Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-09-20
Ile+ in Guard House
The following is from the Prairie d
Sac NoUS.

| Sac News:
After having received several let
| tiers from friends and relatives asking
about Arthur Kuoni andI being in the
! guard house, I think it my duty for the
sake of those who care, to write you
few lines for publication which Will
show that we are not in Camp Douglas
but at Waco, Texas.
The weather is very hot here. but
| fellow does not seem to notice it much
, more than you would up there.
| We are sure receiving fine training,
a four-mile hike every morning, and
about three hours drill, then we have
school in the afternoon for an hour,
about two and one-half to three hours
and about two and one-half to three
, hours drill.
Major General Parker told us the
other day that we could expect to eat
{. our Christmas dinner in Europe, but
he did not know whether it would be
| in France or Russia. | would like to
go to Russia, as they are fighting
war of maneuvers, which would not be
SO monotonous as trench fighting, and
besides the Americas have always
proven themselves very effective with
/ the rifle, and here we would have an
opportunity to use that skill, while IL
we go to the trenches, it will be most
ly bayonet fighting.
It is wonderful to see the prepara-
tions Uncle Sam Isl making-this is
only one of the 80 similar camps in
! the country There will be $4,000 men
here in another two weeks and nearly
all men who have had some previous
training.
| Well, must close as I have several
more letters to write. Hoping this
will show the people where we are, I
remain as ever faithful to Old Glory.
Would be glad to hear from any OF
you. GLEN WAGNER.
Camp Macarthur,
Co. G, 1st Wis. Inf.
Waco Texas.
Hear Big Guns in France
i The following letter has been re-
/ ceived by Mrs. Anna D. Wood, $40
Walnut street, from her son, Frank
Wood, who Isl now in France:
Received your letter Of July 20 to-
day. 1t came in the first mail this
regiment has received for over a
month, and was surely glad to get it.
| hardly know what to write, as there
are so many things that we are not
allowed to mention, such as the boat
we came over on, the port where we
landed in England, the port where we
left England and arrived in France,
| the place we are now at, the number
Of men, and about everything else we
have heard or seen. We are not al
lowed to send picture postal cards.
The town we are located in was
captured and held for about two weeks
| by the Germans. 1t is only about 20
miles from the trenches and we can
hear the big guns very plainly.
/ There have been aeroplane battles
! here every day-they have been close
i enough to be seen with the naked eye.
j Yesterday there were some German
machines directly over the town. No
bombs were dropped. I think they
were trying to take photographs, but
were driven off by the anti-aircraft
, guns. While passing through France
! we saw many buildings that had been
bombed. The people here are friend
ly and try very hard to explain things,
but few speak any English. 1t makes
an interesting conversation, speaking
English to someone who understands
only French and have him try to make
himself understood when one only I'M
derstands English.
We haven't received any pay for
two months, so we are all just about
broke. / would like to go to Paris
when we receive our pay, but there
will probably be no chance.
The prices here are very little diff
ferent than in America. | had sup
per in town last night and it cost me
8 franc or so cents. The menu consis-
ed of soup, fish, mutton with greens,
potatoes, lettuce, cheese, plums, and
a pint of wine. They serve wine here
instead Of tea or coffee. The waters
in France receive no salary; they rely
on ones. generosity. Therei S always
a sign letting you know that,
The weather has been fine since we
arrived. warm days and cool nights.
We only. get coffee and bread for
breakfast, and black coffee and black
bread at that Dinner and supper are
little better, but as we eat break
fast at a. NJ. we are mighty hungry
at noon.
/ l will have to close now, as. I am on
guard today.
! August %, 1917.