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road. Then the next day; part of
the regiment went up on the front
and myself and four other men were
detailed with a doctor to 60 with him
to render medical aid. Can truly
say we have been where the big shells
roar and whistle through the air over
your head day and night. But at
that we are not in very much danger,
for we have fine dug-outs and there
is no danger of either gas or shell
while in them. I have only had to
wear my mask once for gas. Aneri-
can and French airplanes are flying
over the trenches most all the time,
watching the different moves Of the
enemy and every time they hand US
anything we give them just a little
bit more in return.
We were relieved from the front
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yesterday by another squad of our
men and now I am back to the horse
line resting up. This afternoon I'm
going to get good hot shower bath
and a clean suit of clothes. All we
have to do is to 60 to the bath house
with an order from our commanding
officer, stating we are just back from
the front lines and they will give US
hot bath and exchange our clothes
for clean ones complete. I also had
hot shower bath while at the front,
but didn't get clean clothes.
Ralph Sholar and I are bunking to-
gether. Back on this line we use our
pup tents and as soon as we get back
we worked about two hours to fix it
up nice. We have it elevated so it
isn't so hard to get in, and then it
gives lots more room to keep our
equipment in. We used oat sacks for
the sides to make it snug and warm,
and for the front we have an extra
shelter half to hang over it. Our
| bed is fine. We use two stretchers,
which elevates US about six inches
from the ground. Then we put our
two heavy wool saddle blankets over
them first. We have three wool
blankets each; so after putting the
saddle blankets down, we spread two
of our wool blankets, then with the
four over US. This makes bed
warm enough for the coolest kind
of weather: My health has been fine
ever since I've been over here. I
truly believe this open air has done
me good, for I feel so much better
than I did when I used to live in
those steam-heated hotels.
wish you could see my horse.
He is simply a beauty. He's as black
as crow, round bodied, weighs nine
hundred pounds, fat and slick as can
be and has the prettiest head and
neck you ever saw on q horse. l
picked him myself, and having had
previous experience with horses, l
know just how to pick one for myself
out of big lot of them. Our sad
dies and part of our equipment were
lost on the way over and didn't show
up until a day or so ago. So we had
to draw new outfits. I wish you could
see my horse with all his new rigging
on him. We are going to turn in our
old stuff, which has just come, to the
@. M. and keep the new stuff that we
had drawn in the place of It. By the
way, what do you think of US having
Victrola here on the front with US!
It came in the box with some sad
dies. The boys are playing it now
and all agree that it brings back
pleasant remembrances of Camp
Sewer. All the boys are still with US
in fine spirits and having good health.
All talk of how nice they were treat
ed by the Russells while at Sewer
and long to meet them again. Bur-
ger is here, too, asked to be remem-
bered to you all. Ralph is writing to
Louie, so when you write to him
please state that we are scarce of pa
per here on the front just now and
that I'll write to him and Jim both a
little bit later.
, T notica in the DaperS where the