Arizona republican., 1919-02-07
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 SOLDIERS OVERSEAS

The following kick" has been re- i,ceived by The Republican from France. it coming from J. r. Al1ire. secretary and manager of the Manufacturing Stationers, Inc, formerly the McNeil | company. The letter will be of interest to many as several Phoenix people are mentioned. It is as follows:
 American Red Cross, Paris, France,
 January s, 1918. 1 Dear Charlie:
 l say. Charlie, for the love of Mike, be a little reasonable I'm for economy and all that, but why pick on me while there is an open season for such prac- tice at home, and plenty of people clos CT than some 1000 miles.
 l know it would not seem natural if you didn't hear my melodious voice raised in kick once in a while and just to keep you from being disap- pointed here goes.
 The wrappers you use for mailing represent some by gone issue of the 1 paper and only one thickness at that. By the time they've been railroaded some 5000 miles, then dumped in q ships hold for about an equal distance and finally resurrected for q trip on these wonderful @ continental railways, they just aint. Result no paper for one J. F. Alkire. 1 never realized what q good paper the Republican was, till 1 lit in this countryla and at that I'm giv- ing you the best of it for 1 cant make proper comparisons as all these arc printed in French. So there you are
 1T you haven't any Kraft for wray- pers consider this your order on a reg ular print shop and get the Manufac- turlnS StatlOnerS to deliver YOU some free of charge.
 Leaving all joking aside the Repub-
 llcan sure looks good to me and when
 ever ship shows up and a weeks is-
 sues are delivered, 1 take a night of
 and read even the advertisements whereupon, when l have finished, I car almost imagine I'm at home.
 France is q fine country to come from, if you come soon enough and IT swear If l ever get to Seaboard, it'll bc by boat, as it's rained 4 days anC nights, which if I remember correctly and which quite possibly don't, no being exactly what might be termed al A No. 1 Bible student, is just one day more than the time when old man Noal had to build his ark. If it keeps or much longer, he'll have nothing on me for l am going to start one soon. alsC can't quite figure out why the F'rencl put up such a scrap to keep the Ger mans out, for if it's like this all th' year around, they'd be welcome to thu country as far as I'm concerned. It's not so bad, all in all, and l an tickled to be over here and doing wha little 1 can, even if l did land almos after the big show was over.
 Have seen several Phoenix boys. Al look fine and are impatiently awaitin. the day when they get their orders i, come home. Saw Leon Jacobs and Ton
 Maddox one day and the next Aver. Corpstein, who is playing in the Pari
 Headquarters Band. Also Roy Mur ray. now q shove tail in the Sth Fiel, Artillery. Spent Xmas with Sims Ely Jr. stationed at Tonnerre about hours out of Paris with Hq. 1st Arm Corps. Ely has been through all of tn big show. seen all the exciting time an Il 1 guess knows more about it than any | one from Arizona. And the best par | of it all, still alive to tell the story H is certainly entitled to all the credi that can be given him.
 As for myself have a nice job help ing to clean up the mess. Am actin | chief, Section of Salvao~ A. R. c. an all we have to do is gather togethe all the A. R. C. property scattered owe France and the adjoining countrie. clean it up, pack and store it. As ther is only about 100 million dollars wort l expect to get home in time for neN | Xmas. if I'm lucky.
 Best regards to all my friends. wit the Ariz. Repub- and don't forget tn I wrappers.
 1ST LIEUT.. I r. ALkIRE. A. R. C., Paris. Franc