Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1919-06-26

ing than is Absolutely necessary.
Probably I'd bettersstate that
my outfit has been shifted some
what from the scene of my last
attempt at letter writing, also the
railroad is farther away from us
than Cincinnati is from Fl. Estill.
April Is Am writing this
letter by jerks, also slowly but
am still determined to finish it.
If I had your letters with me l
could answer them in a regular
conventional manner, but they
are behind me so will stagger
along.
I've gotten my taste of war
this month past. Of course this
scrap don't stack UP to the West
ern front. Some people even
laugh at this little war, but they
are some 20 or 80 miles back,
and aren't busting any hame-
strings trying to get any closer.
l am at present with part of my
platoon, in typical little Russian
village on the banks of a frozen
river. The birds are beginning to-
sing, wild turkeys to boiler at
night, (glad there aren't any
screech owls or whip-poor-wills
hereabouts.) The snow is dis
appearing and the river isn't
as frozen as it was. At this
point in any well conducted piece
of fiction a statement concerning
the numerous bubbling brooks
should have been mixed in, but
this isn't fiction neither are there
any brooks bubbling, or other
wise, the main reason for their
non-existence is the fault of the
terrain-its too fat-rippling in
visible lake would about cover
the ground,I mean hguratively
speaking, it does literally.
We have rubber boots and eat
three times per day, also plenty
clothes and work so nobody
worrying. We've run across one
firm friend here-viz our oldl
tin hat
If you have ANY curiosity as
about what's going on in the Am.
R. E. F., just get a Detroit news
paper Detroit Free Press) only
don't believe any more of it than
you want to for l think they
picture things a little too dark.
There's some talk of our being
relieved here early this summer,
if so you can look for me to come
along back with the rest OF this
famous legion as I'm too old to
wait around up here and grow up
with this country.
I've allotted 500 per month
beginning April l, 1919. If any
checks don't come through keep
account of which they are and
I'll get them when | return.
Guess the flowers are bloom
ing, hens cackling and small
boys spinning their tops, just as
though there weren't Bolo
(Bolshevik) in the world, hey ?
Speaking of hens cackling re-
minds me that next Sunday is
Easter. We can't celebrate it in
good old Kentucky style by hid
ing eggs, and the natives won't
either. They may have hidden
eggs last year, but from all ap-
pearances they didn't do much of
a job finding them. The last
egg l saw was in Scranton, Pa.
and it wasn't any thing to brag
about.
You should see my office. 1t
was formerly a Russian back par
lor and the cock reaches are
swarming over everything and
I'm proud there's no worse.
Have had one great experience
since wrote the second INSTALL
ment of this letter; hard and
dangerous work but good sport
nevertheless.
Mud is about a foot deep now
and the river is on its last back.
Well l must get this letter off
Isl hear there's a mail going
out soon.
Give everybody my best and
fight the flu With love.
ores
Arrnv Tente Ecs. SaJa