Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-12-18
ON THE NOTABLE MARCH
CAPTAIN BUFFERS is AMONG
THE FAVORED
Army of Occupation Proceeding to the
Rhine-Greater Than Sherman's
March to the Sea
FIELD HOSPITAL SECTION
10th Sanitary Train
APO 734, A.E.F.

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France, November 16, 1918.
My Dear Wife :-The big move is
on and / don't know when we can get
back more mail. Maybe | can't even
get this off today. | sent the inter-
prefer over sixty miles yesterday
with telegram for you but like all
Frenchmen he did not send it as he
found that they now charge 81 cents
a word instead of eight cents, and he
thought it too much money to pay
But we have a Red Cross man who
may go to civilization tomorrow and
/ may get it off yet / know you are
anxious to get a telegram. Well it
certainly is fine day to get ready
for a move that ! think will put in
the shade the march to Austin. OF
course you know how busy a supply
officer is at this time. We are all on
the jump. They are otorizing our
one horse-drawn hospital and giving
US all new trucks, and its quite a chore
to turn in the horse equipment and
draw the new stuff. But / guess we
can get by with it. 1t is fine weather
only quite cold Ice froze last night.
but we can stand lot if it Just don't
rain. Hope they let down soon on
the censor regulations.
November Is, 1918.
We have not gotten away yet due
to the fact that we have been busy
exchanging trucks and the new trucks
have not arrived. But we are ex-
pecting them so as to get away today.
And when we do go / am afraid it
will b. difficult to get letter off for
some time. sent a telegram away
yesterday with Red Cross man and
| think you will get about tomorrow.
but don't know as they say the lines
are very crowded. Everything is 60
ing nicely but these big moves always
mean lot of work, especially q move
like this. After we go about twenty
miles we expect to have good roads
as we will then be out of range of
any fighting, and the roads are always
good then.
Well, l am feeling fine and they
say looking fine, and eat heartily,
slep like a log and keep things NOV
ing as we'll as is possible. The wealth
er is fine and the rain holds off. 1t is
cold; just about freezing at night
Hope it stays this way until we reach
our destination, which may not be
for three weeks. We hope to have,
and 10 doubt will have fine billets to
live in when we get there, and also
at night on the roads going there
We got trucks for two of our hospi-
tails and they left yesterday and the
day before; and it is wonder we did
not get away yesterday as L was Sun
| day-and we always move on Sun
days. Lieutenant Johnson is look
ing after the trucks this morning and
/ haya been drawing the rations for
him and getting gas for the trucks.
| Had lot of salvage to turn in also.
In those big fights we had to carry
lot of medical stuff such as filters.
blankets and cots, and we had twelve
truck loads that | turned in yester-
day besides a mess of other stuff and
all our horses wagons, harness and
all that pertains to horse-drawn out
fits, and now all we have is trucks and
cars and side-cars galore, so that we
are well equipped.
Well there is not much to write
about Regards to everybody.
We see thousands of refugees that the
Germans are sending hack, and they
come in at night for grub and place
to sleep. We take care of everybody
and that makes a little extra work,
but it is pleasant work. They are
dressed in every kind of clothing
even to women's clothing on men.
Lovingly yours,
CHAS. E. BUFFERS.