Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 291, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 December 1918 — A MOTHER’S LETTER. [ARTICLE]

A MOTHER’S LETTER.

Among the seventy-five soldiers’ ebters received here Wednesday was - he following written by Corp. C. A. Battleday to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Battleday. Besides the letter there was attached a very beautii’ul poem entitled “Mother.” Following the letter we give the last stanza of the poem: In Active Service in France, October 25, 1918. Dear Father and Mother:—

* We are back again where there are a few American people besides our own regiment. We are in one of the camps in France, right close to the sea and are a labor unit instead of a fighting unit. We expect to see some pretty hard work from now on. We are living in squad tents, which is pretty nice to what we have been used to. v There are German prsionere by the thousands in this camp. They seem to be well satisfied to be prisoners in American camps. They need only one guar dto one thousand prisoners, so you can see they do not want to get away. We had-a nice train ride down here. We do not ride an chair cars over here, but ride in box cars with a capacity of egiiht horses or forty men, The trains do not make very fast time. Must close for this time. CORP. C. A. BATTLEDAY. Co. B, 309 Engrs, American E. F. MOTHER. \ “My mother, cheer your heart and dry , your tears, J for after while* God willins, I’ll return. . We sacrifice today, that through the years, We may enjoy the peace for which we yearn. Forget all cares, forget all minor things, (Today we labor and tomorrow rest! Wle fight for every mother as she singe Her babe to sleep upon her throbbing breast. battle for the womanhood of earth, For Liberty, for Honor and for Right. Re proud, oh mother dear, that you gave birth • To one who lived to enter such a fight”