#5

France June 13 – 1918

 

 

Dear Mother:

 

            We received our mail at last.  I received Mabel’s and Anna’s letter of may 9 – 13 – 14 – 15 – 16.   Also received some other letters.  I expect we will receive our mail a good deal more regular after this. 

 

We are at another camp now.  We had to march twenty miles with all our stuff.  We were two days on the road.  We went twelve miles the first day and eight miles the second day.  At the end of the march we had to climb a large hill where our camp was located.

 

            We are near a large sized town (Gamaches) but it is some job climbing up the hill when we return to camp.  We were on a hike today to the rifle range.

 

            I receive a letter from John Dahl telling me that he had been in the hospital for about six weeks. 

 

            There is one thing lacking in this town and that is a movie theater.  I have not seen a movie since we were at Camp Upton.

 

            I am glad to hear that you received the insurance policy.  It was a long time coming but I suppose they had so many to make out that it took quite a while.

 

            Last night we had a band concert by a British Band.

 

            I am pretty sure Enoch Hansen is over here some place so I think I will write him a letter.

 

            I am feeling fine and I hope you are also.  This life seems to agree with me as I am just as fat as ever.

 

            Well there is nothing more that I can write so I will close with

 

                                                                        Love to all

                                                                                    Theo