The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1918-11-01
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BROTHERS IN
SERVICE

In the big drive of September 18th
Carl Springmeyer, son of Mr. and Mrs
/. G. Springmeyer, of this Valley. was
with an artillery company that help.
&c route the Germans. In the follow
ing letter he tells OF some of his e>
periences. Their other son, Clarence
has made trip to japan and is now
stationed In the Islands. He also
writes decidedly interesting lette,
OF his army experiences.
expect you are beginning to look
for my name in the casualty list b,
the time you receive this letter. be.
cause have not written for SO long
have hardly had time or never
would have let you go without a let.
ter all this while. We have been un
on the front for some time and did a
good deal Of moving just previous to
going up, SO you see 1t as nearly I'M
possible to write. The rheumatism
has left me entirely for which | cer-
tainly Am thankful. Life in the
trenches is preferable to being on
ones back for three months.
We were In the big drive OF Sept.
18th and went over the Germans first
line trenches. SO II you glance at
map you can easily tell just about
where we we're, We are having A
short rest now but expect to be on
the move again most any time.
We certainly threw the big ones IT
the Germans for awhile. Talk about
noise; | never knew there could be so
much In the world before and the
artillery II was just one continuous
rear. An individual shot was hard to
tell unless one was right next to the
gun firing.
The one thing that troubled us was
the Germans got out of our range too
soon, SO we had to cease firing. OF
course we had a few German shells
drop around us but we did not mind
that at all. A fellow has a sort of
funny feeling someplace. l don't know
where. when he hears a shell com
ing but after 1t bursts and you find
yourself still altogether. you laugh
abont 1t and wait for the next one
We also had few gas alarms but no
gas attacks SO were spared the
agonies OF wearing the gas masks for
hours at time as some outfits have
done.
This certainly Is a great country
for rain. II has rained nearly every
day we have been here. We worked
right through It and we're soaked to
the skin most of the time. Every
thing gets wet. even our blankets. At
that we were SO tired at times that We
cared not and just rolled in and slept
as comfortable as II In the best fcath-
er bed
get the Record Courier right along
and would also like to receive Reno
hear news from the boys | knew at
college.
have a few small souveniers gath
cred in the German first line trench
es after the battle was over and shall
try to send them home at the first op-
portunity. don't know when that
will be. have come things | don't
know whether ] can lug them around
or not Our packs are heavy enough
without a lot of souveniers to weight
one down besides. You never know
how far you have to carry them be-
fore you can get rid of them. Chanc-
es are that will be until the end OF the
war. and that's impossible.
The Germans left all kinds OF things
behind but what interested me mostly
was some of the letters. II they were
in fairly good writing l could read
them. It would surprise you to know
the conditions in Germany today and
the thoughts of the German soldiers.
read letters both from the soldiers
to their folks, and from the folks at
home to the men In the trenches.
They certainly were very interesting.
Mother write real often, even
though don't always get time to
answer all the letters get. | promise
to write as often as conditions permit,
so don't worry in the least about me
even tho you do not get letter for
weeks at a time. | have gone over a
month without a letter. from anyone
now, and most likely will go some
time longer, but always look forward
to the time when 1t does come.
CARL. SPRINGMEYER.
pa IA Pa
Well. here am, still at Corregider
fine as any fish In the sea. weigh
1870 pounds, thanks to the good Ole
U. s. Army beans. am black as
COAL. and my, but It is hot here. even
though n rafna most of the time