January 5, 1917 pg2

Somewhere
Jan'y 5th/ 1917
Dear Sis:
Yours of the 18th
ult. received and was glad to
hear from you.
In all I received
ten epistles tonight and only
two from the same place. One
was from Oliver and he was OK
at time of writing.
We have concerts, practices etc,
pretty often over here, but they
are of a slightly different nature.
Tell Norman he don't know
what old clothes are, or how a
new suit looks after one trip in
the line. It bothered me for
about two minutes, and then
prenez Garde was finee.
Am actually surprised at
Aunt Mary. Guess I better send
over a few full grown rats or
a parcel of "itchy coos" so they