The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-01-09
From Roy Trip.

Dear Mother and All: Just a few
lines to let YOU know l am we'll and
feeling fine and sure hope this will
find you the same. Well l got me
Reporter yesterday. 1t IS the secouu
one l have received lately ! Wro.e
Won NAV not get it. We are going to
have an inspection tomorrow morn
ing so the boys are having quite a
time getting their blankets and cloth
ing Strengthened up. We must nave
everything out on our hunks so II IS
quite a job to get it Strengthened up.
Well what is everybody DONG pac6
Warren Hullinger yesterday SO may
be / will get letter from them Pc
fore long. Well i have had a letter
from nearly all of the folks the last
week. but I haven't got near all OF
them answered yet but must Try ana
answer them right away. Wen !
suppose you folks Will VIII nave Keow a y yef
snend Christmas with you folks.
Don't know yet when we will get TO
come back but | hope by spring any
Wav had another letter from
Maude Reynolds the other day. IG,1
YOU ever get the picture ! SEM! Wen
/ have got several other leIters ~
write and haven't :. g : i,1 any as ne"S we'll
close for this time. Will try ana
write again in a few days, SO good
bye, as ever your son, wy r.;
Nancy, Dec G,,1, tn ~
Dear Mother and All: VIII tly
know | am feeling fine and hope TINS
Viii find YOU the same. Well. it is
rather rainy here today and it mas
heen rather rainy for the last few
Savs II isn't near as cold here as
Il really is at home this time OF year
and | hope it don't get much coiuef;
Have YOU had any snow there Sge:
Well you ask what | nave peen ~ w n
ing. We have been. taking care q
horses and transferring them to thf
frnnt We Just got back day before
Yesterday from a five day Trip. ~
look four days to go and one DAY 70
come back. We came back on
trucks; sure had nice trip; sure
saw some country. we Went 10 10
border. We went through the cage
Of Metz. 1t sure is some place.
they We're mostly Germans up there.
We are stationed in the second lafg-
as+ city in France. 1t is a real hlce
nIace Paris is the largest clty IN
france. We have made. three long
trips with horses. The hTst one W.
made we went over, the place W saLt7
thev did some of the hardest fghl-
ing and tell you that things sure
t we're @i shot up. We went through
s @ul towns that were shot all to
1ieces and there were all kinds OF
bic shells piled up along the roa a.
and | have seen general ar ralos
since | have been here. we nave sot
permanent passes now. we ne 20 w
town nearly every night. They nave Y
> nicture show down to the Y. M. q.
every evening. There IS sure
well bathing pool here in this town,
ane IF the SWEETEST bathing houses ~
ETTance. have seen lots | Woulu
ike to tell you about but | Will tel,
ali of that when l get nome, Pig
YOU get the pictures ! SEM ana VIII MI
10 YOU think of them? nave sun
Got the nicture you sent Of we three
bovs, 1t is in just as GOOD shape as
when | got it. | have been carry
me i in that stationery case you
sent it in. Well l wrote to Ray TrlpIp1
This morning. Say you didn't tel
me what you sent me for Chflst1nas.
think YOU had ought to tod What
i was but | reckon ! will find out
wbsn it comes. ] got another let
ter from Maude the other day. !
sent Edith one of the pictures JUST
like the two l sent you and ! 10 SEN sen
Vou and Arlo some Christmas cards;
would sure like TO send several
7hings but it is quite 1ob9 10 sena
any thing from here SO Will try ana
bring some stuff when come
home and am hoping that 1t Will De
before long. ! haven't seen any
more of the boys from home yet bu5
have been thinking maybe Wouiu
do some running around but maven
vet Well we haven't got only apout
* horses now and there has been
about 12O men transferred into our
company so we haven't had much to
do since we got back, SO | am get,
ting caught up with my writing. .;,l
haven't had much time to write tn
the last two days and | have go;
several to write yet SO. guess ! hau
better ring off. thank you an 1or
What YOU sent and l wish you al
Merry Christmas and Happy New
Year. so good bye, as ever your SON.
'"i' ~ pvt Roy w. Trip,
Field Remount Squadron 3lo,
American Exp. Forces, france.
, From John MunyOn.