CEHBates_JanFeb1919_042b

U.S.S. Cincinnati
Key West, Fla.,
February 20/19

Dear old Edward: –

It must seem ages to you,
since I last wrote – but I
am a very poor correspondent
and besides, as I am worked to
the limit, I have little time. I
was sorry to hear that you
were ill at Coblenz but
it was delightful to know
that it was nothing serious
and now I note that you have
moved from the German
frontier and are down at
Coté d'Azur. How soft! But