Laigne-en-Belin, France 3/15/1919

Laigne-en-Belin, France

Dear Em,

Got a few minutes and here they are. As far as we know now we will move out of this (grave yard) per schedule or the last of the month. We may, understand for orders can change anytime. See by the papers one of the boys got, that there is a grand welcome for us when we get there. I agree with you also when you say that the papers are full of the 26^th. Well the boys sure did do their bit while over here and are entitled to recognition whenever the home folks get the opertunity to do so in the way it is mapped out.

As for me Im just the same and trust that all is well back there. The last mail I got from you was dated Feb. 20-24 and from them was glad to learn that you was going to start writing again. At that rate Id ought to receive some mail from you in about a week.

Things are very disinteresting and time very much lagging nowadays although we drill three hours in the morning, the afternoon given over to sports. Sometimes a game of ball gets exciting but oh the mornings and nights. We just sit and talk of about everything and mostly nothing until around eight or nine oclock and then make up our bunks and turn in.

We have a fire going all the time in the fire place being lucky enough to have one of these in our castle. Some nights there are movies at the Y. and if one is lucky he can gain a place to see, but beleive me one has got to get there early. Had a game of ball this afternoon in which one platoon lost somewhere around 10-4. Got a hit myself though some class what? The old mud flies beleive me for we can play on nothing but mud.

There are five combat divisions to sail before we go although we were in France, yes and in the trenches long before any one of them left the States. One of said divisions the 27^th has already landed in N.Y. The second (30^th) has sailed, the third or (37^th) are embarking now so that leaves us third on the list now. The other two divisions are the 85^th and 91^st or draft. Poor boys they have been away from home so long you know.

Well our time will come sometime anyway and here is to the day. So hoping to see you all sometime after this reaches you I remain

Sam

Samuel E. Avery #69762, Hdq Co. 103^rd Inf. A.E.F.

P.S. Best regards to Aunt Madge and the rest.