By John Hale Chipman, Class of 1919

"October 25, 1917. Thursday Rain.

Up at 8:00 and hung around. There were no orders today so George & I just sat and sat--talking, writing letters, etc. After supper the mail came up and I received leters from Pa dated Sept. 28. You see the U. S. censors have held up our letters as the system has swapped hands from the French to the American. Soon I expect to get a lot from you. My only hope is that you get this, my diary, regularly.

After 8 read K. N. and went to bed 8:45."

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