The Monte Vista journal., 1919-04-05

plsuod. france. March i7'A. ~.
Deaf Palmer and All:
10, much doing this evening. 70
iii, Try aud write . little seosshiss.
T,,s /. st. Pstrisk's Day" but !
my,slt am not doing my esleb'atins;
sm waiting my rsturn TO the States.
..a then I am going TO make up for
0r IN, holidays I have missed.
~, ar. s,lii stationed st hlsnod.
Franco. and from aii indications va
iii, ss hsre for "A long. iong time"
uom, would look prctty good to any
:, NJ. but Il seems . long way on
:, heat Wc arc not In the Army Of
occupa,ion. a. ws are Corps Troops.
=, rather. Corps engineers. being at
,,eh,d to tho 9Th Army. We came
,,,, with tho Fourueth Division.
su, tho majority Of them are home
nv now. You've got to hand Il to
m, 18th. A. We have been givcn
m. distinction Of being the best
engineers In the American Expedi-
uouary Forces. and that amounts to
something: lots Of Colorado boys In
tho 18th and I am glad that they
have all made such . good name
for themselves. Young Bono. Of
Monte Is in the same company - my
self John Blackmore 10 In &C" COM
pany. young Cornish 10 In one Of our
companies. no there are few Of the
Monte boys scattered around In our
regiment. Haven't seen Biackmore
for some time. not since the armi-
stlcc was signed. - the First Bat
talon Is on duty near St. Mehiel.
some distance from where I am To-
Gated. Bone comes In the once
quite often and he and talk about
the Valley. and We manage to pass
way = few lonesome moments that
way. Our company isn't doing very
much. blowing up ammunition dumps
and doing repair work hero and there
and eating up . lot OF Government
grub. that 10 being sent over. Ny
duties are small. being Company
Clerk Is all right. but then I would
Just As soon be doing something else.
We have a baseball nine. foot ball
team. basket ball team. volley ball
team and are In for the sport - much
as possible. but then there 10 some
thing lacking. and that something h
that little piece Of ground called
America"
Had q letter from mother this ev-
enins stating that I was uncle now.
As Leah has . boy. I will have to
bring him homo . cannon and some
ammunition to play with. but I'll see
to It that he doesn't get the idea in
to his head that he wants to bs q
soldier. for I have seen the ins and
outs Of It and am satisfied. I have
gone through with II this far and
VIII stick to II until tho end, but
there never will be any moro SOL
dering for mo after I once get that
piece Of paper stating that I am my
own self again. Sherman was risht
when he said War was Hell." but
ne didn't stop to consider anything
ABOUT peace. for that's worse yet.
would like to be back in the little
o'' das-out again hearing the "whis-
oahss' go over. for those were the
aays' and We all enjoyed the bat
no. but now that's It 10 over, we want
70 30 home. Toot sweet.
Our weather is still sometimes cold
ana rainy; have seen the sun a few
'.mes In the past week, but It don I
.'ay out long and there always seems
~ oe cold breeze blowing to take
the Joy out of life.
i haven't written much in this
.e''er' but then 1t has given me some
. ,as TO do and kept my mind oc-
'up'ed for little while at least.
VIII enclose = small verse on the
,,e. ', OF this letter written for the
n engineers; It may nll in q lit