Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-31

Small IOMH III AttA
OF Chateau Thierry. Anyone In Cree
ancy can tell you the location of the
Creves farm. There are three graves
and I think his is the southern one,
marked by a small cross with his
Identification tag tackled to the cross.
AS for his personal property, we
barely had time to bury MN When
we were ordered to attack and / am
absolutely positive nothing was
taken from him. Everything he
might have was buried with him.
II am mustered out in New YORK
II will come to see you and explain
more fully what / have tried In TINS
AS / said. 1 was very much attach
ed to your brother ana ieit ne We
the same toward me n there ~
nothing 1 would not do to case your
mind in your great sorrow. He n
I were the best of friends and l was
with him as much as military custom
would allow. -
Several times he went beyond his
duty for my comfort. Probably you
know about the Christmas present he
sent me from home last year.
Very truly yours,
FRED H.. HILL,
Captain Infantry,
c. p. w. E. No. 1. A. p. O.; III,
A. L.. F., France.
Cliarles Conata.
Charles Conata. a former resident
OF Perth Amboy, has been over where
the big guns were blasting for the past
seven months, has added q letter TO
the long list received by II EVEN
ING NEWS.
He is a member of the 311th Regi-
mental band in which organization
he plays clarionet. Charles speaks
very highly of the French peop
there and says they are very hospita-
BILE. He has seen active service ON the
st Mihiei and Argonne Forest front
and although not In the lines was busy
getting ammunition to he boys. Nv
was under shell fire many times and
managed to get away. He is a mem-
Der of the Columbus Italian band.
He enlisted November 20. 1917, and
after training at Camp Dix went over
seas with the 18th Lightning Division
which did splendid work at the front.
Charles says: Tho boys worked
very hard to bring about the victory
poets to be. nome soon again in the
and deserve a lot of credit. he ex-
good old u. s. and is a~nxiously wait
ing for the day he will be back.
He saws that the boys all liked to read
the PERTH AMBOY EVENING
NEWS and they sure do appreciate
people sending 1t to them. There are
quite a number of boys from Iertn
Amboy in the regiment.
Sergeant Joseph Il. Hornsby.
Dear Conk:-Sherman should have
included the "hu'' in his remark about
war. / expect FOL are wondering
what / have been doing in the past
six months. 1 have been doing diverse
things. among which was lodging
some of those things o uheard pop at
the Gillespie plant. hiking. sleeping
in dugouts. old barns, cowsheds,
chicken coops and any old place at
all where the Hun was not. / nave
witnessed some gruesome spHctacies
and had my hair stand on end more
than once. Then to think that on the
eve of my return / had to have
the information of the death of some
of those 1 had looked forward to see
ing again. 1t just goes to show that
a man must watch his steps all the
time whether at war or home.
On one occasion I stood talking to
a lieutenant and had just left HIM
about thirty seconds when a big shell
others. / heard the shell coming and
Topped on the ground behind a pile
of ammunition and the fragments or
the shell fell all around me. but must
have had my fingers crossed for l
escaped with a scratch. 1t would
have been all off for me If that shell
had made a direct hit on that ammu-
milton dump. I have Topped on my
bread basket 50 much that I have
worn 1t all away or else had II walk
ed off in hiking. Between non-com-
missioned officers chevrons. service
chevrons. division insignia / will o %
like q Christmas tree upon my return
unless lose part nf them before then
But the Kaiser has not given me any
iron crosses yet.
Letter From Corporal j. o. Erdek.
To Efy Pals:-Still alive and happy
in this mans forgotten country, al
though / have had a lot OF close ones.
When / was spending the days in the
Fox holes sometime IN November
had a lot of fun with the Huns.
/ have nothing new to tell the boys
except to say hat when 1 went over
the top / got q few Huns. 1t was In
the battle OF Thieacourt. just before
Metz. 1t was no easy job either. se-
me.
A happy New Year to all my pals
Perth Amboy.