The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-05-15
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SOLDIER BOY LETTERS.
From Raymond II. Lewis.

Dear Mother: Well, l received
your letter of March 9th. Don't
worry about losing your canay az
/ am still here and think you Woula
be safe to extend mat mat pe es ioi was as
talking to lieutenant last night and
he said that it would be about hVe
months more. When the armistice
was signed he said it would be eight
months and six months has gone al
ready. Well, it is Easter sa,f,, s4 1naay
and i haven't hba most an e al sodsFs
broke and happy. don't know
What III do Wien l get back and
get ia work again and can nave
money the last Of the month, but
don't worry about that until l get
that way. One year ago TO-DAY !
was somewhere between snm y; D. cha nne
since then. You spoke Of baking
Cookies. We'll, l haven't had any
since I left Ma Woods in D. , Z:
I don't know what, has happened to
her I haven't heard from her or Joe
since I've been over: here ana nave I'VE
written them several times. l WIS.,, Wlsit
/ done so l can make up as l may be
back there some day. sure "ant
some more of her corn bread. i
sure had a fine time while l was IN
D. c. and hopet that | can go PACK
there again. Do you know wnere
Clyde Combs is? Dld ne ever Even cG 5;m
since | left him in Camp Meigs. |
met a fellow last night that came
over in the same detachment tha ~, l
did He is stationed about 100 Kill
ometers from here. One OF, the boys
saw our old captain a few days ago;
he went to Tour in the &. n. u; ne
f,,n m
are only 20 left out of 213 that we
know anything about. we nave
met few of the boys but they are
few and far between, some or them
are back in the states. We heard
from one of them; he is IN the
Walter Reid hospital in ID. Z. !
think III put in Tor aoca leave one eeA I
hayn't had a day off only when !
was in the hospital or sick and that
has been very little. ! am going TO
try to go down in the Alps. don t
think that soldier can get into
Switzerland because it is a neutral
country, but can 20 INTO ha the tho9 rr yen
Franco" | would like to. spend about
six months over here sightseeing as
there are sights that are sure worth
while, not saying that there isn't IN
the states. don't think l. would
bother about coming over IL was
in the states, until I've seen them.
Well tell Aunt Rosa I'll try and drop
in and see her but don't expect to
be there long as I'll be in want OF a
lob tout sweet SO | can go TO
school again as I've found out that
an education is something that a
man has got to have if he ever is
going to amount to anything IN TINS
world, from what | have seen OF this
world. If l can get the chance, | am
going to study, not go through any
way to get by, as that don't get, you
anywhere and my advice to anybody
that is going to school is to snap
into it, and make the best or II as
they won't realize what it means to
them until they hit the world for
awhile, then after they are through
school pick them out a trade that
they think they like best and stick
to it and they are bound to come TO
the top if they are men and women
that will work The colonel maze
the statement to seventeen OF we
boys that have charge OF detach--
ments, if we wanted to re-enllst ne
would recommend us for commits
sion. Army life is a pretty easy life
after you make com. but
think that | can make more money
in civil life. well as it's about time
for the show to start I'll close hop
ing to hear from you soon.
Your Son.
SGT. Raymond K. Lewis,
NJ. T. c. Overhaul PIX 1O2,
500 Repair Unit 9Th Sec,
A. P. o. 7O2, France.