New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-08-28

this thing is over with. : :
Herbert's address is:
Co. E. 33rd Engrs.,
"A. P. o. No. 731,
American Ex Forces
A letter received by the Wanderset
family in Milford, is from their sor
Frank. He says, ''I wish that I coule
write you just where I am SO you coulc
look on the map and find all the places
I have been, but I can't do that. W.
travelled quite way thru France anc
never stopped much longer than weel
in any one place. We are pretty close
to the front now and can hear the big
guns. It sounds just as if they were
celebrating the 4th of July every day
i One day about two weeks ago five OF us
we're guarding an outpost and while
we were eating dinner three German
shells came over and Exploded about
200 yards from our post. There was
only one man on the post at the time
and afterwards we asked him if he didn't
get scared and he laughed and said he
was getting used to such noise. An.
other day eight or ten shells came over
and you should see the holes they make
in the ground. The village where. we
STAYED was all shot to pieces. "
eve have had pretty good weather
all the time except last week when it
rained almost every day. I saw some
fine wheat and rye fields while going
from one place to another but there is
very little where am now and there
are not many people staying around here.
1 also saw some very poor land, some
places nothing but limestone. How
are the crops at home? Does the wheat
20 to 80 bushels and how is the corn?
1 have not seen any corn in this country
yet, and I don't think they grow it.
''How is the old clubhouse? Do they
have many dances? l. hear they are
having quite a few barn dances and
how is the Essig hall. How are all the
neighbors? Tell Frank Fisch when the
war is over he should come over here and
we will 60 to Paris and have good time
and when we come back home we will
break in that young horse and the mules.
; I have not driven any mules but have
seen good many of them and some of
them going backward instead Of forwards.
I hope his mules won't go that way.
Be sure to write me all the news. My
address is: ..:..-
Private Frank E. Wandersee,
Co. G.. 32g Infantry,
A. E. F. via New York.
A letter from Herman Schapekahm
to friends in New Ulm is dated Camp
Wadsworth, August 10. Herman re-
calls the events surrounding the leaving
of the boys on the 25th of July and tells
of his trip. They had supper at Mankato
and breakfast at Milwaukee and then left
for Chicago where they met number of
men from Minneapolis who were also
going to Camp Wadsworth.
Speaking of the trip through Kentucky
and Tennessee he said that the nice
houses that we see up north are not to
be found But he says it is so warm
that it is no wonder they do not build
the houses any better. The soil is all
red and even afterrit rains all day it is
dry when it stops. He speaks OF the
peach trees loaded with fruit just begin
ming to ripen, but says they did not see
much of the fruit country as they passed
through during the night. At Nashville
there was a short stop and they were
treated to watermelons by the Y. M. C..
A. - d
The boys reached camp Sunday
morning and were taken: out on trucks.
The first week it rained most of the time
and they did not have much drilling.
The second week the weather. was hot
and the mercury going to- 128 degrees
Ill sCll0 Suu. l1cl1lldll says CA1I ~ was q
little hot for the Minnesota boys but
that they would soon get, used to it.
Then came sandstone followed by
rain which cooled it off a little. The
nights are nice and cool which they all
appreciate Seems great to see all
the soldiers drilling. AS far as you can
see there's nothing but tents and SOL
, diers. We expect to cross pretty soon
and, believe me, when a Teller sees all
these soldiers he surely would think when
we get over it won't take long before we
get into Berlin. But after the war the
boys will all be glad to get back to Min
nesota.'
Another letter was from Arthur Sam
valid. His letter was dated August
J. 10, from Camp Mills, New York. He
describes the trip from Camp Dodge
to Camp Mills which took three days and
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