Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-08-15
AOYT WRITES ANOTHER
LETTER FROM PARIS.
American Matters Still Has His
Attention Says Little
Of France
EXTRACTS from letter to Sanford Os-
mundSOn)
George r. Hoyt,
IS Infantry, Co. X,
Annex Force,
Paris. France.

l was QOWn on the DOruor at Camp
Harry J. Jones, Douglas, Arizona, for
awhile and am now across the pond
in France. 1 am not allowed to tell
much since 1 left Douglas, but I bet
I can tell more than any of them
when 1 get back. I suppose yod have
nca1d from Eddie and Frye and some
of the others. bet Eddie is having
a great time for he thot he saw sew.
eral worlds before we got to Jeffer-
son Barracks, and I dare say, that If
he had the trip did down to Douglas
from the barracks, he would wonder
how they could get all Of Texas in one
name. don't understand that my.
Fself. But for trip, of course, on our
trip from Douglas to the Coast, I saw
lot more country and great deal
more prosperous, progressive country.
have seen the middle west pref
ty we'll and knew what to expect in
the East, so that trip was not near as
interesting as the one down to Doug
las. You could not imagine what a
pretty country those people in South.
ern Missouri and Arkansas live in
and farther down in Texas, there is
a lot of timbered country, some plan
tations and lot of half cultivated
patches where some niggers and
poor white trash" live. Then on
this side of San Antonio, there is
some nice agricultural country with
nice towns and beyond San Antonio,
it's about half desert, and Always be.
yond Del Rio, Texas, there is some
real scenery-plenty of mountain and
desert scenery from there on.
From Columbus, N. M, to Douglas,
the country is more level and in that
high, thin air, distances certainly
look short. If the dust was ever set
tied, I think a fellow could see thru
the mountains, 80 or 40 miles off and
find Villa, maybe.
Say, those greaser towns are the
toughest places under the sun. When
in isolation camp, I thot Douglas
must be a pretty clean town, but
when had been up town a few nights,
I changed my mind. In any of the
greaser parts, you can see a regular
slot machine movie show any time
after dark. The greaser towns over
in New Mexico are worse because
there is lot of booze there while
AIlZOud Is SuppOSou u DC DOue ury
I was not very far from where my
brother is working in Western Kan
sas when going thru Sure would
like to have seen him, as it almost
two years since I have, but / am in
the army now and there is not a bit
of use to worry about anything.
l got letter from Hank Young the
other day. Some of the fellows that
think drill is severe here ought tc
have what he has to go thru. sure
hope he gets his commission as lieu
tenant, if not better. bet he would
make good one. Practically all of oul
non-coms and officers are dandy fel
lows. sure had a fine corporal down
at Douglas and the one have now is
pretty good. A fellow comes across
every sort of fellow here.
| Some of these little French kids art
sure patriotic to U. s. They give III
papers written out in good enough
English for us to read, which gives vi
the heartiest welcome and thanks
and invitation to shake hands, but be
fore you have time to shake hands
they begin yelling for "une pennee.
GEORGE r. HOYT.