Destrubé family letter written by Georges to Dear Maurice & Maggie
Description:
In this letter Georges expresses his hopes to leave France shortly and to be stationed in Serbia. He describes how the hardships he endures only emphasizes his longing for his family.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Destrubé family
Date:
1915-11-05
Page Title:
2016-001.1.3_LTR_1915.11.05_1
Transcript:
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Just got your P.c Syl glad you
will come, hope to see Papa too
[1 word]with Nov. 5/6 1915
Dear Maurice & Maggie & family
I hope this will be my last letter on this side, --
there is every reason to suppose we will be leaving in
a few days. Thank the Lord!!
I hope now that it will be Serbia because the
campaign there will be far more exciting, tho much harder
in some ways than on the French Front. But the
fighting in France is trench-warfare which is often
enough to drive men hug-house through the fearful
stationarness of it coupled with the cold & wet &
dreadful [1 word]. So we are pleased its Serbia.
What a difference real warfare will be to all this
last twelve month's tedious tranining. We shall at
last feel we are doing something really worthy &
worthwhile & it will be a satisfaction & compensation
for what we will have to go through.
I have sufficient imagination to know that it
will be "tough" & that we will often find it almost
unendurable, but every one likes to faces his task
the soonest possible & naturally we are dead
anxious to start in.
We may get a 40 hours leave before we go. I
hope so, for it will be the last time for a very long
while before we will have a chance to go home
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again. We sill think of you all a great deal, for
excitement & hardship brings one mentally closer to
those one loves & emotions of this sort are far more
intense under such circumstances than they can ever be
in ordinary life.
It was a great treat to see Sylvie's dear old mug
again & we were so pleased to see her. papa must
have been pleased too. I don't think there seemed much
change in her. I do hope she finds a berth for [mussing?]
soon, hanging around is always so dissatisfying.
(I hope we will see you again this week too Syl, & Papa
if he can commun(?) come)
I have'nt time to write much; thanks Mag, for those
2 letters you sent me lately, direct. I hope all's well
with you both & the store & stock. I do hope you can
get that money back on that fur. Dispicable cur that
would steal money that way! Can't the police get
him? It is those sort of a scoundrels that countries could
well spare as victims of war instead of the more useful.
But scoundrels always thrive.
I will to close, with best love to you
all, your loving brother
Georges
I have written this on the floor, lying out flat on my "belly"
have not table in our little room: but it's beautifully way in here tonight
good for burning. Needless to say I still put in much time thinking
& dreaming of our dear home and there + the life I loved.