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Show BINGHAM SOLDIER WRITES FROIVI FRANCE S.Glenn Davles Writes Interesting Letter Let-ter to Sister from Front Lino Trenches in Francs The following letter is a copy of. one received Wednesday from Glenn Davles Dav-les who is now in Franco. It wai written writ-ten to his sister, ldellu: Somewhere in France, April 20, 19d8. Dear Sister: I would lilfe to be home for a few minutes or nuurhe an 4our.ir an tuaf'f to see how everything Is and what you are all doing. And to tell you a few of the exciting times I have had while I was up to the trenches. It sure gives a fellow a funny feeling when one of those big eight or ten inch shells of the Boches, that sounds like a fast freight, sails over your head. And vhen it hits it sounds like the Utah Copper hill blasting at supper sup-per time. When I was up it was considered con-sidered quite a sector. . But a'ons about daylight and about drrk every day business begins to pick up. It puts me in mind- of the Utah copper hill, but I can't say that I felt at h.-ue. The first day up i believe I was as nervous bs anybody, but after the first Jay I took it as though I had bepn used to it all my life. Got so I could go to sleep when the Hun hells were singing love songs. Or at least that's what the fellows claim when one or a dozen comes singing over the top. You might laugh if I told you that we played poker with our gas masks on one night when the Boches tried to gas us. 1 am not trying to claim bravery for any of us, although some of them deserve it. But I do claim that there Isn't another class of people peo-ple In the world that can beat the "Yanks" at making themselves feel at home, no matter what the circumstances circum-stances are. And the excitement only gives them something to talk about. Well I think that is enough war for this letter, so lets talk about the country coun-try and its beauty. It might interest you more. France is sure a beautiful place and I want to see more of it before be-fore I come back nome. I took a walk out into the country the other day, and everything was so beautiful and interesting that I have got to tell you about it. It is spring here now and everything is a fru and green as can be. The fruit trees are all in 'blossom and the wild and tame flowers cover the hills and valleys, val-leys, and the air itself smells like a flower bed. People were In the fields working anc the funny pa-t t It is that thev were mostly women. Women do all the work here that they have to, because be-cause every man that is able is a so d er. It Is queer to see a woman driving a team of bulls before a plow But they can handle them as good as a man. and they do work every bit as hard. 'Everything was so quiet and peaceful peace-ful out In the country that a fellow could forget that there was a war But you soon remember it whpn you get back to the town. There almost everything is blowed all to hell by the damnable Huns. It is. a shame how they have destroyed. I have teen in several towns they have shelled shell-ed until there was nothing left but Pil'B of brick and rubbish. Things that should make any true American wonder what might hove happened If America hadn't of woke up. And there is one thing that I can say, that I am mighty rind that I am over here. I didn't realize what this war was until I got over herp And r am afraid that Is the trouble with mwt of us back In the states. We didnt take this war seriously enough, en-ough, tilut you ran bet your life that we are in It now, and the Germans know it. WW I this big battle that Is now rngitifr on the 'British front in c-.ini; to chuncc: things nn.1 mavbP em th" war. Let's hope so anywav. Tell die boys that are "h it t'uit they don't know the fun they are missing.' mis-sing.' Give everybody my best regards. re-gards. Your loving brother. Private Stanley Ciena Duvipb Headquarters Co. ltisth Inf., A. K. F. Censored by 2nd. Lieut Win. -V Kiei-.ard. 1 C St li Inf |