Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-10-24
Our Soldier Boys.


Harry Rudy writes from Newport
News, Va "a big huuch of our COM
pany are in the hospital with" Spanish
influenza. | was in the no spital a
week and am sure glad | did not die.
But while a fellow has it he would
rather be dead than elive. Hope that
spoil will be my last one. II rains
day, then turns cold, and the next day
it Is so hot you smother. There are a
million mosquitoes to each one OF US.
We were issued new clothes to-day,
all woollen staff. The only thing that
| got to tit was a blanket. have ex-
changed all MY clothes several times,
but ain no better off than | was be-
fore. We have heard rumors that
sailors we're going to Ike overguard-
ing these piers, after the 18th. Hope
itiis 80. Expect they will send us ov-
or tie pond"
Lionel Iiartzell, II. Q. Co., 10th
Res't, writes: ave have just been
relieved from active Guty on the
front, with only SIX casualties. l am
row in the Regimental Messenger
squad and have a bicycle of my own.
But there is i possibility Of the band
being recognized soon, probably be-
fore going to the front for the third
time. Since lhave been in France !
have seen some of the most beautiful
flowers in the world. We have black
| berries and strawberries in season,
also cherries, pears, nuts and nearly
all kinds of vegetables. | have been
receiving the REGISTER regularly and
enjoy it very much"
Harvey Martin, Band 3l2th Engi-
neers, writes from France: "NNhile
we were in England we played at
Liverpool, and entrained to Winchcs-
ter, thence to Southampton, playing
at those places. and thence to France.
We heard the Royal Welsh Band. 1t
was wonderful. | had interesting
talks with some OF the Welsh boys
We are having a great experience anc
will soon be near the front, where We
viii play or do any duty given us that
vii! help end this struggle"
Corp. Oscar Haywood writes from
Bordeaux, France: 81 am feeling fine,
1t il cool here now, just the KIND OF
weather to make a fellow feel well and
have lots Of pep. We took a little
walk out in the country to-day and
had all the grapes we could eat and
also blackberries. a couple of fell
lows and | are going to take a little
bucket with us tomorrow and pick
scme berries and bring them back anc
get some milk and sugar and have
some real eats"
Russell Riggs, 55th Co., Marines
writes On September 18th: II have
been to the front again and took par
in the big doings and AN back with.
cut a scratch. We did not get in any
of the real fighting, though We were
right where we could tell there was 9
war going on all right. Our company
brought down a Dutch plane by riff
fire and took the aviator. When
got back to the woods | received ter
letters. Was sure glad to get ont
from Dudley. | have received very
few of the numerous letters you sen
10 the l34th Co., and had failed tc
| get the ones where you told me of hi
whereabouts. | got a taste of trencl
life this time, though we we're soon IL
, the open when we got started.
should say | prefer the open warfare
!, there is too much mud in the trench
es." On Septembe. 9th he writes
1--WE have made q couple of move
since | wrote. We were in a prett.
=. good town for several days and got
chance to clean up and lay in a sup
. ply Of things we needed. There wer'
i lots OF stores there and a fellow conlt
get most anything he wanted. W
: got in n couple of days drill there an
then took an all night trip on tn
train. We are in a little town now
and have q pretty good billet. Their
is q table aud couple OF benches a
one end of the room and almost ev
i, cry n seems to be taking the oppor
!. tunity to write home"
!, Many people in the valley remem
{ Der DIR. S. NJ. Brown, EDITOR of tn
t "W orld and Way" Kansas City. o
October 10 he received a messag
8 from the government telling him'tha
/. his son, Lieut.. Sanford Brown, ha'
been killed in action. We copy tn
following: "Lieut. Brown was a grad
uate of William Jewell College an
the University of Missouri. After wa
was declared he left q position wit
8 the Commonwealth National Bank, q
Kansas City, to atterd the Officers
Training Camp ut Fort Riley, wher
he received q commission az secorl
/. lieutenant. He was assigned to tn
g 35th division and was later promote
n to first lieutenant at Camp Doniphar
i. lie went to France with the divisio
and had been recommended to q cap
taincy. His brother. Capt. JOSEF
Brown, Ia personnel officer to Gener'
VIM Of the Syth Division"
A letter from Lit. Walter ID. Ker
o dali, dated August goth was receive
q Monday. Fle 10 in France, in exec
4 lent health, and his address ia 1885,
c Infantry, Am. Elk. Forces, A. p. y
Q 6s7. :,