WWI April 1918 Letter from Major of 14th ENGINEER Regt. in France GREAT CONTENT

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World War I soldier's letter, 1 pg., approx. 5" x 6-3/8", datelined
France, April 8, 1918,
from Major Robert G. Henderson, 14th Engineer Regiment (Ry), to his brother and sister-in-law, Harry & Mabel Henderson.
Mailed as a folded letter-card, with Army Post Office/S. 14 postmark, British "PASSED BY CENSOR" handstamp, and with Robert G. Henderson's self-censor signature at bottom left. Was opened by U.S. Censor and re-sealed with multiple "OPENED BY CENSOR" labels.
The 14th Engineer Regiment was recruited in New England, mostly from railroad men, and arrived in France in the fall of 1917. They did important work repairing railroads, building railroads and bridges, often under gun and artillery fire.
Robert G. Henderson was born in Salem, Mass. in 1889; graduated from Harvard Univ. in 1910 and went to work for the Boston & Albany Railroad in the office of the Superintendent in 1911; Served 2 years as Capt. and Major in the 14th Engineers (Railway) in France in WWI; After the war, he continued to work for the Boston & Albany Railroad.
Great content
, writing of the incessant rain, which has resulted in a sea of mud, ankle deep around his camp, and notes that the soldiers coming out of the trenches are covered with mud from head to foot. He also writes about the German (Boche) drive, and the "magnificent fighting" the British are doing in his portion of the front.
Includes:
"Dear Harry & Mabel,
....At the same place still, though I shouldn't wonder if we moved again in a short time. It rains every day and there is a sea of mud; around our camp it is ankle deep and you can't escape it; the soldiers coming out of the trenches are mud from head to foot. But our tents are comfortable and we have stoves and coal. The stoves appear miraculously, where I know not, but I ask no questions. With all the rain, spring is coming - the grass is getting greener and buds are appearing, but it is a slower progress than the tempestuous burst of our New England Spring.
I suppose you are all anxious about the Boche drive. We get almost no news and our little world is alive with rumors that grow and subside. On our portion of the front there has been some magnificent fighting by the British..."
Fine.
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