Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-02-25
LETTERS FPOr1 OUR SOLDIERS


A while ago went out with an
other fellow TO the cook shack
after coffee outside the door We
stopped We listened intcntly as the
steady purr of q motor c'uuc from
the skies That's no Boohe." my
friend -ren%rket And It wasn't
Not very ffp away the skies were
illuminated with sky rockets Of
various kinds. that would pale into
insiFnificance an American Botnth
Of July celebration Of course. tS1tS
a common sight and my cOmrade
laoonichlly remarked. Il hope they
get 'em before they get over here
| want 10 get an hour or so OF
sleep" TIA not what YOU would call
exactly unusual for Boche or two
to come over us, IN fact, we expect
them--Rnd not always are we dis
appointed hut that's trivial But
II blunderlng BochA. starts dropping
cope with whenSH gets ambitious
only the other niRht I was sitting
In the barracks and fellow came
In with this announcement We'll.
he's over us, boys" That was the
signal for our song Perhaps the
take Off" could be improved but Il
suits us AS well ns the occasion. so
why not let IL stand llfe this
We were bombed last ninht,
We were bombed the night before
We're going to he bombed tonight
Like We were never bombed be
fore
when we're bombed we're scared as
can be
They can bomb the whole d army
IL they don't bomb me
Well boys. | hope by this time
next year that W re back in the
good old e. :. A." the sergeant NJ
the guard remarked just now, as we
all pulled up closer to the sham
stove We finished up the dark
hours OF picket duty with the eS-
phonlouE purr OF allied motors, SO
there's nothing TO worry about until
worry ~ not the word how
ever. because the Sammies have a
happy faculty Of forgetting or Just
falling TO remember. until sharply
reminded that our mutual friends"
still have few planes tn active SER
vice
This p m, French military band
will give a two-hour concert In the
"Y" hut It's fine band too.
q Ring W Lardnets stories in Col
Hers describe the life OF the Ameri-
cans over here I'm an almost unbe-
lievahly correct, manner, not to be
} in the army himself
The first day after reaching
France several " VA went iAo a
cafe. We wanted eggs We gave the
waiter our orders that IN We thot
we did The walter left but was
back I'm q moment. with two hands
paving the air he talked at us for
fuzzy five minutes My friends looked
at me, looked at them and we All
, looked at Com Grade FrRnsaY, The
! Frenchman talked rapidly In fact
in cyclone. fashion. lf bananas
come In lunches, this French watt
er's words came in groups. entire
settlements
Every other word was Ou1s,-pro-
nounced wee" and meaning 'ycs "
So we said, "Oui, out for quite a
spell but no eggs cit-ie After a
short time We hnd French men and
women, all waving Wildly and talk
ing like bunch OF Apaches at a
barbecue We left the restaurant
an hour and half later after hav-
/ ing obtained a cup Of chocolate and
some kind OF unswcctencd cake
However, the pioneer" days have
past and any ~ MS can order ten
course meal without even suffering
but II takes quite a colleCti n Of the
French "sonp wrappcrs' to get out
after having 6attled thru the ten
rounds
q OF coGISe. the Paris editions OF
the Chicago Herald and Now York
"Trib' keep us In touch with he
world news. but still papers from
home towns are en'erly awaitro.
Just As an instance. received coEy
~ The Tulsa world 1lout a. week
ago. At lras, twcnty five oklahoma
men tornered me and as rcsul,
We scissored" Il and formed "A read
!ng. circle
There urc three or four fellows ~
my squadron from Tulsa and ~,
ttay together FOR Tu)sa papers
4 IRil ia about a. regular as "hure
! known Tulsa street ears not 20 hc
There are many things that
ds,, btleHs would interest YOU but yhe
X .. censor never ceases his Wsi-
lance
put ~ ANY rate the Sammlos are
"siurtuc their way To- victory and
believing ,hat Christmas turkey NJ
Inls will not hc eaten out OF M
army mess kit
llnuUs YOU AN 8ry .s we'll us fhr
B writer rll surrender "a favor uf ",
mess han -
( Plcnso write often and tel am my
friends tu get the hsbb as Irtc.
from the states s ls welcome as
payday Slong