Show ED hozack WRITES Ys EN ROUTE TO THE FRONT st j paul minn aug 23 1917 dear dad ahe the train Is hold held up for a bhora tuo time heie so will drop you a line while I 1 can there are two loads of us of eleven coaches each stopped at the same tinie time it Is qu qute quite te a sight to see the sailor lios boa climb out of tho the cars find stretch their log IORI for it Is tereso ne riding day and night there are some of theau mui mn here bore that make inake a tellow sick bick at heart it if a lady Is standing near they will yell something at her that la Is what gives the the navy the name it has bas well daddy we are olt off again und and each station brings us nearer the war zone it causes a feeling that is id hard to explain but underneath it all Is a determination to play the part of a man in the war game the hoya boys all put on a happy front when going through towns but when we are speeding through the stretches between there are times when all think of what Is before them for it is no longer taken as a joke dy by next monday we alil be clr ou board the ships and then as ag people at home would say dewill give ourselves to oW country and our god and it if the time ever cornea comes when I 1 can do anything to help the cause I 1 will not count myself more than a cog or in a machine that must try eyen it it means destruction well goodbye dad give my lovo love to all ED |