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JOHNSON - mg LETTER SlGH’lSEEING IN LONDON The following“ wry intending let- .._.... .Ior It mind from the Spdngficld. m. .. 1 The following letter was received My News. of May as. Wreathâ€"u. A. LJM OnActiveServieewithuw by his filter. Aim": Anfi El Forges. I must bring this long letter to 3‘ Beautlml weather over here and ‘close for it {8 Into. So long I: l the daysarc long. Acouple of wegks am this to i win write you just. as of- m it did mu my! dark until about ten in I can. But do not be alarmed cleven o’clock at night. that was at if then is a break, because I may not Liverpool. be situated no I can write so frequent-3 Low to all, I wish so much I could be with you what a commotion there would he in tomorrow on DecomtionyDay. The a crowded htl'l'el. l was not far tron day will mean more in the States, I where the bomb fefl. About a quarâ€" duuht not. than it has meant for many ter of a mile. . cannot tell you the long years. I suppose there will not thmnge "I!“ WIS done- be quite the same inteleat in hall I‘ have got to quit this h-t'.-r and games etc” In formerly. The cream go to tea. I am getting just like the ‘0! our youth will not be there for they English. 30 to tea at four o'clock, and an: over here, or fast coming to play the English have got to have their tom the oldest men's game In the world. even if the war has to stop. a V utm-Mmbrhnm lhvcmdnmhrdldbvnhm. 'ohnamaflmd‘ children and childmns’ children for get not the price. Am now over in olql England. and As ever. Hury (Stunner) FRITZ SACKSTEDER WRITES INTER- - _____ h ' ESTING LETTER “Hy Outflow": ummmwmm it already in the newapapers. l “-3 not frightened. but you can imagine what a commotion there would be in a crowded btl'l'el. l was not far tron where the bomb to“. About a quarâ€" ter of a mile. . cannot tell you the damage that W“ done. Love to 8", Arthur April 4, l9“. mudgunu'mdym-xn * m mflm Emu” the filament am it costs $10,000 to kill I m In this var. i could not helium it was true until I saw It. We used to sit Ind watch the Roche ahelk in. our urban pooitiom. and that was most of the time. It. wu very- humans on m the way they shoot Ill around I cunt “d not hit it. On two diluent «tension my man (or- ed to tab to our dugout: (Ibrien) have: they were droning too close {or man. Thou (I one big Adm up we hm Ind M is we can IL ny- lnIr than «pining. n in poo- dfle In” some link patties to tell ulna-t «may than they In ”in: IIIdIIuthMyolthu.l 3A ihunk. about 2'6 inches long and I inch “are. I kept it for a while but forgot it when we moved from that section. “Mother. no doubt you hlVe heard “We are just getting used to this klnd of life, as we have not had it heretofore. While at the front the filler time we wuw forced to keep ‘Jll the alert a good deal of the timv lodging souvenils mu which the Bochea were kind enough to preaent us. For example one night we were awakened hy henyv firing and as we lay listening and talking about it. We heard a whiz-p2 and then a crack and hits of tile flew around over our bunks. In the morning I found a piece of high explosive shell under my; dutch»: lhnmuumulm mtorihlooml-Mm-o Down-n an" Bop-nor: Dar Ir. m: GEO. JOHNSTONE “The ml trying thing about Mi are in the wine they huh I- “Mill- mg m on I m’. nerve. “The won! this; about this an is tine pa. It i: a Lie-um bother my“ unrhow'whmlt Ill! me. Porthbmmmhlw“3 mwumumnuuunu nochhdw'ly- 'WoNIMdN‘M Oununbgnm-nhmdh' Waflm" Bythodnnwm Mlynnbonhdouruuhuud mutt. Amati-3mm (ct-(able It!" to war. “The most gratifying thing a! all is to go through I" this preparation vallohaveithnd'ithlflmdnnd fail to explode. sible and my. but you can flatten out: You then lay them Ind wait and you don't have to wait long for the shell is coming on, although you yucca-ml in mulling your helmet, which is nor- mally only 12 inches in diameter. cover about two thirds of your body. “My! How you wish you were a turtle. By this time the shell has Ir- rived and you welcome the sound of Ithe violent explosion, beau-e if you hear it you know it did not hit you. The next thing to worry obout in tho pieces. they also announce themlelvea‘ with a musical hum, which would be pleasant if it. were coming from fit organ. Again you wish you won a turtle oml you cover as little space in possible until the hon: Illa celled. The danger is over now until the next m sends out its announcement. Allv other good thing in you can finally time them. , I'M Wt." FORT SILL In. It. ms u mumewé Em 1:55: ::5 k! I: n ”.muruumflhcr very much, before I am called back to the mess hall to help the cook. Ynu flee. everybody gets a chalice II that and it was just my luck to be one of thee, out of our mummy. to acne as kitchen police in this hot iwenther I been last Sundny moul- ling and I finish tonight. for which I ‘am thankful. Downers Grove. bugle and the sand hlow, And they blow often. Rain is very same ham but when It mine. it rains. ‘ , Ft Sin is a very big place uni there an aeroplm bah, French guns. etc. movingshontdlmlm- ldonotwunteowritenlnuhy letter but but a few laws to M you new.- the I often «mi: of good old I Am statiened down here in No Man's Land where nothing but am Again thanking you and with had lreécivetheflepomrmhg- Pvt. George 8. Johnston. our field Armin-y. Yours in hate. “Mn 60. 3999M “we