Show MAJOR THOMAS THOMASa a OF UTAH TELLS OF WAR WAD Letter to Father Former Forme r T Governor Thomas Son Relates Ex Experiences I o u uI former Governor Go Arthur I rob L. Thomas Thoma s y I letter from hIs hta son Ion on n received a 3 Maj Alexander r R. R Thomas of ot the On Ono e I Hundred and Forty fifth Field Utah who is now In France Major Thomas and several other officers of ot tho One Ono Hundred and Forty fifth have hn been on detached duty and arrived In France ahead of ot their command no so th thai t what has UJ the they have 1 no knowledge of ot become of ot thorn whether r they are Arc In France lorance ranee England or America Extracts from rom hi his lett letter r follow War WarWe nr We 0 are UG in camp near Vannes s and very ely comfortably situated When we eve landed in Franco wo got cot our first taste of ot war r. r The he French nation is certainly nt at war 31 You very seldom seo n n. young man or a man mm of at middle age they are nil all 11 at the tho front Tho Tim on only ones at nt homo home are tho the cripples Tho The French people of or foodstuffs food food- seem Beem to have a better supply stuffs than Man do tho the English Ena people This may maJ bo be duo to tho the fact that there is much close farming In France and tho the people raise about all they need while En England land depends very IY largely ely upon Mm- Mm m- m ports Ve M hail had a tedious trip from the tho land and lug port palt to out GUI camp Tho The distance miles we had hall no sleeping cars sand ml wo we were three days YR making the tho trip Wo We 0 would run a few teW miles and then sidetrack for tor supply and ho hospital trains coming cominS' from tram the battle front The big bl attack was on all along alone tho the ellne aine and as we wore word few In number rand new now arrivals we had to give gho way Ito to to the more urgent needs of or the tho service Only once did did wo o stop in a n. town largo large enough for tor us Ug to get a a. meal The rest R jot tho time we lived on cold corned cornell beef beet Billet old fashioned Vannes Is la a n. nen very en town of ot about population Th The streets are are ver very narrow about ten to fourteen feet teet wide and they ther twist and turn like JIke rabb rabbit t tracks Captain Woolley Wool Wool- Poole ley e and I spent one da day wandering around and we were lost about er c every minutes There Thelo Is an old wall around the town and a fortress built about tho the thirteenth century Many an of or ithe if i. the buildings are three and four centuries rles ries old all built of or stone What the they It call call the mod modern rn i buildings are from sixty to tei years ye old The surrounds surround- surround s leg country is full tull of or old chateaus There is ono one near our camp in ruins rulus destroyed by shells There arc alO man many hundreds of ot prisoners prison prison- er ers here lere You Tote walk along Llong and come Ii upon Is l known hero hele as tho the home j irin d an nn old Frenchman with a n. gun gunion t. t ion on his shoulder A. A little further on you u conic como upon fifteen or twenty prie- prie Joners oner An arm army officer told me a n good TIe lie said one of ot tho the prisoners prisoner's escaped es- es and andas was as not recaptured SI Six weeks after he came luck back bringing with him his father two brothers and seven even others from the lie Ci G German arm army kHe He said the treatment ho received recel from front 1118 c captors was such that he ho decided d to toj j iI return and and bring his friends with him r. r light Arr Art Cold ColdI w I I t The climate is colder hero here than It I f Is at home The nights are ver very cold e 8 expect to be sent nent to the front In n a ni 1 i short time It Is said thaL that there will be beno e no cessation of ot hostilities this winter t t as there was in previous winters It is h to tho the Germans proposed give no rest Y t When wo first arrived hero here the they ele elenot not nor prepared to receive U us and andI J I the first wo week week lc we had t tb live e on crackers crack- crack ers ell rs and sardines We 0 were on advance ad o duty duty and had to await awalt our turn buta bute but a e everything e has been arranged for tor now and are arc very arc very yer- comfortably located Wo We have have not received a letter from II home We e know kno there are letters letteri p Bome for us and we suppose will all come in a bunch bunche e 0 e have no 1 ld a n word from Cram our regiment thiOne tin till One Hundred and Forty fifth and wt we t f dont don't t know whether they are arc in Ameni ca l- l England or France The Tho pj ar 1 duty work Is ver very exacting und and we ar kept at our work from flom carl early morning till Mill late at al night r p The mustard gas cas grenade used by the the Germans Is III a terrible thing thinS In its lla effect upon the persons person attacked b by it 2 a Only nl a a. barbarous and brutal enon y fc would use such a weapon 1 i. i The Tho French people like the Eng- Eng all seem to wear on their facet nce a i trim Scrim Irm determination to stand by th lr 5 I Country and help it win the fhe he war |