French Foreign Legion
Nov. 14, 1914. Dear Mamma: I will write you a short letter, on the chance of its going through, to let you know that Paul and I are both well and safe. We are still -at the front, but have been most of the time in the reserve trenches and therefore in no danger. Of...
French Foreign Legion
Camp de Mailly, Aube, France, Friday, Oct. 16, 1914 Dear Mamma: Your letter of Sept. 20 reached us the first of the week and the one of the 28th came to-day, showing that the mail service is getting a little better. We are always glad to get mail as we hear very...
French Foreign Legion
Toulouse, France, Sept. 25, 1914. Dear Mamma: Paul and I have received only one letter from you since being here. It was a note written Sept. 4, and addressed to London, and begging us to come home. The thought of you has been the very thing that has worried me since...
French Foreign Legion
Post Card Toulouse, Sept. 17, 1914. Dear Mamma: Have been too busy and tired to write even a card. We get up at four a.m. and work as much as fourteen hours a day. We are now fully equipped and expect to leave here soon. Hope to write you a letter in a few days. Both...
French Foreign Legion
Post Card 2ème Étranger, Toulouse, Sept. 7, 1914. Dear Mamma: Came here last week, fifty-five hours on a freight car, thirty-two men in each car. We are fixed more comfortably than at Rouen, are working hard and have very little spare time. It agrees with us. Paul and...
French Foreign Legion
2ème Régiment Étranger, 1ère Section, Dépôt de Rouen, France, Aug. 31, 1914 Dear Mamma: Paul and I are here drilling with the American corps and about sixteen hundred other foreigners from every land. I think Paul wrote you about our joining. As it is very hard to get...
