Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-10-25
Letter From England

~ t"hN' NVi'u HiiN tNi''' "''
gan are SrandSnns IF Andrew
st ut of Mansfield:
T.. y. Morgan of the Saonlpa
State Bank, has kindly furnish.
ed the Herald for publication II
Very int resting letter from his
brother. Aaron, who with IN
othr bro h l.. lrsel Morgan, Nor
man MauIdinya '.d other Sapulpa
boys are in the thick If thu Euro
pean wur MS members OF the
railroad division aud which tells
of the Londrn reception of tie
SammirS in which the Sapulpans
took part. The letter follows:
"Som"wlmrr in England
August IL, 1917
Dear Nn'a:
1t his been coupe Of da;S
since | wr,tr you. but have so
much on my mind to tell you
will have To writ" you again to
night. All the American troops
here were in London today on
parade, and we sure did have
soue IT, p. | never have. in all my
life seen 4 reception come up u
the one in London today. |
honestly believe half the popnl'.
tiun vas out and | understand
they claim seven millions pnpnla
ton. IT. seemed to me- they were
all ont but | don t want to c>tl.
mate it too high. 1t seemed the
entire city shut down while the
parade was on. We started at
Wellington Barracks at 1880 Il
IN. aud the parade continued un
Til 80 % m. We went through
most of the principal streets
Passed thu king and queen in
front Of the Palace. Got Il good
look at tn IN. The Kings Pal
ace is the mo beautiful build.
lng | ever saw. They claim we
are the iir.t folcign trOo, 5 to
parade in London Sincn William
Ill which was sometime in the
llth century. We We're the
first American troops there. We
saw all kinds of strange sights,
~ many c uld MT begin to tell
tttem all.
What Interested Inc most was
the great number Of soldiers Il
!rn- the line. Everyone that Nas
abba to. get out was along the line
They wele injured in all mar
r.. One. CanaI an with one
arm b4nGa!ed up and ono ley
off >taertred ~ TO me and grab
1ad M by the hand and said he
va, a iank.e and just tickled to
death TO see Us. We met several
Americans in the Canad an army
There. were hosp tails on almost
every block. Saw sew, raj Amer
Icaa hospitals The British w"re
sure Glad to see us. The women
watched US with tears in their
eyes, som" broke down. Lots of
them rushed by the police and
kissed the soldiers. | saw one
girl WhiI" we were at Il halt come
up and Il k as, ! der fra kiss
and wien SlI. got through there
aas tx or seven lined up behind
her. OF course being a married
mar. | wouldn't stand for it.
They threw roses under our feet
"a, we ma ch d by and did every
thing possible IT, show their ap
probation. Inasnuch as We we're
trained only about a month they
!, praised us for our sOldirrly mp
pearancc. Heard several -
marks such as, Don't they look
large "They look so stern,
AREN'T the good looking, No use
to worry any more now" etc.
We were served with br, ak.
fast at the Wellington Barracks
by the British soldiers. Sure
was nice breakfast. Understand
the royal guards are stationed al
| these barracks. Saw them do
some drilling today and believe
they have it on our regulars fOI
t real snappy drill ng. We were
| served with refreshments on ar
. rival at Green Park at1:2O. Every
body in camp is tickied to de ltf
over tn" trip. TO be honest
t would not lave missed the tril
for 5000. We have a big writeul
G in the pApnr tonight; have beer