Mar. 30. Reported to aviation center near Paris where escadrille was to receive new equipment of planes.
Mar. 31—April 1 and 2. Reported each day to headquarters and returned to Paris in evening.
April 3. Orders to the Front in new planes.
Reported to headquarters to find I was released from French Army and must go to United States headquarters. Left for Paris and there received orders to go to American Army center in France.
April 4. Arrived at A. A. C., was sworn in as second lieutenant.
April 5. Returned to Paris, ordered clothes, and now await orders to action.
With love.
Your son,
Lieutenant Dinsmore Ely.