Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-04-24
VIII Start Home Soos,

letters from his brother Clarence who
is in Germany but expects to start
fir the g. S. soon; the letters are
when we do get back. / could stay
March Is, 1919
Dear Brother George:
Have little time to write to you
today. | received letter, from you
some time ago. | wrote to mother
the other day. Your letter found me
las follows:
twell as usual, but today my arm is
q little sore from the incubation ]
received last Sunday. l thought we
were through getting these inocula
lions, we had to take SO many while
we were at Camp Douglas. This one
was for typhoid fever 1t sure makes
| a mans arm feel hot
How are you getting along with
your school? 1t won't be long before
school will be out again What do you
intend to do this summer to keep out
OF mischief? / hardly know what to
do when get back, but guess there
=
here in France and work if I wanted
to. l also could have gone to an agri-
cultural school back in France for
three months, but l want to go back
with my Division. / guess we will be
starting homeward soon. We will get
back just in the heat Of summer time.
Won't that make it nice? | want to
&C not west this summer [ belive
can make good stake out there this
year Maybe you would like to go
along.
Do you folks hear from Lillian real
often? She writes to me quite regular
ly.
: I had my picture taken the other
day and also had some prints taken
from a filb l have; one [ carried
from Waco, Texas. | will enclose
some of the pictures. | can't say as
to how good they will be because |
haven't seen them yet. | must go and
get them first They were to be done
today.
We have been having grand weather
here up until today 1t is raining now
The weather in the States has been
grand from all reports so far. l hope
it will continue So. Say, my birthday
is the 21st of this month. | am grow
ing old and you are right after me-
This will make two birthdays | have
had since have been away. | wonder
where / will spend the next one.
We had our big review the other
day by Gen. Pershing. He also gave
us a few compliments for the work
orr Division has done. By the way
he talked it won't be long before we
will be leaving for the dear old States
7 have seen all of the foreign countries
7 care to. I am ready to start BACK
any time.
How is fishing back there Walter
and you will be starting your nsnlns
soon. Won't you? Well, | nope II
won't be long now before | Will De
hack so / can go with you and ENJOY
some of those sports.
Must go and see if those pictures
are finished now. Hoping to hear from
all of you folks again, but better SUN
to see you soon, | am,
Your loving brother,
CLARENCE.
March %. 1919.
NV Dear Brother George
Received your most welcome letter
today. sure was pleased to hear from
YOU and to hear that everyone is Wen.
also heard from Irene Perry ana
lillian. | generally hear from Lillian
every time there is any mail Tor our
company. / have just finished answer
ing her letter. l have written to you
all once before this week, but | know
Won folks enjoy hearing from me.
also do love to hear from you folks
hack there in the States. Here mop
inc that us boys soon Will De NOME
From all reports that | hear II won
lifelong any more now before we Will
he on our way over the rolling deep.
1 r. SIRE is a great trip to cross the
Iocean. hut our trip across [ didn't en-
Iiov at all. You see we were on the
water twenty one days, so you can
ALMOST imagine how sick we got OF
ibeing on board boat.
| T went to town by the name o.
lSvau today to get rations. Came bacf
lat noon. 1t is about ten kilometers
lover there. Just nice trip. | nae
| a good dinner when l got back. IL
tell you what it consisted of: roas
lbeef. mashed potatoes. gravy. breae
land butter. cocoa and bread pudding
Some meal, the biggest one this week
hope not, but we boys can hardi,
kick. They have been feeding us duit'
good of late. Gee. but how Id lov'
to sit down to a meal of mothr''
cooking, How / will eat when ! &c