Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-04-24
REPORTED DEAD WRITES
HOME HE'S ALIVE

Leslie (Tom) Bull, of this city, a
brother of Mrs. Robert Hook, writes
home from Germany of reading his
death notice in the Mexico papers, and
wishes to be reported alive and ready
to come home. His interesting letter
follows:
Dear Sister,
: Frielenger, Germany, March II,
1871 will drop you few lines this
afternoon to let you know l am still
alive and feeling fine. Hopt this finds
you all the same.
Well, Althea, how are you and Bob
getting along these days? just got
through writing three letters: one
to Mamma and one to Lonnie and one
to James Grafford, boy from Mexico
met over here about four months
ago. WE'LL, guess you all thought
was killed, didn't you? James sent
me a piece that was in the Mexico
paper about my being killed in action.
But guess they made a mistake for
it wasn't I.
| am in Germany now, have been
here now for about three months or
more. l don't like it very much over
here, in this country, myself. l like
it a whole lot better in France. But
the good old States beats them all.
Things look like now we were the
first division over here and the last
ones to get back. You know l have
been over here about two years. We
were the first ones to land in France.
Some time to have to stay in this
God-forsaken country. Well, anyway,
guess l will get back home some
time.
Do you ever hear from Lonnie? l
guess he is over here in Germany
some place. l would like to see him.
If 1 can find out just where he is,
would go and see him. Though l
haven't heard from him for five
months or more. Lonnie was lucky
that he didn't get wounded. But he
didn't see as much fighting as did.
For l was in the trenches six months
before Lonnie ever landed.
We were the first Americans to go
in the trenches, and the first to go
over the top. We went over the top
at Cantigny, May %, 1918. I was
lucky there. 1 didn't get scratch.
Then on the 18th day of June we went
over at Scissors. got wounded there
and went to the hospital. And then I
came out of the hospital just in time
to go over at st. Mihiel. But l went
through the battle without getting a
scratch. Then from there we went to
the Argonne front, that's west of Ver-
dun And believe me, there was some
battle too. We went over the top the
morning of October the 4th, and l
never saw as many men killed and
wounded in all my life. You remem-
ber that I couldn't stand to see
a dead man. But soon got used
to that l could sit on fifty dead men
and eat a dead dog l was so darned
hungry. Well, l was pretty lucky.
went through all the battles that
were pulled off by the Americans and
only got slight wounds. That was
pretty good, I think l was wounded
at the Toul front about March 1st,
1918, was gassed also, and I was
wounded at Scissors, June 18th. Then
when we came out of the Argonne l
went on pass to Paris for fourteen
days and sure had some time. Well,
old gay Paris is some burg, and be-
lieve me had some time too.
Well, the war is orer and am not
bit sorry either, but guess Sher-
man was right when he said "War is
hell" and he didn't see any war
either.
Well, Althea, as it is about bedtime
I will have to quit for this time.
Goodbye. Answer soon.
LESLIE BULL.