Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-02-19
SOLDIER LETTERS
Mcnding Roads ON Vcriun Battle
Ground

Ground
Siyry-sur- Meuse, France.
January l9, 1919,
Dear Folks:
Have your letter of December lst
which came to me yesterday after
being at the company office few
days.
This being detached is fine, but
makes the mail late II some one
does not bring 1t out often. The
company has moved and so have we
and 1t is much farther and harder
to get back and forth than II was be-
fore.
Company A Is now located at Bill
ly-sous- -Mangiennes between DAM
villers and Spincourt north Of Ver-
dun and our coon company is at
Sivry on the Meuse river between
verdun and Dun. We are still
patching roads and at present hap
pen to be ON one OF the national
highways over which some pretty
hard fighting has been done. How
ever. the Boche was on the run when
he went through these small towns
in this vicinity.
Was glad Rose called you In and
let you read the letter. but wish II
had been after November IL, so as
mot to have kept you In suspense.
did not write until November 10th
because | was busy until we moved
on the 14th and had a get settled In
our new home.
You wonder II we keep warm. |
should say we do. A big fire place
and stove In room big enough
for two. Gil and !. There Is plenty
of wood. All we have to do is to
go out and get II. Besides the fire
we each have plenty OF blankets. in
fact more than is really necessary.
Sure would have enjoyed eight
warm cookies, but over here It would
have taken more than eight to go
around. Had piece of the cap
tain's wife's cake today which he
received as a Christmas package. 1t
was fine. too. We eat better than
the coons and not 500 good as the
officers. but you can Judge how we
eat by the two meals so far today.
For breakfast we had oatmeal (fur-
nished by us) with sugar and milk,
bacon. biscuits, prunes and coffee.
For dinner we had roast beef. mash
ed potatoes with gravy, sweet cake
with pudding sauce on 1t. bread. but
ter and coffee.
Have been thinking about going
back to school next fall. II we get
back home in time to work a sum-
mer and fall before school begins.
Am pretty rusty now, but II / can
get back into the harness soon
enough. l will be able to go to o. A.
c. next fall and take their highway
course; for that looks mighty good
to me after reading the wonderful
preparations the different states are
making for highway work.
However, when you think that a
soldier can get a discharge in order
to go to school, you are very much
mistaken. I think when they get
through with us, they will discharge
us, and not until.
Had a nice letter from Flo in
which was clipping which came
Just at an opportune time. All OF
the clippings are good to get. Gil
gets the Monitor, but | don't get a
chance to read them. The clippings
are easy to get to so I read them.
Our quarters in Sivry are not near
80 good as the one we had at Boin-
vile. We were all five located in
a small room in the officers quar-
ters. Gil and found another place
and moved out. But our fire place
smokes and we may have to move or
do without It and use the stove.
Must write some other letters. for
our mail comes in punches and
have bunch to answer.
Your loving son, WALLACE