The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-18
THRILLING EXPERIENCE
Private Guy Andrews Of Barre Tell
of Submarine Attack.


Mr. and Mrs c. S. Andrews OF
Barre have received word of the safe
arrival of their son, Private Guy C.
D. Andrews. in France with the medi-
cal department OF the LIST Regiment
Engineers. His letter, pr:nted in the
Barre Times, is as follows:
Somewhere in France fno date al
loved later than Aug. 49,
Dear Folks
We finally landed in safety. al
though the danger signal was sound
ed once, The food on cur transport
was the worst thing we had to con.
tend with.
II have just met a fellow by the
name Of Premier from Barre, who
used to work at Tilden Shoe store. so
We have had some good talks togeth.
er, lie was also in Philadelphia at
the same time | was although | didn't
see him there and in fact, don't re-
member meeting him in Barre.
I'VE had very calm voyage and
only one day OF anywhere near rough
weather That day it rained and blew
and all the hatchways were closed
down; but there were no waves high
er than Is or 90 feet. It's hard TO
write when the most important items
must be left out. We are not allowed
10 write the date. ports or departure
CT arrivals, name Of our transport
number Of troops, whether we have
conveys or not, whether we had tor
perdo hoat destroyers and most other
things know you would be interest
cd in
= You will be glad to know that
am wen and feeling fine in spite OF
the fact that the food was poor and
algo that K was hbid to keep clean
with Tie salt sea water they gave
us TO wash and shave with. There
was some kind Of an entertainment
every pleasant night given by some
one of the organizations aboard; and
each, entertainment would be v,
ed by a boxing match bot" 20
soldiers experienced in the D., III
Of the Sundays on hoard We mad
chapel exercises conducted by our
chaplain and two songs that every.
body knows and we always ended the
service by singing America.
Life on the transport is rather
monotonous and although no one OF
us was sea-sick We were all sict of
the sea. The last two day nc
changed five hours of New - ''.ae.
/ We now get up at a m, az
at $50. dinner at 1890 and B. @ 't
p. N SO when we are eat
per. 20, are getting dinner
when We landed the natives
cheered us and threw apples, pears
and plums at us which were very
welcome The first Ford We sighted
caused almost as much cheering as
the New York Herald did when one
was brought aboard. The boys al
most went wild when they saw three
yCung widows who we're dlscernible
in their mourning gowns. A steai
here CO. five francs and everything
to eat ,osts dearly
we red 20 shots at two or three
summarizes that followed all last
night bLr did not attack us until this
morning at o'clock, and the engage
ment lasted a full hour We distinct
ly saw torpedo pass the bow OF our
ship about % yards Our gunners die
some fine work and II was the mos
| exciting hour | ever experienced il
my life Two aeroplanes met us ant
came so close that we could sec then
wave to Us. We waved back and they
seemed like two big brothers to us
Land locks mighty fine to us even i
II isn't New York harbor. 1t is hart
to realize that We are not still in TN
U. S. A. | am feeling fine an a. ''
boys are happy as can no
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