. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . train before arriving at our present service over here is good, but does not com-pare with the dear old Baltimore and OhioRailroad. This country seems to be ratherrugged, with plenty of hills. Every person overhere has his or her special work to do. OurP^ourth of July was spent rather quiet. Allof the boys seem very anxious to get into actionand at present indications it will not be longbefore we are. We have splendid officersand cant be beat. Give my regards to and all my fellow clerks and tellthem I expect to be with them
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . train before arriving at our present service over here is good, but does not com-pare with the dear old Baltimore and OhioRailroad. This country seems to be ratherrugged, with plenty of hills. Every person overhere has his or her special work to do. OurP^ourth of July was spent rather quiet. Allof the boys seem very anxious to get into actionand at present indications it will not be longbefore we are. We have splendid officersand cant be beat. Give my regards to and all my fellow clerks and tellthem I expect to be with them soon. After allthe German prisoners I have seen, I have nofear of the enemy. They seem to be men whohave to be driven to get any kind of results. The following letter from Private Jeffries toMr. Grice was written August 13: Dear Mr. Grice—I have just arrived at arest camp after my first chance in the frontline trenches. We were given what they calla (juiet sector. We had a few skirmishes andp:itrol work to do out in No Mans Land. 56 THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO EMPLOYES MAGAZINE and then Jerry would send us a few shells whenthey would locate any of our positions. Onenight their artillery was in action quite a longtime. Mr. Grice, one thing Jerry would notforget to do, w-as to send gas shells over to usregularly. The most of their shells were mus-tard gas. That kind of gas eats into yourflesh where it is damp or wet. Even if youhave your mask on and your face and hm^sprotected, it will eat through your clothingany place your body is moist. When a mustardgas shell explodes it sends out a spray of smalldrops and before reaching the ground theyevaporate and form the gas. We have to take^ cry good care of our masks. They are a partof ourselves and no one would dare to carrythem in any way except in alert position. The helmets are hard to wear. If I keepmine on very long, it raises a bump on my fore-head; but I suppose like everything else, myhead will hard enough for it a
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