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April 12, 1919 Chevigny, France
Dear Chas
Your letter of Mar 24 rec'd yesterday and the mail has started coming again after a rest of about a week. Well Chas we are in the midst of getting ready for our departure to Bordeaux.
The newest order states that the Division leaves this area Apr. 26 and that we sail very soon after arriving there. The ride across from france will take 50 hours and will be quite interesting. By the time we reach Bordeaux we will have seen nearly all of France, which is going some, I'd say.
Our equipment is nearly all turned in and all we have with us are the necessary for our daily use.
They say base-ball and tennis are popular at the port and we have all ready played a couple of games here in Simur but they were merely pick up teams. Our CoC trimmed Co A at Dix before we left last May and I am getting primed in the pitching line to get revenge as we are weak in pitching.
Well Chas I sure will be glad to leave this country and see you and Emily and all the folk. I hope business dont interfere with my being home awhile and also to see the sea shore a few days. I haven't heard from Montclair in a long while. I'm beginning to feel they are a bum bunch of sports as all the boys here have rec'd letters from their old firms asking them to come back. Ralph got one two months ago.
Well if I should be able to land a job as accountant with the gov I could laugh ast them, eh? I saw Harry Buchanan of Dover when I was on pass. He is well. I suppose Bill Mac is getting used to bank work again. He was surely lucky in getting home so soon after the armistice.
None of you ever mentioned that you ever recd the films I sent you. Did you? Tell every one to write till they have actually heard we has sailed which will undoubtedly be in May about the 15th I guess.
Did I tell you I had Ice cream at Grenoble. Pie and everything. Thats was a dandy place and I wish you could have seen the city with me.
Well Chas it wont be long now before I will be knocking that rooster dead that you are saving.
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