TRANSCRIBED FROM THE SCOTT COUNTY ADVANCE REPORTER APRIL 3, 1919 P. 6
Bordeaux, France.
Feb. 25. 1919.
Dear Bro, and family:
Will write you a short letter to night. Hope this will find all of you feeling fine, I’m fat as ever or about so.
Have not worked any since Jan. 15. I’m getting so lazy I won’t be worth killing when I got out of this mans army.
Well you know all the rest of dads boys would work but me, I could never learn what that word work ment, Ha, Ha.
I guess you are farming quite a bit by this time.
Oh! Say, I was passing a field one day last week, saw a French man plowing. His team was an ox and one horse. The ox was hooked to the plow pulling with his head instead of his neck, the horse was in front of the ox, his trace fastened to the animals traces. Some system believe me. I wish you could see for your self just how they do over here.
I wish I could tell you when I was coming home. Wish some one would tell me when I was going. Don’t think it will be long tho.
News is scarce so I will slide off for this time. It will soon be time to hit the feathers. Ans soon, Love to you, all your Bro.
Richard M. Jones.
Sup. Co 329 QMC
APO 705, France.
NOTES:
TRANSCRIBED BY LARAE SHURLEY
Bordeaux, France.
Feb. 25. 1919.
Dear Bro, and family:
Will write you a short letter to night. Hope this will find all of you feeling fine, I’m fat as ever or about so.
Have not worked any since Jan. 15. I’m getting so lazy I won’t be worth killing when I got out of this mans army.
Well you know all the rest of dads boys would work but me, I could never learn what that word work ment, Ha, Ha.
I guess you are farming quite a bit by this time.
Oh! Say, I was passing a field one day last week, saw a French man plowing. His team was an ox and one horse. The ox was hooked to the plow pulling with his head instead of his neck, the horse was in front of the ox, his trace fastened to the animals traces. Some system believe me. I wish you could see for your self just how they do over here.
I wish I could tell you when I was coming home. Wish some one would tell me when I was going. Don’t think it will be long tho.
News is scarce so I will slide off for this time. It will soon be time to hit the feathers. Ans soon, Love to you, all your Bro.
Richard M. Jones.
Sup. Co 329 QMC
APO 705, France.
NOTES:
TRANSCRIBED BY LARAE SHURLEY