-08-09
Interesting Letters From Our
Soldier Boys
Somewhere in France.
July 10th, 1918.

Dear Sirs: | suppose you all
know by this time, that | am in
France. | havn't had any mail
from around home except some
which was addressed TO me at
Long Island which reached me
after we arrived oyer here.
We had 4 very enjoyable trip
across the great water There
were a few who were quite scared
all the way, but the most OF US
felt Jolly, and never thot about
U-bOatS or submarines or any
thing else; all we thot about was,
/ having good time, and we sure
had it to. OF course we were
pretty well played out when we
arrived here after such a long
journey, but we had a good rest
after arriving, SO we are all feel
ing fine again and getting along
nicely.
The only thing we miss here is
our great big pieces of good old
apple pie that we used TO get at
the detention camp, but that is
something we can get along with.
out quite we'll and not miss it
much. although we are getting
fed good every day, SO we have
nothing to worry us in that line.
The weather is sure great over
here at present, the sun shines
bright every day, althO it is not
so hot here as in the L. ). About
noon it is a little warm till about
/ four o'clock, then it starts to get
cool, and about midnight it is
pretty cool, and it sure makes
you hunt the covers, just like
early spring weather you have.
suppose the weather is pretty
hot with you by now as it eener-
ally is in July and August, and |
suppose some are busy putting
up hay. The hayinQ is different
here, it is not in SO large quanti
ties, it is all in small lots and put
up by hand and hauled home in
the lofts as soon as cured. You
don't see farm houses scattered
around here and there, they are
all in small villages, like the small
towns along the Milwaukee rail
road west of the river.
| wish some of you folks could !
visit our Camp here just once;
you would never think that we
were on such a great mission as
we are, you would think that we
were on some great picnic around |
the world, If you could hear the
way we raise cane and sing and |
laugh all day lone, they are the |
happieSt bunch of men in our
company you ever heard. You
don't oct chance to get home
sick or ever think of home, that |
is not saving that we forget our
beloved homes altogether, oh, no,
but we are just a happy y-eo-lucky |
bunch of men,
have been looking all along
for a kadoka Press which every
BODY promised to send me when
| left but as yet have not gotten
a copy of it, so would be much
pleased if YOU would send me one.
i want to compliment the peo-
pie of Jackson county for the
great success in the Red Cross
sale which was held some time
ago, which | hear amounted to
nearly seven thousand dollars.
That was very good for such a
small town as Kadoka. | think if
all the people in the states would
W rk together hand in hand like
Jackson county does, the war
would soon be over, for there is
nothing in the world that cheers
the boys more than to hear of
how the folks at home are behind
them, with heart and soul doing
their bit, and you folks have no
idea how we enjoy to hear such
news from home, it sure puts the
fighting spirit into all of us.
The only thing that bother us