The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-05-08
CLIO BOYS WRITE
ABOUT ARMY LIFE
TELL OF INTERESTING SCENES
IN FRANCE
Earl Tufford and Ernest Montague
Describe the "Creat Adventure"
As il Strikes Them.

rolloWlng is letCer tnaC we re
ceived from Earl Tufford. 1t will
be of interest to Earl's many friends
and we venture they will be as glad
as we were to note that he now
writes "Sgt." before his first name:
II am dropping you few lines to
let you know that i have not forgot
ten that Clio is my "home town" nor
that have some friends there whom
/ often think about with pleasure,
even if have failed to write to them.
| suppose some of them feel neglected
because l have not written, but if
| they have any knowledge of the M.
L. c. they will forgive me, especially
when l mention the fact that with a
company of eighty men we have been
taking care of camp with capacity
of 10000 men. From this / guess
everybody can get an idea that we did
not have any time TO go to parties
or ball games or ant other sports, for
that matter. But I do not wish the
readers of The Messenger to get an
idea that am dissatisfied or kicking
on my situation, for this is the line
of work that like, and l am very
glad that was accorded the privilege
of coming to France and doing my
duty by my courtry. r,%
l have seen some very interest
ing country and haye never regretted
in the least that went into the ser
vice. Among the most interesting
places have seen are Glasgow, Scot
land, which is an especially pretty
town, although the streets are very
narrow, as they ere almost every
where in Europe. In England l had
the pleasure of seeing London, Exc
ter, Maidstone, Salisbury and South
hampton, and in France guess there
are not very many places of. interest
that we have not seen, as we have
been all over with conveys of army
camions and touring cars. We have
been in Brest, LeHavre, Marseilles,
LaRochelle, Nantes, Orleans, Avig-
non, Toulouse, Rouen, Tours, Poi
tiers, Limoges, LeMans and several
others that are just as important.
Have also been in Spain and Switzer-
land, but did not have time to look
around much.
Wishing to thank you very much
for The Messenger, and asking you to
say hello to everybody for me, till
can get there to say it for myself,
will close with sincerest best. wishes
I for everyone.
Yours as ever,
SGT. Earl Tufford.
Motor Transport Co. I'll. MT. c.,
Camp DeSouge, A. P. o. 705,
A. E. F., France.
We have been gratified to receive
the letter which is printed below and
to learn that our young soldier friend
is well. We have been glad, too, to
note beneath the little vein of sar-
casm in the letter the love and pride
with which he regards his native
land. 1t is worthy of the deepest
love and the profoundest pride on
the part of all of us, and it should
| be our constant endeavor to serve it
faithfully, as opportunity may per-
nit, so that it may continue to be an
object of love and veneration and an
agency for hope and helpfulness for
countless generations yet to come:
France, April 5, 1919
Mr.. Charles H. Reed,
Clio, Mich.
Dear Friend-Will try to write you
a few lines telling you of our life
here in beautiful, sunny France. Our
camp is about fifty miles south Of
Bordeaux and about eight from the
Atlantic. All about our camp is a
growth Of turpentine pine, about six
to ten feet in height, comparing very
favorably with sections of northern
Michigan.
At present we are cutting ties into
2x6, to be used for Grating and con-
struction work. We are using a
small bolter mill, with a capacity of
about five hundred ties in eight hours.
This mill was set up but few days
since, owing to the burning of our
large mill on the 21st Of March.
We have been disappointed twice
on our sailing date, but at last we
are reconciled to our fate and wish
to get our discharges over here, as
we are so CHARMED with this coun-
try that we will never be satisfied to
remain in the states.
We receive clippings from papers
publised in various home cities, tell
ing Of our arrival over there, giving
the names of boys who at present are
right here in camp. Naturally we
have concluded that our company
has been forgotten or lost in the
brush.
Are the reports true that are be-
ing circulated that A. E. F. men are
Bolshevists? We have heard this
several times, and all I have to say Is;
Come across and visit the boys, or
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