The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-05-29
LETTER FROM CLAUD
MEDLOCK IN BREST

Lubbock, leNas.
Dear Mr.. Dow:
received another Avalanche to-
day and was so glad TO get II thought
I'd just scratch you line to let you
know how much ! appreciate the
good old Avalanche. get lots OF
letters from the folks at home and
would go nuts" If didn't hear from
home often, but | also love to get the
little old Avalanche because IT al
ways tells something that the letters
leave out. read her from headline
to classified lads" and Judging from
some things | notice in IT don't
think I'll hardly know old Lubbock
when | get back. However, II would
not be quite proper for old Lubbock
not to grow lot in a year would it?
Wen. Mr.. Dow. viii sure be one
happy guy when | get back to the
Hub" and | hardly think III kick if
it don't rain for six months and we
have a sandstorm eveoy day! ] think
could eat quaot Of good old dsy
sand now il had il, ! haven't seen
any dry dirt in so long ] have for
gotten how il looks. Last winter we
had So days Of rain in one spell dur
ing this time we didn't see the sun
over half dozen time, and then for
only a few minutes each day. The
past week, however, has been real
decent to US. three days Of sunshine
and one night we saw the moon.
Say Mr Dow, how is the Methodist
Sunday School progressing7 ! hope
it's keeping up with the town and !
suppose il is. haven't been to
Church or S S. in so long that I'd
hardly know how to behave in a real
church any more guess ] can learn
soon though. II ever do get back
there.
We sure have a nice job here in
Brest believe me, Nothing to do but
haul baggage and men down to the
boats and watch them 90 homel Some
times we wonder how II would seem
TO get on the transport ourselves
We didn't get over in time to get up
on the front and we sure have seen
some Of the country over here. You
know we landed at Glasgow. Scotland,
and got to cross the full length Of
England to Southampton. From
there we crossed over 20 lie Havre
and right there we get the shock Of
tcur young lives. 40 Of US packed in
each cattle carl Why going up from
jacksonville 10 New York had
whole upper berth to myself in
brand new Pullman, just because
-sme Of the fellows were too good TO
sleep in an upper You can imagine
what these sports said | thought II
was pretty rough myself when they
packed US in these little ~ foot box
cars like sardines We were p
hours getting TO lie Mons. where we
lived in our pup tents FOR 8 days and
went to gas school. Then we went
via side door pullman" to La Ro-
chello. where We spent 6 months Of
our time. Our job there was to as
semble trucks and cars that were
shipped over from the States and TO
drive them up to the advance motor
reception parks at Lojin and Langres
We sure did have some fun on those
conveys. but oh the trip back. French
box ears or third class coaches which
were worse. Last February we took
a convoy Of 81 Liberty trucks 90
Coblenz. Germany We got to see
the battle front for about 80 kilome-
tiers. We hi, the front for the first
time about az kilometers south Of
Verdun and went about 40 kilometers
up the front past Nerdun. was
rather glad | wasn't present while
they were wrecking the landscape for
/, was sure some wreck.
Mr.. Dow your Avalanche is alright
but lis not the only paper in the
world as you will see by the enclosed
journal. Our Ponteneyon blackboard
is some sheet itself and It's a dandy,
too. Well. guess I'd better ring
off for I've ALREADY lasted too long,
only intended to tell you to keep
sending the Avalanche and send the
bill to my dad. As ever,
Your friend.
CLAUDE w. MEDLOCK,