Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-11-23 | Page 11 | Newsy Letter is Sent from France

MM LETTER 13 SENT FROM FfifiKCE Former Forest Service Man Writes of Conditions to a Friend in Ogden. . Special to The Tribune. OGDKX, Nov. 22. Former forest, service- men of t he intermounta in district who are now with the Tenth engineers have arrived safely in France and will soon i:avc "chips fly ins m every direction from every direction," according- to a letter let-ter received from E. Morgan Prvse by . , F. Ryder, an employee a.t the local headquarters. Mr. Pryse writes : Still kicking. Arrived O. K. Have never been sick a day, not even sea-Jyf sea-Jyf sick when twenty-three days on the water. Our regiment is received everywhere ev-erywhere wi th open arms. People think that the Americans are a big, fine, youn:?-looking bunch of fellows. Soon chips will be flyintr in every f direction from even' direction. About the only dry thin:? in This camp Is my fountain pen. Some rain and mud. Mail is certain lv welcome here from the good old U. S. A. Please send mo a. field programme and the Rocky Mountain Review Ranger. The different dif-ferent companies of the regiment will he split tip soon and mail cannot be l:a tidied as well. Mv work has been that in the supply sup-ply iiou.se. a place I have been trying to get out of ever since I got in. Tt is my wish to be in the woods on mapping, scaling or the like. Studying Study-ing takes up some of my time. If the war lasts, i want to tiy for a commission com-mission as second lieutenant. How's that? The former Ogden man declares that tlie housewifo kits prepared by the headquarters head-quarters force are the handiest outfits in camp. .