Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 306, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 January 1918 — “Bummer” Is Well Satisfied [ARTICLE]

“Bummer” Is Well Satisfied

Looking For Letters Dec. 9, 1917. i » France. Dear Father and Mother:— I received both your letters yesterday, mother’s dated, October 29, and your’s of the 30. I received the box of nuts, two pounds of Climax, forty sacks' of Duke’s Mixture and Bull Durham, and the box of chocolates, all about the same time.

The Americans are all out of the trenches now and in the camps. They have been.in camp for the past ten days. I have not received as issue of the lome paper since I landed here. I suppose later on, after the Xmas rush is over, they will be “able to handle the papers. I heard Alfred Thompson did not lass the examination here. It is too >ad, for I am sure he would rather have stayed than gone home. We get very good eats and it is cooked well. For breakfast we get jam, toast, coffee and milk; , for dinner, soup, potatoes, meat, rice or beans; for supper, meat, potatoes, salad, cheese coffee and sometimes jam. Our fqpd is served on a table by two French waiters, who are too old for active service. Our dishes are all washed and put in place on the table, which is located in an old barn or shed which is heated with a small trench stove, after all the shell holes, etc., are stopped up. We don’t get all the comforts when at the front, of course. We are still expecting a call back to the front at any hour. Evaeua--tion work is all we do while on as our section is mostly all left here, except the artillery. I received letters from D. C. Hart, Dr. C. E. Johnson and Uncle Phillip during the past few days. Was very happy to hear from them. The weather is very disagreeable here now as it is," rainy, cold and VERN DAVISSON.