The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1918-09-13

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below;
ber, Du Soldat,
h Franco-Americaine,
France. August II, 1918.
kar Mr.. Mcyeigh:
hi make an effort to report
If nv ramblings since | left
lar old United States.
got orders to leave Fort Myer,
h forty eight hours were on
shin at -. We had good
pr crossing the ocean and not
Excitement. After several days
got rough. 1t seems to me that
across an ocean would con-
|apyone of God and His power,
bunch of clay that they call a
kue feels helpless out in the
! of one. | would lean up
N the rail for hours at a time
katch the angry waves burst
n the ship, and wonder how |
feel if the boat went upder.
kmed that we were in a large
with the clouds or sky sunk
the ocean around the outside.
he were more soldiers on the
than there are people in Mari
We had no chairs to sit on,
bbles to eat off. Every nook
|orner was crowded. 1t was a
b eat-no, not to eat, but to
|the other fellow from stepping
FOUR mess kit. AS to the sleep
barters, just visit a sweet potato
(my mind still runs that way)
Zee the layers of them. Well,
Is the way we bunked. Three
slept fine and, as usual, it
bard for me to get up in time
Feakfast.
landed at Liverpool, England,
Fth, Sunday, but never docked
|the next day. A British band
; as we came off, and the first
was Dixie, and we gave them a
american yell. know | opened
y hog calling mouth. We were
only few days and never saw
OF the place. They have the
docks in the world, the English
we rode across the country to
ampton in third class passen-
caches. We were ten hours on
'ad. We got off at Birmingham
'llee, served by the Red Cross,
'nne there tried weighing on a
The operation was successful.
found that there were no
: on the things, and there |
rylng to get the benefit of my
J before the train left, until it
Explained that pounds were call
ones there, and then I found
weighed IL 1-2 stones, or 16f
we're cheered all through Eng
we marched through South
y 10 a rest camp. and all along
aeets the English would raise
'as Lots of welcome signs
W ana one that struck me was
Ie' IN 'front.' of an orphan asy-
'ar. OF 1t was Some army
wy ! like England much bet
aa ! 10 France. 1t is a more
!, Ia'e country. They call this
: 'ne ocean the old country,
- well named, for it is 1000
- O'nihd America. Every build
''D,emoer seeing in England is
auu over here in France it is
anu Tile roofing. Some of the
80 are relics of the dark ages.
seen several hundred miles of
:, ! ana 1t looks as if the build
',,aess :, played out with Louis
! lumoers would starve over
ruolic bath houses open only
,a,uay' |, They have very little
~ sa'er. About all / see that
~ ~ lor Is to fill the canals. All
! mork is done in a crude
s WI take my hat off to the
NJ their good roads and
! iney are built for all time.
a., e"ice and they are making
A. V preserve it. All along
i T and canals are trees in
i : beautiful. Any place a
p rs. sfow is used for one.
aunch ne. are jolly people and
ia I'n,e' ! have lots of fun with
han, french book trying to talk
AVA Il mas come home to me
,onle 'nat war wrought when
tha = N ancient times tried TO
i iOwer OF Babel into the
I'd 80 20, camp | was In 1t was
ss,o 'vrk (stevedoring). They
sss 'Aoor battalions. Chinese
~ engineers, all doing the