Nome tri-weekly nugget., 1919-03-26

I a proud place to fill and you know now I will do this honorably and bravely. The weather it is now we ihave just fine, the country looks fine ibut lonesome place. The French people cannot understand English.
 Just q few days ago I took some wash ing to French woman and ask her if she can wash my clothes and she said something in French but I did not un- signs with my hands wash and also she make signs, bring it. And last night I went over there her house and stand front of her and give her good big smile. and she give my laundry. Again somewhere in France Sept. 5th. He laments not being able to send pin and photo to mother and continues: And now I am in under the fir ing line very close to the German trenches and we can hear all the big artillery firing days and nights over l us, aeroplanes flying ours and enemys 1 little gas on our side a few nights ago l but don't amount very much. And I certainly like to see German lost the game. and we are all the American boys anxious to go over the top and give d good punching to German. The weather here is getting colder all the time and raining all the time. And we have little hardships on the way | from New York out here to front line trenches but it is not new experience to me in army life as have been with army people five years and had some experience. and had some of it | in Mexico in 1916.
 receive a letter from Major General C. $. Farnsworth and he was appoint ed Major General week before last. and he was Commander 159th Brigade. Camp Lee Pittsburg Virginia and he said that he was very much surprise that I am now soldier boy.
 Somewhere in France Oct. 9th. Feeling fine and was at the front iline under the firing line and came back just fine and danty. and lost a few men from our Company, and we may not see the front line again, We are just now anxious to go back home and have our Christmas dinner at home. We have been moving a lot for the past three weeks the weather has been raining very much. And I have now plenty to tell you. Stories about front and France when get back home.
 But he did see the front line again and saw it good and hard as his next two moved into Belgium from where he writes under date of Nov. 9th. some where in Belgium:
 Just come from the front line and am all right and l hope we will be sent back to the United States some
 
 time this winter. Belgium weather is i just like Alaska in the fall and the country very well populated but all shot down and good many fine build. ings all shot down in pieces and Ger. l man had been stolen all they had in the stores and that's all is now in their farms, all the vegetables. And all the Belgium people was very glad to sec the Americans come and help them The Armistice was declared before he wrote his last letter but after com- menting on the prospect of no more fighting and again wishing to be home for his Christmas dinner he says, un- der date of Nov 29th., Macken Belgium:
 Was at the front in Belgium twice and days at the France front. and was hite by high explosive shell through my gas mask. but stop out side of my coat, and l was very luck mot got hurt, and ("censored') orl ("boys censored"o were l.urt all ar- ound me and my Corple was hurt and the boy lay alongside of me he lost his right arm. We certaingly had very hard time of it not much sleep and cold rain nights, and all the big