The Springdale news., 1918-06-21
the letters to give us the news from

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down to your table. We field clerks
/ have our own mess and have good
eats. OF course it is plain food but
that is what it takes to make a per-
son stout and hearty and we sure do
eat, too. Of course we have a little
/ dessert of fruit of some kind and a
piece of pie every few days but | think
we have fine mess. We are allow
ed $4,000 a month for mess and SO far
that has covered it. The way it is
handled at the end of each month the
cost is figured up and each of we fell
| lows pay our proportionate share and
it runs around $4,000 per month.
am getting fat. | know you would
agree with me if you could see me
now The last time that ! weighed
| only weighed III pounds; more than
| ever weighed in my life and with
the exception of the first few days
after landing over here / have felt
just fine and since arriving here at
Headquarters have not missed meal
and we have regular time for eat
ing, too-6:45 a m. to 7:15 ; 1890 to
100 and $50 to $50, and of course
we have a regular time FOR sleeping,
too. In the barracks that am in the
lights go out at 10 p. m. Most of the
barracks lights go out at p. m.
We have been having some very fine
weather lately and have not had any
rain for number of days which
seems very unusual for this country
The nights are very cool and we have
to sleep under about three blankets.
Awhile the days were pretty warm but
now it is cool most all day. Just the
kind of weather that enjoy. Just
right think to make a person feel
good.
We get part of holiday tomorrow,
being the 30th. We will get to attend
memorial services as all field clerks
have to march to cemetery and will
take part in the decorations At this
time of the year | always think Of
decoration day at Fayetteville. /
think it is very nice that we can take
rart in the services. rather expect
there will be quite good many in the
procession.
sure would like to have been pres
ent there for the Children's Day at
es,.iaLx.,- ;f 7 aa,,1d have baa,, +bo~o for
the day and then back here the next
morning as do not wish to leave this
country until we have accomplished
what we came over here for and then
we can all return home to our friends.
| am very glad to know that all around
there they are doing all they can to
help the boys out over here. l will
sure be glad to receive the poetry you
have composed.
Father writes me that he purchased
$4,000 Liberty Bond with my
money. Our boys over here have
sure subscribed quite bit toward the
last Liberty Loan and from all reports
that we get here the States sure did
their part as l understand they went
away over the amount.
There are some of the boys here
where | am that ] knew in Colorado
and we like very much to get together
and talk over times back there. |
have not seen anyone that | knew
Moi I NJ thHt
used to 90 to school at the U. of A.
Speaking of unknown tongues, /
hear that quite often here, that is, 1t
is unknown to me but they seem to
understand each other. Well ! have
gotten to where ! can Parlex francois
a little but | am afraid that ] will
ton as do not have the time to study
it any.
1t is very little that | can tell you
about the war as / am not in posi-
ton to learn so very much about it
but / expect you hear quite bit back
there about it. We get 4 daily paper
here and usually try to get it as soon
as possible after it arrives to find out
all that we can. ] am in the advanced
zone but some ways from the front
but still we are able to hear the Guns.
have some very good friends over
here from Colorado that used to pal
with but one of them is back at Head
quarters of Service of Supplies and |
have not found out just where the
other one is. ! got to see the one
that is located at S. 0. S. As we were
coming through the country had lay
over there from a. m. TO a. m. and
about $50 located MIN. | had found
out that he was there shortly after we
arrived there but could not get to
where he was until after g. We were
sure glad to see each other and would
like to have been together but we
correspond with each other nave
seen a great many very interesting
places since arriving in France rs
have travelled over lots of country
While stationed at Blois ] worked
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