April 12 1919

Cook CR McCafferty

42nd Co T.C.

APO 747 AEF-France                                                                        Toul Apr 12 1919

Dear Honey,

        Well my vacation is about over and here I am at Foul.  We left Monte Carlo Thur night at ten o'clock arriving in Marseilles about four a.m. Friday morning.  Left there at 5 am traveled thru Lyons Dijon and arrived at Issurtille about seven pm Friday night.  We had a special train all the way and made stops only to change engines.  We have about 1200 men on our train.  At Issurtille we change cars and left there about midnight arriving at Toul 7 a.m.  Have not had my clothes off since leaving Monte Carlo. I just got wash and shave now and feel a lot better.  It is quite a change of weather from Monte Carlo up to Foul.  Down there it was awful hot and up here, it is cool enough for overcast and believe the hot coffee I got here did me a lot of good.  We expect to leave sometime this afternoon and arriving in Verdun sometime to morrow morning.  My cold is better now and I feel like a two years old after my vacation altho I am a little sleepy from riding in the coaches.  I will rest up a few days before going to work again.

With all my love & kisses to my daring wife from her soldier hubby,  Clarence.