| Show LEAVES FOR FRANCE THIS MONTH editor vernal express since ive been away ive learned to appreciate the vernal express at home it was wag just one among several beveral papers but dipre there la Is none that looks so BO good to nip ine as the express and while I 1 am hoping a change of climate will put us somewhere in france very soon now have regrets because the express cannot follow us I 1 have been in training for nine months and military life in time of war suits me down to the ground the other men in my regiment there are 1000 of us voice the same opinion there is not one but la Is anxious awaiting over sea orders we came to galveston in november and built a rifle range and we learned to shoot I 1 hero chero were not moro more than 60 50 who did not moke marksmen we have about sharpshooters and expert riflemen find and all we want now Is a german target we much frightfulness in us but we each want a fritzle or two I 1 have enjoyed many opportunities tie since enlisting that I 1 would otherwise have never known aud and to those who are et to enter training this ought to help in allaying any fears they mai have I 1 have traveled through seventeen states of the union and have taken a birdseye view of several of our lar largest gesti cities I 1 have bathed in the pacific ocean and in the gulf of mexico HISO also ive taker tentative sail or the rhe atlantic learning 0 o my own satisfaction that when we make the trip across the pond 11 be indifferent to all the german submarines in the ocean by the time we reach the danger zone through the au auspices apices of the organization of girls and hostess house I 1 have met and come to associate with women and girls of ed education uc tion and refinement an organization I more beneficial for the soldiers in training could not have been formed in my dally daily round of work I 1 associate with men of high ideals and advanced training and I 1 am beginning to wake up jt jf not wide anake yet I 1 am sufficiently so BO to realize that I 1 ve been sleeping away some pretty good years and that s what uncle sam has done for me it they wont let you enlist boys buy a liberty bond it if you dont come across the kaiser will we have had an intimation that our regiment may leave for france in may we are glad to go 90 we will be back when its all over over there yours in the ranks REINE CHEW co ath regiment U S M C fort crockett galveston tex |
