Bisbee daily review., 1918-06-30
"CUT OUT THE SOB STUFF, SIS" % N N % tS .t N % Soldier Boys Want Cheery, Breezy Letters % xt E t% % & & t~
HANG OUT THE SERVICE FLAG

better soldier Uncle Sam called us and here we are. The fellCw who has the next bed to mine in the company barracks used to be a college profes sor at some college or other. and the other evening I found him happy a 9 king because he had found a book called History of Philosophy" cn the Y. Nj. C. A. shelves. He was lest to the world reading that stuff while ev- cry kind of rumpus was going on around him, men singing, talking ma chimes playing, one of the Y. M. C. A. men uncrating a big box of athletic equipment, and so on. Some high brOwi
 Then We have a fellow in our com pany who used to be foreman of a gang of pickpockets; also we have an actor, a ministetr, a bootblack, a bar Der, a circus clown-every kind of trade. Believe me, sis. it's q real edu- cation to be jumbled in with a rabble like that
 The spirit Of the men is great The first few days we were all a bit mopy, sat around and wrote letters all the time we were off duty-but the Y. M. c. A. fellows got us started singing and that made a heap of difference. You can't shout "Over There" and Where Do We Co From Here. Boys" at the top of your lungs with 900 oth- CTS doing it with you, and still feel grouchy.
 This is one fine, healthy. spirited life and we all have the satisfaction of knowing we're doing our bit You folks at home?I hshrdlu cmfwypluu folks don't need to feel sorry for me. ycu had better be envious. And 1 hope you will pass on the good word to any one else who's likely to be in this big draft we hear about.
 And 1 am going to study French; in fact, just as I get to this point of my letter the Y. M. C. A. man came over to tell me that the French class l signed up for is going to have it's first session tonight, so I'll have to quit Believe me, there isn't anything those Y. M. C. A. fellows don't start-French classes, Bible classes, English classes there's lot of men here don't know any English. l heard one big Pole asking for chickens, when he meant checkers.
 Honey, We boys are in to do a big job. We all know what we're up against, and we're ready to give all we have to prevent such things as the of Belgium from ever hap pening Some of the French officers here tc teach us bayonet fighting have told us just what happened over there at the beginning of the war I tell you it made us pretty keen to do our part. And we need all the encourage ment we can get, all the gcod news from home. But what we don't need is the sob stuff that makes a man feel blue. There's no room for that in a soldiers kit. So get a move on, sis, and mother too-to the mental state of yours. Change it. Readjust it. It's only you fclks back home that are sad and worrying; we are not And you must turn about It's your bit,
 My dear love to all, sis. I'll look forward to that next letter, because l know it'll be the kind I want. Tell this to all the folks who have boys at camp: If every mother and wife and sister will write Us the kind of letters they should write, this1l be a 50 per cent better army.
 Now for that lesson in "parley-voo!" Best love from
 JIM.