The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-12

than We had been for 1ors -vsn.
"ohoered how they would coma ~,
!, - round out in about ten d.,.
:, thstandfng many green fbi,as
uiu IN the beginning. thev Ala
"ofk- They are out now 30. -
SIN Following up in sunnor+
nef LOT II is said that o,r d,,,t
mas been In more battles r..
V'her American division can.t
LOT the truth Of that. bowa,.~
WI. canine, the medical 49,
H"t nave much protection 4L,s,-
seen about as mu6h ~ ~.
ling as any OF the soldiers ~.
se's SO ne does not pay much 49,,
on 70 what is going on about hin, =.
at ieast, 1 have. The noise n, 80.
suns ooes not interfere with nv w.,
- Tue least / can lie down on 49,
eIouno any place with my bIanks,s
"u nave good sleep in spite OF r.
ram or mud or bursting shells
ne thing that gives me mos, -,
Oie IS the awful night moves. An :.
our moves have been at nirh+ 81
Aiosl OF them on Sunday. sbort
e'ihe ago we were ordered to h. resd,
'1atch at eight D. m Well "
n@u our pack on and were on
on the road at that hour Fron,
.H"' TIME TO q. m. we moved L..
man mar mile and all that tina W,
we're not given permission to -
uOWn- Ihat was, 1 think. the wor,,
Hisht nave ever experienced -
was SO cold and the road so ,,,aa..
that II was like liquid paste W.
'"afcheo Monday through that nud .il,
noon and got into q wet filthy woo5
"here we remained until 8 D. m Than
'areeo across country through woods
ana up hills filled with shell boIa,
lark as pitch. Arrived at n
uesaey and had to bunk on the sida
u the road right in the mud nnt,I
uaSNsnt' That is one part of q douxb-
BOYS lie, but Notwithstanding tbosa
inconvenience. I think IL IS bardor -
those at home than on liz TO- -
trouble is only physical while on tbo..
a. home it is physical and mental 7ha
latter Is much worse than the forn,ar
In spite Of those facts. there q ut-
tie sickness among the bows A. -
myself / have never felt better
aid get pretty thin for a Will. I'M.
have picked up again.
was transferred to another ant
ht about ten days ago tn, 80
eight hundred wounded in the stxta.o
days. 1 have only sent eight go -
the hospital for sickness I am with
new unit but still in the s2nd dt,i
sion. The only medical man vi+h
them. 1t is going to be much e.sis-
tnan the other. 1 won't have To Get
up TO the front even II the fight con
tinues That means things worth
while
I-7-1s. This Is Thursday morninz
anu the war still continues. so we
WIN nave to wait for another rumor
haiph viii likely be up close to the
Hflng line by this time. Hope he Will
NOT nave long period Of it, OF all
'ne +. Z boys here I have met no one
that l knew since left East Chicago.
Have heard nothing OF the NJ DIS that
were at Fort Harrison with me.
Has prohibition made anv material
olHerence with business in East Chi
cagoF l am glad to know the action
taken by the President about the
orink. Drink in the army or that part
nave had to do with. cuts no figure.
There is none here But when the
war Is over the man who doesn't use
cigarettes will be a curiosity. one
would think the government and the
l. NJ. L a. were in league with the
American Tobacco Trust to be sure
that all soldiers will be devotees tn
the weed, 1t is really disgusting to
see y" man or TX c." standinw
about handing out cigarettes much
like you see boys handing out samples
OF patent medicines on street corners
l suppose the big drive for United
War Fund will be on in a few days
Tell my friends 1 am still in the land
of the living. l expect to be back In
q. c. before long. practicing medi-
cine.
1t is the hour for sick call. so will
close with
Best wishes to ALL
CAPT. ROBT SPEAR