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 that if they handle other matters in the same manner I can readily see how the Germans have done so well. We rode in second class coaches but were hitched to a freight train and it took us 10 days to make our way here. We were glad that we did not ride in box cars.

In France the Americans are gradually taking over the management of the railroads and one sees a great many American locomotives hauling American box-cars manned by American train crews. The army is doing wonderful work in France and making good the Yankee boast and giving good cheer to the French who are tired of “La Guerre”. Most of the people say that another year will see the end of the war.

My little knowledge of French