T2020.102.468

Chicago, Illinois

February 5th, 1919

Dear Alice (B.E.):

Guess you think I never will write anything anymore. I do not get the spare time I used to have in the Army, but there will always be a little extra to spare for you.

My life is very full and interesting all the time. I've always something to do every minute of the day. Several times, I tried to write to you while down at work, but there are too many interruptions there, so I'll have to do my letters at home.

Isn't it funny what a difference are, [our], officers uniform makes?

their "civic" clothes. Most of the soldiers had all they wanted of the war. I did too, except that I wanted to go overseas first.

If the war had lasted till now, that is where I would have been today, for I would have been sent straight over from Cornell.

Every few days, one of my old soldier friends runs across one at the Institute. It is good to be down here.

Now be a good girl and write me a letter soon.

Your Uncle Fred.

I went to school here for years when I was a much younger man and the girls scarcely looked at me. Now, it's different only I don't feel like paying any attention to people who see only the uniform. It's like people who suddenly find how nice a fellow is when someone leaves him money.

Hope you are back in school now and that the "flu" has left your house forever. You have had more than your share of it. It seems to be pretty bad in California, still. It did not miss much of the world, however.

A great many soldiers are back here now and they don't waste a great deal of time getting into