willing to sacrifice myself like I often done in baseball. Anything to win
Gen. is the way I look at it.

You asked me in your letter did I think some of my idears would help out
well gen. a man don't like to sound like they was bragging themself up but
this isn't no time for monking and I guess you want the truth. Well gen. I
don't know much about running a army and their plans but stragety is the
same if its on the battle field or the baseball diamond you might say and
it just means how can we beat them and I often say that the men that can
use their brains will win any kind of a game except maybe some college
Willy boy game like football or bridge whist.

Well gen. without no bragging myself up I learned a whole lot about
stragety on the baseball field and I think I could help you in a good many
ways but before I tried to tell you how to do something I would half to
know what you was trying to do and of course I know you can't tell me in
a letter on acct. of the censors and of course they are Americans to but
they's a whole lot of the boys that don't mean no harm but they are gabby
and can't keep their mouth shut and who knows who would get a hold of it
and for the same reason I don't feel like I should give you any of my
idears by mail but if I could just see you and we could have a little talk
and talk things over but I don't suppose they's any chance of that unless I
could get leave off to run down to Paris for a wile and meet you somewheres
but they won't give us no leave to go to Paris but of course a letter from
you that I could show it to Capt. Seeley would fix it up and no questions
asked.

So I guess I better wait till I hear from you along these lines and in the
mean wile I will be thinking the situation over and see what I can think up
and I all ready got some idears that I feel like they would work out O. K.