CEHBates_JanFeb1919_021

Dear Charles Edward Harold Bates,

I had begun to think
that I would be old and
gray before I heard from
you again. What happened.

So you have been in the
thick of it all — Im so glad
When I see the poor boobs
over here proudly waving
their silver chevrons for
service at home, I get
rather goaty — I rate a