The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-02-06


up to the present time.
We'll. the morning has nearly SIP
,.a nv hav, bccn writing 50 last
tha, hardly know II J have suee''a'u
In my attempt to cover every ihahg re-
l,a,i,g 10 n,y trip, excepting o nunahef
~ personal experiences which mus,
.uni, my return. think this VII
serve 10 give YOU some idea Of what
have been doing and where J nave
been and allow me more time Tor eat
ing. etc, when do return.
There were a few questions IN you,
last letter which will answer one q
which was about lunch J parfooS o.
From your letter you seem 10 nav
gained the impression that We were
sho,. Of bread. What ] mean, was
that We could not ge, il at the frsneh
restaurants without tickets issued by
tho civil government, for we always
have plenty of the finest wheat preau
YOU could get in the world, Just l'ho
home made; IL is really the backbone
NJ the A. r. F. ! also received inc
picturcs and papers you nave oe''
sending which enjoy and pass along
as a large number of the lads KNOW
being from Troy they are made goou
uso Of One of the French papers
hero the La Petite Girondc, is pun
fishing an English edition daily now
which helps us out. The Mail ano
! Herald lin English being printed N
. Paris always gave US yes''rd"!
news. haven't heard from Cora now
:, for over a month and guess she u
!, sore because didn't w-'te htr ot'h'
. err. After writing you it genefa's
!, covers everything and really iea'c'
= me with nothing left to write aoou'
60 ms long as she reads my MAJ! "
you Il wouldn't be of much use for M
$ TO duplicate it to her. II no ooo'
seems strange to you all that We don
vito oftener but let me tell you ina
= there is a whole lot Of work for us u
:, do and our lives arc more or less com
= monplace. Instead of consisting .
something new each day it Is rear
. tho opposite. The actual army routih
. . would be of no interest to you as
= Is composed of the same thing eae
- day. There is my friend, MISS he'o'
% to whom ! have written TWO earu
70 but received two or more letters iro'
~ each week and Myrtle to whom ! nav
:. written once and also received severe
~ from. II is the same all the way dow
y through my list of friends and re''
- ,ives I will try and write often'
:. during the rest of my stay in Franc
~ which I trust will be Of short dur'
ton. The rules Of censorship peir
~ modified will assist me great de
m also and really should find some'h'r
or 70 write about each week which W
at try and do. ,o
=. Some of the lads had the pleasure
- hearing Miss Margaret Wilson sing
70 Sunday last at Y. NJ. c. A. show D
-, didn't go around. Am little sor
w. now that didn't. We have now
,ot nictures here each night tgratls) ~
~, vaudeville shows Saturday nights J
-, Headquarters crowd is putting on
IN show Thursday evening which prol
ey- Uses to be good. :,
,ox Well I think / will have to close u
NV and 90 out for dinner. Give my 10
NV and best wishes to Mr.. and Mrs. ha'
tlv also to my respective brothers-ln-l'
~ and sisters, ETC., and above all !
az little niece. / have great hopes OF sc
los ing YOU all at very early date a
!, a tell YOU the rest Of the news that
as really haven't the time to write apo
nod such as the hard luck that kept
do awav from the excitement and exp'
not ;cnce of battle in the front lines a
ore the good fortune that kept me out a
how in good health. Must close for now,
\ a once more with best wishes to you
avs for a very merry Xmas and the NJ
,ort NEST of all New Years, ] remain
q Your son,
"a. HARRY.