The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1918-12-12
Letters From Maiheur County
Boys Who SerUed " OUer There

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write to me Surely you have heard
from him by this time. Well, there
10 not much to write now. We are
ha wing inspection Of rifles twice a
day now and every one has been busy
with oil and brushes cleaning the
rust off OF them. Well, l Will close
for this time. coodby.
Your son. Emmett.
N Somewhere in France
October 2s. 1918.
I will write you n
few lines this evening as have time
/ wrote last TO you about the second
OF Oct, believe Joined my regl-
ment IN the lines az that time and
could not write any more as no mail
was censored. wrote two letters
and one post card but could not send
them on that account. L know you
have been anxious TO hear from mo
but will try and write oftener now.
We are relieved and out for awhile.
! received your letter and newspapers
all right am well and feeling
fine. WIN w-i:e again soon MS 1
can get some paper. Well. goodbye
for this time. Emmett
P.B. haven't heard from Ebert yet
To be wounded and gased IL the
experience OF which Herbert Paul
OF this city writes TO friend. The
manner IN which he takes his luck
Is typicaly American. according 10
the correspondents HIS story Is rs
follows:
oct.17.i9is.
-r'-~ No, this Is not a letter
from the dead. Just ono from n
very negligent sergeant IN the tank
corps ! might also add from very
sorry and penitent one. Am not going
10 make any excuses. only going 20
, ray that after my transfer came there
that qui, writing everybody. Only
wrote one or two letters month
home. Twas this way. After report
Ing for duty az the tank center ] was
sent 20 school (tank school) and as
had "a make up big lead. that the
class wanted 10 graduate with had
on me. had 10 work very hard
which did. studied every night and
Il was work for me II had been so
long since ! had done any ctudying
thai l had almost forgotten how.
managed 10 catch up with the class
and graduated sergeant. when /
wss transferred had 20 De reduced.
sou know. Right after that we went
20 the front and as you may imagine
a fellow gets no time 10 write there
We didn't even get tine =, sleep
hardly. The first s days We had a
hours sleep you cnn imagine how
much time we had even for thinking
OF home. Then We were pulled off
that front and sent 20 another one
The only 'resf we had was one days
travel by train and believe me we
slept every minute OF n. In fact we
have had no rest period since We
started out Pulled OF one 'front.' and
right on 10 another an night march
es About daylight we would pull in
10 some woods and get two or three
hours sleep and thon mp working on
the tanks 10 get them IN ahape for an
other nights march or for going int0
action. Il have been wounded twice
and gassed once. Am In hospital
now with piece out OF my leg Get
ting along fine and anxious TO get
back 20 nv outfit. idon't like hos
plial. never did aud never will. n
hope I never have TO so 10 another
one. I have had my fill OF them.
was unlucky esouTh 10 get hii Just
about three dayT before the tanks
were pnlled out OF The lines end sent
back for rest. That ~ ne only
hard part about a. And thea / got T.
about k1ometer back OF the front
line. az that Had been over Tire ton
IN the afternoon and just come back
10. the aFsenhlylng point Ny driror
had Just shut OF the engine ard We
had stepped out when Fritz dropped
high explosive shell about 40 me'
ters from us. A shell fragment Aif
me IN the les and another bit the
driver IA the arm and fractured Il.
The shell killed four and w0undsd 7.
4 guess 4 was lucky AZ that Ny dri-
YER b In bed next 70 me and a. se|
have 3 good arms and 5 good less
between M Ne can get along fine. q
roll his cigarettes and write letters