The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-02-07

folks excuse this poor letter. As /
am away over here m No-Man's.
Land. so / cail 81, can't bee worried
what you an may say about it, so
~ goes.
was sent to- Camp Travis ON The
a. ~ june and iu.t stayed there
,long enough Co learn squads rsAt
and thea wac sent Co Heaureguard,
,I.a.. and tha, was the hottest place
ID ever saw. The camp is out IN %
biz ne grove about three miles o.
Aicxander and DO any OF YOU ScuI.
county people were ever there yoG
kC0N what IL is but aH ID happened
! / didn't have to stay there out four
DAYS and three nights and didn d
have time t. sleep auy as tne asth
division was preparing Co start io'
lErance $50 WAS issued my iull equip
lment and IL consisted o. t~o blank
Icts. shelter hau over coat, s.ickcr
II pair of hob nails. helmet, rifle, an
'lerwear. shirts. so my pack weighed
49, about so lbs and Wo hiked
bout ! mile 90 the train and right
HERE decided was going 20 war.
live travelled -four days on the train
Ilnd LANDED at Camp stuart. Va.
Iltayed two days and got some NOR"
IIunk 10 carry Then Ne s.re 'ad
Home load sure enough ano ON the
day of August took The ship
III. france ! enjoyed the trip just
49, and ON the 18Th we landed iH
lrest There $40 stayed four days.
llt didn't enjoy my STAY there Ner.
IN us was on guard most ail ,h.
ID me then We TOOK the train ioi
n up. We travelled -four days NOR,
8lndei out iu the country and the
Hmm were about Il klOmetels
ross the country and 30 was still
NIgul hot but as uck 3 was one u.
~ Ceta Co take care ui the Of
ncors baggage and We hadn't bad
very much To eat and the Officers
had lots OF Jam and bread and !
mled up aad rode ON q truck Goo
camp. then the little thinr started.
from o'clocl ua;il o'clock iu the
afternoon eAccp, Saturday Wc went
ba,hias in n!4e river Then the
Fr..chman grapes began 90 got rip.
anNtho boys they beAal tu You know.
And then we had 90 guard an the
crane patches there was in kiiomo-
ters around camp 500 that made 10
hard on the good boys Just "a mo
meut until go and get wha; soi-
di,r l. always talking about. that is
chow.
Well feel better nov. will 90
ou~with my subject. You know all
wv Texas boys are fond of grapes
then the French began to gather the
IRA pes and make wine and then our
cap lain made guard house but |
Nd lucky. never had the pleasure
OF sltaying in II very long at a time.
Autr the hrst replacement Was sept
frorkn our company II was a good
bunkh OF boys and pretty soon after
,hsk FIRST bunch left they sent me.
TSSSe were 1000 boys sent to the
irodt the day was sent We travel
cd three days on "a French train and
We went as far as it was safe for
the train to go and We unloaded and
took il a foot We were in hearing
The big guns. Several airships
aHe over that night and pulled
.iXtr end gate out and let few
shells roll out and the next
Kfing bright and early We started.
= liidr" have very much for break
.trA morning and II was raining
awful muddy and 'bout ten
lex that night We got TO our com
r3't so tired | -ouldn' sleep and the
euns we're much closer than the
ID before and ! felt just little
lous the next morning. We had
r. Alre breakfast and rested there
days and We got orders "a roll
about o'clock Ia the morn
and It was pretty cold so We
led nn to the frtSt All dav'
In through mud from one inch
n Z inches deep and that night We
o where the boys had just went
and there was plenty of dead
Ihmen laying around and some
Jies and we STAYED there three
then we started that morni~e
passed the big guns and the
j. bombarded the place where
had inst left so we were lucky