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Show FASTEST AIRPLANES SRSROjEjE Two letters from the front hn o I reached Oden recently which tell something of th work beinc done in I ihr- flyina corps. The writer Is Georcc C. McLane of the First Aero squadron. an Ojrden boy. who writes o his sis- ter, Mr- Helen Helm, 2159 Adams avenue. in the service "over there" are not allowed to write much about their I movements, bui Mr. McLane lM)s his sister that the Cnited States has th" rastesl ft'-'hiin planes of any of the armies and that when he wrote his la I letter a month aco he hoped they would be using their machines against I the Germans by the time the letter reached her. The Aral letter to Mrs. Helms from her soldier brother was written December. De-cember. The soldier ha been in PYance sine.' lasl August. The letters follow "Somewhere in France. Per . 17 1917. Pear Sister Your most welcome letter let-ter came yesterday and I will try to write a few line-, although it is a hard proposition to think of anyihlnc to writ that will pass the censor as we are not allowed to tell anything about our movements or anything that would show where we are located. "Wc aro studying French airplanes and methods, hut I'm not much in favor of lln-ir method of working U Btail flying at daylicht and all the breakfast we pet ( , Up 0f coffer We quit at 10 o'clock anil are off until 3; then work until fi "Reading matter Is pretty scarce oer hre They have magazines at the Y. M. C. A and some of the American Ameri-can papers run Kuropean edition for us hut ui Arf not nftATi where we can get them. "Tell Leslie if he enlists I would ad vise him to join the navy he would have a better chance to learn some-tlnnc some-tlnnc that would be worth while and the work couldn t be any harder than in the cavalry and infanlr I have wished several tiroes that I had joined join-ed the navy. But. the a lation section is the best branch of the army in my opinion. "Everyone asks me to send them a photo, but we are not allowed to send them from here I hope by this time next year 1 11 be back in the good old U. S. A , but I don't know if there will be an BUCh cood luck or not. "No, I can't --peak French; but may-he may-he by the time I've been here two or three years I will be able to do so. "Do you ever sre Lawrence Berrett'1 I've written to him several times, but I expect the letters got lost, as I've never received an answer. Write as often as possible. Your loving brother ' (Signed) G FORGE B. M'LANE. "1st Aero Squadron, "American P. O 703. A. E. F " l The other letter, written a month aco, like the above was passed by a crn:-or and the envelope which on-tained on-tained it stamped It follows: "My dear sister- 1 Just received your letter oi January z. i no nope ou nave got some of my letters by now. I've written enough that some of them ouehi to pet through. "We arc having fine weather now hut I don't suppose it will last. We haven't hnd good weather for more I than two weeks at a time since wo got here in August. I sure hopr that box you are sending gets here, as nothing tastes so good as home-made candy and cake. "A lot of packages get lost because the addresses pet torn off So when you send anything be sure to put the address on the inside of the package, I too. Also ihe return address. "1 don't really need anything at present, but. anything you send will BUrely he appreciated. The stationery you are sondinp will be especially ! good, as about all we can get Is at the Y. M. C. A. "How is the war affecting thlnp. there? We read ahout ihe wheatJess, I meatless and heatless days Tell Ber- ! tha H. 'hello' for me and that I'd be plad to hear from her or any others ' n ho care to write. "Tell Leslie I can't talk French very ' much yet. At first I tried to learn it from a book, but got so mixed up I'm having to learn all over again. "Our squadron has about the fastest ifiphtinp machines in the world and by I the time you get this letter they wiil likely be making it hot for the Germans Ger-mans "Well, write as often as you can find time and tell me bow cerything is over there.. "Your lovinp brother. 1 (Signed) "GEORGE E. M LANE " oo |