Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-12-27
"DAD'S DAY"
LETTER
Former Fulton County Teacher
Writes From Langres France To
HIS ! Father-HOward Cochran
Formerly of Chesterfield Central :
lied Schools, Writes.

Langres France, Nov. %, 1918
Dear Father:
This is "Dad's Day" in France
and the censorship has been lifted
to the extent that we NJ write
many things here-to-foreg now ddea.
First of all I wish to knoI;5a " all
Of you are at home. I am yel.I and
comfortable as usual, three meals
and a bed and writing material that
is enough. 1 have certainly had
some journey since leaving Gin
c1nnati. Arriving in Camp Jesup.
Ca, l stayed there eight days and
then boarded train for Hoboken,
N. J. l passed through Atlanta,
Ga, Richmond. Va, Baltimore, Md,
Washington, D. c., Philadelphia, Pa.
and finally through New York City.
| saw the Capital building at Wash
lngton and also the beautiful Po-
tomac river for miles. We left
Camp Jesup on Thursday evening,
October "a and arrived at Camp
Mrr tt, N. j. on Sunday morning at
$3.50 October 27 we spent the whole
day getting ready for our trip. l
helped the Co. G. ERIK in the personel
office all day that day and have
been with him ever since until YES
terday when he was transferred to
another posit on. We will probably
move up nearer to the German bord-
er now within day or two. We
were twelve days crossing the At
lantic and it was a fine trip. The
weather was fair and moderate with
the exception of one day when the
sea was rough enough to sweep over
the upper decks. | was not sea
sex at any time during the trip.
had little better time than most
as l acted as orderly to Captain
Davis, commander of the first Bat
tt D on of our unit and could thus be
in officers quarters a great deal of
the time. Our clerk was an order
ly too, so we could be together q
great deal on board. We left the
states by way of a Hudson river
ferry boat and passed down the
river getting a view of that beauti-
full and historic Pallisade Park, bor-
dering the Hudson, steep cliffs that
rise to a great height on the west
ern side. We boarded the Princess
Matoika, formerly a German boat
at Hoboken. At New York saw the
tall sky scrapers and New York
Harbor full of huge liners and bat.
tie ships a'so saw the statue of Lib
erty and the last of good old U. S
A. on Oct. % in the afternoon, we
landed in Brest, France on 1yov.
and stayed there one week and ther
took a train for the interior, we die
not come in O. direct line to Langres
but Travelled three days and three
nights over the southern half Of
France, finally landing here. This
Camp has M. T. C R. U. now anC
has no work for us so we are going
on, we may be through here in three
weeks or maybe here a year to quote
Capt. Manners who spoke to us con
cernng our work over here this fore
noon. Unit 80 is all broken VI
now. You will have to use my OLE
address just the same as I do no
know what my new one will be. Wei
1 guess that is about all I viii hav'
time to say concerning my tril
! across. The unit has not done ;
bit of mechanical work yet but di,
help to unload freight at Brest al
/ have done so far is clerical work
Thee hurch bells ringing from tn
old old Cathedrals at Langres abou
mile away from Camp made m
rather home sick this forenoon. TIL
air is frosty but the day is brigh
am dclear. It reminds me tha
Thanksgiving is near. Well 1 an
sure that 1 shall eat Thanksgiving
dinner in the states next year,
| shall think of you when I eat m
pork and beans over here mex
Thursday. You will have to ex
cuse this writing as my fingers ar
stiff with. cold. I am writing thi
7 in my tent and the only fire in tn
neighborhood is several rods ava
: on the outside of the tent wher
/, some of the fellows are doing wash
) ings, shaving, etc. I will now wis
YOU all a Merry Christmas and
e Happy New Year. I suppose Glady
: keeps wei and is in school ever
day. Do you hear from Ruth j.
! ten? Tell her I was very glad
get that letter and mean to answe
it when I get time. Langres is
very old city, have not been thel
t but those that have say 1t has man