"I have been getting the paper right along and it is
sure good to read the news from the old home town. I was surprised
to
see that a number of the Green county boys have been injured
in France.
"I was in the hospital twenty-seven days, and was let
out last Tuesday and have been getting along fine ever since.
"Three of us boys are in the service now; my brother
Martin is in Camp Custer and my brother Arthur is at Chillocothe,
Ohio. He was called with six other selected mechanics from
Eau Claire, just a few days ago.
"Well, I expect to be in France in about six weeks,
and that won't be any too soon to suit me. I am as anxious as
the rest
of the boys. That seems to be the main point in this great
war, to get over to France and have it over with. I guess we
have them on the run from what we hear.
"Most of the boys expect to be home for Christmas dinner,
and I hope this proves true."