Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-26
US. War Stamps in Every Home

company, and was really surprised
to find Sem in such good condition.
| think the world of this company
that have now, and they will do
anything for me. Before | took
them they were considered no good,
but | could see at once that it was
not the fault of the men. They had
the name of being bunch of trough
necks" as they call them in the
army, but the first night that | had
the company, placed every man on
his honor and let them all go to
town, (that was back in the other
camp and told them that l was
willing to give them square deal
and that | expected them to give me
the same. They went to town and
every man came back sober and on
time. That was just before we
started on the long trip overland
with the trucks, and when we were
on our way here l pulled into some
large town every night and told
them that after the trucks were all
gassed, oiled and CREASED that they
could go where they were a-mind to
as long as they were back at five
o'clock in the morning, and | didn t
have bit of trouble all the way.
| think that it is remarkable too
for usually a strange officer in an
outfit, especially if there are none of
the old officers present, has rather
a hard time at first, but they have
worked early and late and in all
kinds of weather for me | have
never heard a single one Of them
complain.
| had a fine job this afternoon,
took a magnetic off one of my trucks
and took it all apart and found the
trouble with it and then put it to-
gether again and it worked like a
top.
| am not supposed to do any work
myself, but | can't resist the tempa-
ton to do it once in a while, for |
like that kind of work. The ma
chimes that have now are made ir.
England and every part is just a
little different than an American
made machine, but | can drive them
and get away with most any kind
of repair job. found the trouble
with one of them the other day my
expert mechanic had given it up,
and the only trouble was in the
breaker bos on the magnetic.
| never have made much of my
studying that | did on electricity,
but find it comes in mighty handy
in this game for | have great
many automobile men in the COM
pany that can do almost anythin g
with an automobile so long as they
don't have to touch the electrical end
of it, but when it comes to taking
down magnetic or something like
that, they are entirely lost.
Did | tell you that | received a
dandy Christmas box from my old
foreman and a number of the other
boys of the B. &. M. shops? Yes,
they sent me lovelySbox, also some
snapshots of the old wood-shop and
1t nearly made me homesick, but
cheer up | may get back sometime.
There is one thing that | would
like to do, and that is to build a
real life size box-car for the French
men. Can you imagine a standard
box-car with only four wheels about
three feet high and a capacity Of
only six tons? The are coupled to-
gether with the old fashioned hook
and link. If they had them in the
States they would have to keep a
guard on them to keep the kids
from stealing them to play with, |
am going to try to get one for a
watch-charm when | get ready to
come home.
Well | guess I'll ring off for this
time, hoping to hear from you often
and with lots of love to you all | am
Your loving brother,
Earl.