Pacific service magazine . teaus andcastles. They arevery people aroundhere are verythrifty, savingeverything theypossibly can. Aftergathering the grain the women and children go through thefields and pick up by hand any grain thatmight be left. The land is very inten-sively cultivated. Insteal of using wireor wood fences they throw up a mound of earth from four to six feet in heightand plant berries, etc., on them. Theseare the divisions of their fields. Thehouses are all made of stone. The streetsof the cities run in any old direction andare very narrow and all are paved with
Pacific service magazine . teaus andcastles. They arevery people aroundhere are verythrifty, savingeverything theypossibly can. Aftergathering the grain the women and children go through thefields and pick up by hand any grain thatmight be left. The land is very inten-sively cultivated. Insteal of using wireor wood fences they throw up a mound of earth from four to six feet in heightand plant berries, etc., on them. Theseare the divisions of their fields. Thehouses are all made of stone. The streetsof the cities run in any old direction andare very narrow and all are paved withcobblestones. In the last town where Iwas they had an electric car. Some had a seating capacity of about fourpersons and standing room for 100. Ifthe motorman wanted a drink he w^ouldstop his car in front of a commerce devia and hail some friend and go in andget one; meanwhile the car stood thereuntil he system. Will write againsoon, but a fewlines from the goodold U. S. A. will beappreciated Sergeant Craw-ford C. Hill of the364th AmbulanceCompany has writ-ten from France,describing his in-teresting but un-eventful trip acrossthe water and stat-ing how good theAmerican camp inFrance looked tothem at the end oftheir journey. Private F. L. Mix,Field Artillery, District.) The followingletter was receivedfrom Sergeant Mar-tin J. Gara, who isserving in Italy,and is of great in-terest : I suppose youwill be somewhatsurprised to hearfrom me from awayover here. We arehere with the Medical Corps attached tothe Italian Army, having arrived hereJune 27th. We had a very pleasant voy-age, with little or no excitement, andwere very glad to get here after our long A Battery, 147thE. F. (Formerly of Pacific Service Magazine 145 and tiring trip. We have a beautiful sitefor our camp, whicli is located on a hillsomewhat above sea-level. This is a verybeautiful tov^n and has many large build-ing of historical interest. I have neverbefore seen such oil paint
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