The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-11-02

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D. L. Rose is in receipt of the fol-
lowing letter from his son Logan, now
doing locomotive work with the ar
my in France:
Somewhere in France, October l,
Dear Family: / am awfully glad to
be getting the frequent news from
home lately, and know you will have
received several from me by this
time. One of my friends received a
letter from his folks dated August
26, which indicated that they had
heard nothing from him since his ar
rival in Europe, although be claims
to have written them about fifteen
times. Another, c. l.. Burlington, says
he saw Ben Barber of E company a
few days ago, and will tell him.
81 wish you could be with US. We,
the thirteenth engineers, are the first
American troops to participate active
ly in the war under fire.
To-day is Sunday. / took walk to
a neighboring town, visited the vii
lage church, where most OF the wo-
men were dressed in mourning, and
later, chatted with the people.
bought all the honey and bread
wanted for only % sous, (25 cents),
and returned home at dusk.
observation-disclosures to John
on the new arrival Just received a
package of sweet chocolate and SUI
gar from Mr. Willard. Enclosed is a
letter to Mr.. Marcroft.
Oater)-"The French locomotives
/
much more than the English do, but
the French are using their old equip
ment on their new military lines
without air-brakes. The valve motion
principle on the newer American en-
gines is evidently adopted from over
here.
1.-THE German prisoners captured by
the French have it pretty soft saw
large number in one town working
in a planning mill. German aeroplanes
have scattered cards addressed to the
German prisoners, asking them to
come back to the German lines if
possible, telling them they will be
forgiven if they do so, hut the said
prisoners seem to be well satisfied to
stay with the French Ore prisoner
captured the other day had been in
America, and went to fight for Ger
many. He had no idea that the Ameri-
cans were over here, as they are led
to believe the German submarines
make landing impossible. He said he
most certainly would not have gone
into this had he known the Americans
were going to take a b., nd.
"At the concentration camp we
meet Anglo SaXons from all over the
world. AS we are also all railroad
men we have much of interest to
talk about.
please, father, keep Up the writ
ing. Logan Rose, Company c., Thir-
teenth Engineers, Railway, A. E. F.
France.
October Tt is another week.
How the time does fly. We have good
"eats" here. How does tapioca pudding
served with apple jelly or spice sauce
sound to you? Or, beef broth or
roast lamb, or squash and mashed
potatoes with butter, not forgetting
coffee or the real Swiss cheese.
''W. d. W. wrote me, telling where
some of the Mankato boys are. Grant
is somewhere in the Vosges, and AL
len Ahlers is about fifteen miles west
of Fresnes, both in Red Cross work.
hope to receive more of the Mankato
papers at regular intervals, as the
two that reached me were very in
teresting.
at is interesting to hear our titles
over here Chaufer is fireman, me-
chanicien is engineer. and the head
switchman or yardmaster is chef OF
the maneuvers. A Journey" is days
work.
"For several DAYS it has been rainy
and cold They tell us it is the begin
ming of winter, and that it gets very
cold here, with considerable snow.
We are getting adjusted to condi-
tons, and / presume this letter will
find you in the midst of the same
kind of fall weather we are having"