The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-27
''PAULEVOUS" WITH French
Sailor Writes Parents of Experiences
In War-Ridden but Patriotic France
After Return From First Crossing
Praise and Love for French,

AcfoSS the Atlantic and back and
''never a sight of a submarine" is I.
c. Nelson, a Kenosha sailor, who is now
aboard the U. S. s. " Agamemnon and
safely in port at the New York harbor.
The story of his first crossing" is in
terestingly told by the Kenosha sailor
in recent letter to his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Andrew Nelson, 423 Evergreen
street, where he tells of the marvel
Gus adventure which he had in the
service of cold Glory" in two short
months. The U. S. S. "Agamemnon -.
was formerly the ''Kaiser ~7ilhelm IT,
a German cruiser which was interned at
the first of the war and transformed
into an American transport ship. On
the return voyage the man-O war put
in at South Hampton Roads in Eng
! land where the Kenosha sailor was
fortunate - or unfortunate enough
to view Zeppelin raid.
Describes Air Raid.
F'From France" writes the Keno
shan, "We went to South Hampton,
England, for coal and we were kept
there for a week. I do not like that
place or the English as well as the
French because they are always look
ing for trouble. There were fights
| every night when our boys went ashore.
The last night we were there we saw
an air raid There were three German
| airships and, believe me, it was an
awful sight never want to see an
other one. Homes were destroyed and
many people killed. We did not see
any submarines although they were
waiting for us. They had expected us
Tuesday night but we put on full speed
and arrived early Tuesday morning"
Tells of French Sacrifice.
In the first trip of the Kenosha
sailor he was fortunate enough to get
glimp.e of the French and to live
with French people almost while the
ship was in the French harbOr. He
writes an interesting account of France
its suffering and with all CT it, its
| hospitality and cheer for Americans.
"Believe me, France is everything
that they say it is" lie starts. We
were in Brest and almost had to feed
the people. They cannot buy anything
and they have no money. Everywhere
you see people, mean men-with
arms gone or crippled up in some way.
Gee, but it is good to get back to the
good old U. S. A. All those French
men say is ooh, la-la, and 'Wie wie'
and it gets little tiresome. There are
no policemen in France now so that we
had our own police and I served on
police duty for four days and nights
Gee, they sure treat US fne-every-
body speaks to you and America
seems doubly welcome"
Parlevous With French Girl.
That the life of the American iaeky
is not all drill is also shown by the
letter as this Kenosha sailor has al
ready seen some of the romance which
is so general in wartime. "And, say"
he says in conclusion, "talk about
your French girls, they certainly do
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with one over here and all she can say
is my sweetheart and 'sailor boy"
but she knows that line well. She viii
talk away for half hour and I never
know word that she is saying but it
must be alright. The French girls are
all nice and we were sorry to SAL
for England"
Likes Life in Navy.
The letter from the Kenosha sailor
also tells how he spent his nineteenth
birthday in the middle Of the Atlantic
and that because they had given so
much of their provisions to the French
at Brest they were forced to 60 on
half rations on the return trip. He has
nothing but praise for Uncle Sam and
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