Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 185, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1918 — Leslie Zellers Writes to Home Folks From France. [ARTICLE]

Leslie Zellers Writes to Home Folks From France.

i Leslie Zellers of near Fair Oaks 'writes home from war stricken l*i lice under date of July 8, as follows: Somewhere in France, July 8, 1918.. Dear Mother: We arrived O. K. and had a fine !rip. "'The weather was fine and 1 didn’t get seasick. The country is very pretty. Everything is alright, Pf- don’t worry. I don’t mind being here at all. I suppose you received all the c-ivls I sent on the train. This is 1 > i first letter I have written since we landed. Write and tell jn6 about the Fourth; how and where y :j celebrated. Hope you enjoyed it. I was busy and didn’t do much at that. It didn’t even seem like 1' a Fourth. Horace Ch&nais and I visited last night. We saw several toys we had seen in camps at no. Has Leo been called yet? I received his letter on board the ship before we left port. They have some queer looking trains over here, little short cars "Hh four wheels about half as large es- ours. —■>■■■ ~~ '■ —x. 3i They farm every ground ;nd everything looks good. Tl}eir :u tools are all old-fashioned,

too. I only saw two or three pieces of machinery that was up to date. Nearly all carts are used, end one horse. If more, they are hitched ahead of each other. The houses are all stone. I have my first wood house to see yet. Live's ock is usually kept on the first floor. The family lives upstaifrs. I However, the people are glad to e us’. The night* we landed the kids sang "The Gang’s" All Here.’’ |lt sounded funny sung by French ! kids. I The days are rather long. It don’t get dark until about 10:30. Nights are rather cold but it’ beats :the South. ' I will write once a week from row on. Expect you will get this lin a month at least. I don’t look for aniy mail for a week or so yet. Guess this is all I can think of now. With love to all, j PVT. LESLIE C. ZELLERS. Headquarters Co., 115th U. S. Ihf., A. E. F., France, via New York. Ray dark Write From Training Camp at Lexington, Kentucky.

Mr. and Mrs. S. Clark of w heatfield township have received a letter from their son Ray, Who is now in an army training camp at Lexington, Kentucky: Camip Buell, Lexington, Ky. August 4, 1918. Dear Parents:— ‘ I got your letter and box yesterday. I am getting along all right. . Have got over my cold and "in getting used to drilling, so it does not make me tired. We are getting plenty to eat. We had chicken for dinner today. We don’t get time to write much except on Saturday nights and Sundays. J stayed at caimp last night but went to church this morning. It was a church but only a few attending. I have got several letters this week, one from Wesley. I will ■’nd it to you. I have got them all answered but two. We go to another classroom tomorrow and will get ouir grades I think. I have been on a truck two days and think I made a good grade at driving. There are several trucks of each kind here. Th/ere me twenty in my class and some of them have had quite a little experience. We attend a lecture each morning and then work six hours in thd shop. We signed the pay roll the other day but don’t know when we will get it. I have ?7 yet but if I don’t get paid this week I will send for some. I think I can get a check cashed here. I don’t want a post office money order as the post office is in the city. I can find out later and let you know. I had some postcard pictures taken yesterday and will get them Tuesday. I have mailed two pictures of. the company. T marked above where I stand. They ought so get there ahead of this letter. It may be I will get off a while when we get through here. I will try to. It is a little warm in here so 1 am going to a cooler place. It is rot any warmer than up there. The nights are cool and I sleep good. Your son, RAY.