Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-07-04
More Letters From the Junior.
At Home, France,

Dearest Dad-The past two weeks
have surely been busy ones for me, and
it is the result of the big German drive,
that is having its effect back here
where we are. We have been going
night and day, sending out conveys OF
trucks to the front, and quite number
of times during the past three weeks
we have worked until twelve and one
o'clock to get trucks ready to 60 out,
and then have breakfast at q and by
40 have them on their way. we nave
all been going at top speed ana Inc
work that we have done here is noth-
ing short of marvellous.
We came near losing our first lieu
tenant last week. He was driving
Cadillac, and railroad train hit the car
and he landed on the cowcatcner OF
the engine and was carried two nun
dred wards before the train could De
stopped. He did not come to his senses
until the next day. He is about well
now and will soon be on the JOB again.
The car is a total wreck, and how he
escaped with his life is beyond me, Tor
the car turned over three times after
the train hit it. Practically the whole
company saw the accident, as tney
were all marching to work, and 1t took
about two minutes to get our meolcal
detachment on the job. In less tnan
ten minutes Lieutenant Burbank was
in the hospital, and the doctors were
sewing him up. One cut in his head
took eight stitches to fix up. he sure
was some bruised and scratched, and
he was more than lucky he was not
killed.
The chief reason that have had so
much more to do is the fact that my
assistant in the office work, my head
duty sergeant and the motorcycle
rider are all truck drivers, and there
was such a scarcity OF men that there
was nothing to do but let them 60.
Captain Edwards was afraid that |
would not be able to get away with all
the work, but so far have been keep
ing up fine and there is not single
thing inside or outside that has not
been attended to up TO date. But II
keeps me on the jump, and when | hit
the nay at night don't waste any time
fighting mosquitoes, but 60 right to
sleep without paying any attention to
them, and the first thing | know first
call announces $50 and have to roll
out. 1t is light at half-past three over
here, and doesn't get dark until nearly
ten, so that the nights are sure short.
You can read without the aid OF light
ar $50, and the long evenings give the
| fellows lots of chance for every sort OF
recreation after supper, from going TO
town to playing baseball. And there
| are those VINO 90 both every evening.
Then the ''Y" usually has some sort OF
entertainment going on nearly every
night, so that time does not drag heaV-
lily. So much extra work has put a
crlmp in the "" entertainments, how
ever, for whenever the fellows have to
work il means that there will be no
show that night, and three or four fine
entertainments have had to be post
| poned-and postponed means "hniS.
For the past two weeks we have had
| no mail at all, and all the fellows are
| wondering what can have happened to
| it. Ii is very unusual when 60 with
out letter for two weeks, but this
time | sure did, and l'll bet when do
get my letters it will take private Sec
rotary to help me answer them all
When We don't get our mail we feel
| like the folks back home have forgot
ten us, but for my part | know that
| there are lots OF them on the way to
me and all | can do is sit tight and
| wait for them to come. There has
been practically no mail in the entire
post tor that period, which means that
there is big tie-up somewhere.
hope they soon get it Strengthened out.
tor | want my mail and | want it now
| A big batch of mail would sure put
| heart into the fellows now, for they are
working as hard as they ever did in
| their lives and little moral encourage
ment will do them good. The spirit OF
the men is fine, and for the most part
they work without grumbling, and once
in while would not blame them a
whole lot, for they have to work mighty
hard. OF course the tenseness of the
situation holds them right at it. When
they come home from work there is a
rush for the daily papers, and as per
usual there is scarcely anything to be
found in them. If you folks back home
don't know anything more about the
war than We do your information is
sure poor. All we get are the official
| communications of the governments.
| The fellow that writes those articles
must surely be great optimist, for he
never lets his spirits droop for minute.
| guess had better get back to my
work. Write to me when you can, and
| give my love to all the folks.
Lovingly,