Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1918 — LETTERS FROM BUR SOLDIERS [ARTICLE]

LETTERS FROM BUR SOLDIERS

Vern Davisson Writes Again From the Fighting Front. ■’ ..j.'* * Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Davisson received another letter Thursday from their son Vern, who is driving an ambulance on the Ypres front. The letter is dated May 14, and is as follows: Dear Father and Mother:— Ihave a little time now and will write you a short letter. The weather is very rainy and damp up here and Is bad for everyone. We have had quite a long voyage the past few days. Did you get the letter I wrote about a week ago? We have been living on nothing and water for the past few days, because of traveling, I guess. It’s certainly wonderful how rapid one can reduce on. a diet like that. We all highly recommend this diet for fat folks; it It an absolute success. I saved that package of cakes, candy and tobacco you sent me for this trip, for I have 'become acquainted with the disadvantages in traveling concerning eats. Where we are now we have no bouses to stay in, so we put up our big tent, which makes a beautiful camping scene. The big danger is because it is a new, white tent and shows up for .miles, making a beautiful target for the boche. f am in favor of having it camouflaged. This is a very muddy country, but when the sun shines it is beautiful and very level and one can see for miles in either direction and about every way you look can see eight or ten of those huge windmills like they have in Holland. We are about a dozen miles behind the lines now, waiting for our. division to get a little rest after moving so far, but expect to go in tomorrow. My old Ford ambulance smashed to pieces a week ago, and now I have a brand new one; the paint is not even scratched. It sure works fine and I feel much safer in it. It would be a shame if a shell mussed it al! up. Well. I must close; will write again soon. I am all O. K. and Duvall is still in Paris at the hospital, have hot beard from him. I hope this finds you all feeling fine, I think this bloody, blooming war will be over before long now, perhaps six or eight months more. Good-bye. Your loving son. VERN C. DAVISSON'.