Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 164, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1918 — PRIVATE GEORGE WOLF WRITES TO HIS PARENTS [ARTICLE]

PRIVATE GEORGE WOLF WRITES TO HIS PARENTS

June 6, 1918. Somewhere in France, Dear Parents: Received your most loving and welcome letter day /before yesterday, and was surely glad to hear from you. I have not had time to answer any sooner for we are kept busy all the time. We are still out in the woods, and expect to be there for sometime, but I enjoy it very much for the mud is all dried up and the weather is so beautiful. There is a K. of C. man that comes out to our camp most every day and the other day be brought a Catholic Priest to hear confession and give communion to us boys. He is very nice and obliging, every time he comes out he brings writing paper and magazines. The first day he came out he gave me an order for a set of boxing gloves. When we have a little spare time, we sure have some fun with them. Say mamma’l will have to reviye your memory a little in regards to writing to cousin Francis Lynch, so please mamma write me one letter any why and -write to him for he is getting awfully discouraged. Poor kid, he hasn't got any mail for a long time and I know how he feels over it. Mamma I am sending you a sample of small flowers which grows in abundance near our camp, also sending you and Dortha a sovenier handkerchief. You keep the one with the flag. It isn’t very much, but will be a remerbrance from France. We have a very hard time to get any thing. We can’t even buy bread. I was certainly glad to hear papa was feeling good. Sure hope you are all feeling good. Tell Dortha she need not feel so heart broken about Clarence coming across for it isn tso bad. It gets a little hot once in a while, but we are used to it by this time.. We have got our service i stripe which signifies we have been I six months in foreign service. They look real nifty. They are a V shaped } which is worn on the cuff of the left arm. I think by the time we get back we will have about three of them. You said the town was dead as the Germans. It might be as dead as the Germans that were presented with a wooden cross, but those that we have had. to deal with are not

dead 'by any means. They sure raised h—with us a short time ago. , u mentioned about not hearing j rom me for a long time, but you wil! have to excuse me, for believe m ®. 1 hav , e something to do besides writing letters, but. I write every chance I get. You asked me what 1 did for pastime. I haven’t any. Russell and Herbert said tell their folks hello and that they were well and would write soon. Cousin r rancis had his picture taken and is sending you one. We are all in good health and are as fat as pigs. I eat weighted the other day and tipped the scales at 152 pounds. V I think I weigh more than papa do I not? Well mother dear’ as I have to get busy I will close for this time. Hoping this little message of love will find, you well and happy as it leaves me. Tell papa I will be home maibe before long and when Ido it will be to stay. Good bye dear mother. Give my love' to »U the folks Tell DortlAs fettS a°l n er t ?°- TeH Elizabeth I said hello and God bless her. Prom your most loving son George. Good „ .f MYATE GEORGE WOLF. R ?^H ery C > l. 60 Feld Artillery, 67 Brigade, American E. P. via n! Y.