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 the Meuse. From the rumors floating around it seems that a big drive is coming. We will probably move on in a day or so to a point closer to the lines.

The fellows are demanding that I "douse the glim" in the hayloft where we are sleeping. I'll have to stop here.

N. B. Morning of March 1st. They called me out on guard duty at four o'clock and for two hours I tramped around the cars, in the dark. When the day broke shortly before six I started memorizing the car numbers and their owners. I had them all by heart in less than an hour. As for the guarding itself, all I did was to scare away a few rats.

Four letters came from home today. They were dated February 10th, and took exactly eighteen days in transit.