The Springdale news., 1919-01-03
FROM MAYO HEAD.

IT r Head. of Sulphur City re-
 ;,..5 r.. inc following letter from his se,'' sn who is { l clerk, stationed at cbaumont, ee;
 rbanmoat, France, Haute Marne' ,,.'a1sGss =. I9l8.-Dear Fathef;- N9,o' on is.t Ma .2th we wrote our natbors 4 I Ief.e and today is now ansa,sg fh.istmas letter day so sara @ an, up 3 the office this Sun ae ae, afternoon writing to you Dear patber pi W5 ked all the forenoon = rbis was my Sunday on duty half tba day. 1 certainly wish that l eo1ld be with yoa this afternoon as l tnow that We would enjoy 1t so much ho4tor hut since 1 am long way from von I am doing the next thing and .ha4 is to write you as long letter as nossible. Heretofore l have been ,nable to teil you but very lit5l obont my surroundings, but now since the censor regulations have been lowered little l will be able to tell von more. Of course you have re- ceiyed the glad news of the armlstce and that the hostilities were ceased on November llth.
 Well. Father 1 am getting along inst fine and dandy and feel extra good and 1 hope that you are getting along fine as l worry great deal about your condition.
 Now will try to tell you little about myself left New York last March 5th anl arrived in France the 9th and remained at Bordeaux for week and two days and from there l went to Blois France and stayed few days and on April 7th l arrived here at Chaumont France, on Sun day and a very bad day too and then on Monday 1 was assigned to ihe Cable Division of the Adjutant Cen erals office and have been here since. Ny work has been very pleasant as have had 8 niee bunch to work with. It. Williams, who Is now Gapti9n, was our Chef Clerk when first l came here, but later was taken out of this office and Mr Huston vas made our Chief Clerk. Cdpt. Will liams still over us. General Davis fBrigadier General) is Adjutant Cen era of the 4. E. F and We are un4er him
 Chaumont is not a very large place. would judge about eight or ten thousand people in peace times. We are occupying the French Barracks, which are at the edge of Chaumont will send you some post cards of Ghaumont and among them will be a picture of the barracks, showing the front entrance, am in the building to the left. You cannot see the build Ing but the one you see is just like the one work in. am on the sec ond floor. have sure had some great hikes around this place as Mr Huston and have been most every where around within a radius of five or six miles.
 We certainly do enjoy getting out and taking hikes in the country Of course have written you a number of times about our hikes. I dent think the fighting has ever been sny closer than fifty or sixty miles of lhls place France has been divided Tn what was the Advanced Zone and eervlce of Supply We have been in the advanced zone all the time. This IS Very beautiful country around here With it's hills and valleys end one Of the greatest things here is the canal which passes within short instance of the town. That was a great pleee of engineering work to put through this canal project with all ,'s ioek etc It is amusing to see the ooats on this canal as they are all pulled by donkeys or horses. I nave Seen two or three that they used horses but most that have seen were pulea by donkeys. The boats are iNea up so that parties that run the s1e boat live right on the boat and u., uaso keep their stock in there too. when night comes on and they get " stopping place they guide the DOa' over close to the bank and put out the run board and take their s'o'h m. don't know what the eepth of the water is but I would 'aage It to be about twenty feet. aAo'hef great industry at this place the glove factory where they turn t1s ~ lots of gloves. I have been in :. .'e factory but have not been through t iAey employ mostly all lady helr ,s, l am going to enclose in this t''sr money order for Christmas ch. s want you to use toward making
 'iilaS a pleasant one for all of .o. @ ! would send more but just l0s pack from my leave, therefore t.s' an not very flush with francs but ~, 'i's and use 1t for Christmas n @'i De able to send some more ,.l after the first of the month e'",, hsn We get our pay. All Field cas nsAS @ith dependents are allowed Hsa.nutation Hnhl of quarters, heat anc .Efs anu "henswe get that I will be IN v send You a little more money inc pe soon that we will all be return Ias as nome. Of course we do not evor,.., @neh that will be but now as pesas ulihg is finished except ths