The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-06
MARSHFIELD
Edward Ward Promoted to Corporal
Clarence Pitkin in Germany.

/ Clarence Pitkin in Germany.
The following letter was received by
Mrs, Lillian Ward from her son, Ed.
ward:
"Bourges, France, Jan O. ] have a
lot of news to tell you. The first thing
! is that expect to leave for some part of
Germany soon. | think it will be about
day after tomorrow. | know that | will
have a fine time Don't know just how
long l will be gone, though think it will
be about two weeks and | will write you
as soon as ] arrive back and tell you all
the news, for don't think l will be able
to write you while ! am there.
1--WE had pictures taken of us all at
the post here to-day and ! don't think
they will be any good, but if they are
will send you one of them Hutchinson
! is bound that he and | and four other
I fellows are to have our pictures taken
soon. l viii also send you one of them
if they come out anyhow. He got a let
| ter from his mother the other day and
she said they were going to Boston to
| live. Hutch, is bound that ! am to go
there with him and we viii come up to
| Vermont several times in the summer.
time. He is the greatest fellow TO build
aircastles that you ever saw. ] think
we will have to have good deal Of time
together now that we have such a pleas
ant time over here. We can't tell for the
! life of us how we came to be so lucky as
to meet here in France, when there are
so many fellows over here as there are
Talk about rainy weather; WELL you
have never seen anything like it. One
good day has been the extent of the sun
shine that we have had the last two or
three weeks. If the weather is good
while am gone, | know that / shall have
q fine time. 1t is official business that
am going on and will have a lot of time
to myself | am in hopes that ! will be
able to send you some of the views that /
shall buy while there and hope you will
| like them.
1--WE are to have a new emblem here
now at this outfit. | will try to tell you
somewhere near how it looks The back
ground is a three-cornered piece of black
wooden cloth On the front of this is the
adiutant general shield in red and white
stripes, with two large stars and several
small ones. Above this is a spread eagle
| in gold thread. 1t is to be worn on the
left shoulder to show the division that
one is from.
We'll, Mother, | have little surprise
to tell you. You may think ! am mar
ried, and III bet that that is what you
do think, but it is not true. Well, the
next time you write me you can direct
my letter to Corporal Edward T. Ward,
instead of Private so and so. 1t means
little more pay and that is what care
most about
Mrs. S. wrote me about the surprise
that you all gave Clifton on his birth
| day. TIL bet that he had a fine time !
would like to have been there Perhaps
! ! will be before he has another
81 was paid the other day and have
about | O57 francs, OF about $500 in our
money am going to send a good part
! OF il home soon. / am sure that ] would
! have a much better time spending it over
! there than ] would here. You see, have
not had a full pay day for over year
and ii sure does seem good to have a
/ little money to spend,
81 have some pictures coming of the
night force in which ! was section chief
and / will send them as soon as / get
them. | want you to keep them, as
( will like to have them TO look at when I
| get home, if | ever do II you have too
many pictures of me you can give them
away to someone who would like them,
! but pictures seem to be about the only
/ thing that a fellow can send home handy
and something that he can afford. If
| you have the chance, would like TO have
some more snapshots sent me. tell
you that pictures sure look pretty good
! 10 the fellows over here, wish / had
! my camera and l would take a good
many pictures, that I might have them
to look at when | get home.
Il hope that you will write often and
that l will see you soon in the good old
Z. S. A.
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