World War I Collection

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H. L. A. BATES SECRETARY-MANAGER

TRADE MARK STANDARD

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.,]

Dec 10th 1918.

My very dear old Snedward:

We received a wire from Les this morning from New York which says he has received his discharge and will leave for home Wednesday (12th) so he ought to be home next Monday. I enclose you a letter which came for you yesterday. We have not heard from you since your letter dated Nov 6th, except of course the cable which has made us all young again, in which you said "well. love. with 32 Div." We dont know how you came to be transferred or what Co or Reg you are attached to, but I hope 32nd Div will reach you promptly. I saw the Rev Chas Miel five days ago. He is a YMCA Secy and has just come back from Siberia. He was asking about you, and I told him about your Marchville experience, ending up with "he was congratulated by his Major, 2 Colonels, a French officer, and the General of his Div, and also ordered to hand in the name of every man in his platoon for citation."

Mr. Miel immediately said D.S.C. & C de G. I said what makes you think so! He replied that he knew how these things were done, and there could be no question about it. Every few days the papers give a talk by General March as to where the Divisions are, and from that we know that the 32nd is in Germany. Mother in telephoning me this a.m. said Monsieur Alexandre Marcellin was at the house, and he said his wife had received a letter from her son dated Nov 11th, so there ought