The Uncensored Letters of a Canteen Girl

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Katharine Duncan Morse. The Uncensored Letters of a Canteen Girl

The Uncensored Letters of a Canteen Girl

Table of Contents

CHAPTER I: BOURMONT—COMPANY A

CHAPTER II: GONCOURT—THE DOUGHBOYS

CHAPTER III: RATTENTOUT—THE FRONT

CHAPTER IV: GONDRECOURT—THE ARTILLERY

CHAPTER V: ABAINVILLE—THE ENGINEERS

CHAPTER VI: MAUVAGES—THE ORDNANCE

CHAPTER VII: VERDUN—THE FRENCH

CHAPTER VIII: CONFLANS—PIONEERS, M.P.’s AND OTHERS

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Katharine Duncan Morse

Published by Good Press, 2019

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Now and then I catch a glimpse of Jenicho the Russian giant, but he is very shy. A huge lumbering fellow, sluggish, and seemingly stupid, with little pig eyes that are quite lost to sight when he smiles, Jenicho is the butt of the Company. When he joined the regiment last summer, they tell me, he knew no word of English. The first phrase that he acquired was; “You no bodder me.” For the boys can’t resist the temptation to plague Jenicho, and though his strength is such that if he once should get his hands on his tormentors he could break them into bits, he is so slow withal that they always can elude him. Not long ago Jenicho was walking post one night when the Officer of the Day hailed him and announced himself. To which Jenicho lustily responded; “Me no give damn. Me walk post, gun loaded, bay’net fixed. You no bodder me. Me shoot!” And the Officer of the Day discreetly walked on.

Then there is little Philip R. who plays our decrepit old piano quite brilliantly by ear, and who is, he tells me, half Greek and half Egyptian. Philip R. is the pet of a French family in one of the neighboring villages. He stopped at a house to ask for a drink of water when out walking one day. Madame asked him in, pressed him to stay to supper. The family made much of him, and all because forsooth he was the first “American” they had ever seen. Since then he has been a constant welcome visitor.

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