[ NOTE: IF YOU ARE READING THIS SERIES FOR THR FIRST TIME, IT'S BEST TO START AT THE BEGINNING] Letter postmarked Jan. 17, 1918 - Camp Wadsworth, S.C. January 1918 Dear Aunt Nell: - Well, I've started in at automatic rifle school, so have some more information about this gun - and the specific part it plays in battle. In as much as I will undoubtedly command an auto-rifle section, and it will become my specialty from now on, both as a fighter and section leader - but also, later, as an instructor to my men in the use, care, and operation of the arm and drilling them as "gun crews." I will tell you more of the drills - too - later. However, the new organization consists of four crews to each section - so I will have 4 of these Chauchat rifles [The Chauchat was the standard light machine gun or "machine rifle" of the French Army during World War I (1914–18). Its official designation was "Fusil Mitrailleur Modele 1915 CSRG"] in my little command. I w...