The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-01-15

u. S. S. Teal, M. S. No. %, Care of
Postmaster, New York City, N. Y.
Oct. 80, 1918.
Dear Mother:
Just a few lines before the lights
go out and that will not be long. Re-
ceived two of your
Corporal Now letters night before
Sc More Per last, Nos. % and 20,
also one from Don, a
J dandy long one. wrote him last
night and told him some more of the
same things but of course / suppose
] he will go. / sent it to Belding and
you can send it to him.
The post cards Of the library and
others came in one of the letters. The
library looks like fine building.
The weather has been fine for
about week now, the mud, which
was quite bad here, is nearly all dried
up, and hope it stays so for long
time. We are busy as ever with
truck repair and gun work, overhaul
ing and keeping them in good shape
to send lots of steel-coated answers
to Fritz's peace proposals and that's
what they are doing lots of.
Had dandy long letter from Maud
Peterson the other day. / have not
heard from Chester yet I imagine
it is not very nice where he is, still
it ought to be quite nice to be there
this winter but he might not be there
that long. 4-
Have, you been getting the allot-
ment right along or since June and
how much is it? There has been
some talk of there being some chang
es in regards to it and of US having
to make out new blank; some of the
fellows have received cards from their
folks which they have received from
Washington concerning it, but as ]
have not heard anything from you
about it, maybe have mixed things
up a bit; if you have been getting il
right along, all right and if not will
have chance to fix it so you will. AT
last few of the boys have received
some promotions, not as many as
should have and what there was, sure
was long enough coming but / guess
we have been rather lost bunch this
summer, wandering around France,
occasionally we had payday but got
our mail and meals quite regular and
saw lot Of the country, more than
expected to when we came over. ]
would not have missed what / have
seen this summer for a good deal and
we have sure done our bit at the
same time. Some of the work we
have done would stand an arsenal OF
machine shop of with q tiff, also a
garage and blacksmith and welding
station and we are not bashful to say
SO ourselves, either, when we see what
some other outfits are doing. We
sure have a good bunch Of fellows
both for a good time and as mechan-
les,
In regards to our being lost, wal
not exactly lost but we were attached
to a regiment only instead Of a divi.
sion as some of the mobile repair
shops are and for some time the reg.
iment was with the French army
which accounted. some for some OF
the long moves we made few times
Must write another letter or two
yet so must close for this time. Yor
don't send such ragged letters as thi.
to the Banner-News office, do you
Am corporal nav, which means 81
more. per.
Is Bertha still with you? Will sex
. you again soon. With love to all,
Harry ]. Fuller,
Ord. bet. Repairshop, 44th Arty., c
II A. c., A. p. o. 719, "A. E. F.
Nov. 4, 1913.
, Dearest Mother:
should have written long before
Z this, but had tooth that had beer
!, bothering quite BIZ
|, Army Dental so you can imagine
/. Experience how much pep had
, But it kept me awake most of thu
time last night for the last time
/ they succeeded in getting dentis'
, here, for a while at least, and this
afternoon / have one less tooth thar
this morning, also a couple of roots
, Of another. Am going to have thu
, rest fixed; this Is the first we have