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ed from military front:Homtr Bishop .s now in#er-1-« re tr the w tsremFrance Jan S !!l.Dear Father:Th* clerk left hia C r*-rsa in m*. rlt; vrrand as mamma told me that you minted * personal letur from me 1 thoughtI e ;*d write it nlt; * la'’*'* stopto make any corrections eith* r in spetllng or typing1 1 n't exacTi.. know what you me n hy a personal letter but mil! lt;b. mvteat altho m e are not a Horn el to tell much.We arrived in th# village that weare now quartered in lt;*n Oct. l?th being on the road Jusf one month and one day. The town is just like hi.' other email towns in France. The buildings are all atone and the stable and 11' in* quarters are all the same butldir.it which T s ;pr *** makes It very handy In bad weather, which is theonly kind they s* em to have The town h «s two pxrt* oof called “haul and the other ba ’ which means upper and lower, one part of the town Is lt;m a hill while the other is In the valley. Regimental headqus . is in the valley while the hospital la on the hill and it is some drill betweenThis town like all other French towns that I have seen is very unsanitary with no drainage system. The French do not drink any water and we are ordered n »t to unless It has been boiled first, which Is very hard to do as wood is very scarce so we have to drink the wine which is of two kinds, the white and the red. I thinkone could drink either all day and feel no ill effe -ts from it unless one became slefc. Even the milk has to he boiled ind as I never did like milk I don't•« is I was umpire Just a year ago I *.• • 1 at Ihr.n et»n end I didn’tthink at that time th*t I would be in France a ear hence Anyway It was a good game with the final scoren ta «.lt; n rw k;h we (jest mv company. Co B ‘eft the small town and arrived the next day in quits a large place wh*re we are t*» do g ard dut and fa?‘gue Every other day I am officer of the day and the of lays I havecharge of all the working details.J,tt -Ki.v I have a motorcycle aide cara■ ‘ tn automobile w'• i. h -re minew -'••never I need them w hi h is most oft ‘ • • rr.e hs the vvcrl-'ee parties arereneraily scattered all over the tlt;wn and the guard is worseItIThe town Is some town thoughwhich helps some compared with the other p|,ice It formerly had a wall,around It and part of it is still standing with its turrets and sally ports, etc. Another attraction Is an old cathdral which resembles the pictures of the one at Rheims. It is quite alarge one but I haven’t had a chance togo through It ao far.Mong with my other duties I have been made Mesa” Officer which meansa lot more work. Christmas day we had another regular feed, just about the same as the one we had Thanksgiving only Vetter.New Year’s day was the same as anyother day except that we didn’t work in the afternoon.lt; n Jan 3rd we got an order to leav e town the next day and rejoin the regiment which we did. The train was th«( slowest that I ever saw and took two days and two nights to make a trip that It should have made in about tenhours at the most. There was no heatIIrv t ho oo ru anHI axtori* I'.nr. filwinsfif fmr**
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Kokomo Daily Tribune
Kokomo, Indiana, US
Fri, Feb 08, 1918
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