Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-09-13

With Our Soldier and Sailor Boys.

With Our Soldier and Sailor Boys.
Pvt. Francis L. Herpelinck, Co. c.,
llth Rgt. Overseas Detachment, at
Quantico, Va, in a letter to his par
ents, writes a. followe:
"Well suppose you think am in
France but I am not but think III be
there in about three weeks. This is .
very beautiful place. we are located
right on the city limits of Quantico
which is city of about 20, 600 and we
are right on the banks of the sea. We
left Paris Island Wednesday night
about o'clock and got here Friday
about midnight or morning it was very
late know. I never thought when I
left home would ever see so much of
the world and such beautiful scenery.
South Carolina is mostly all swamp but
what farming land there is, is all white
with cotton and in . distance all small
specks of black which are niggers pick
ing cotton. North Carolina is very
fine state, they raise sugar corn and
sweet potatoes by the hundreds of
acres. Virginia is the best state have
been in outside of dear old Iowa. We
crossed the James r;ver-apon tressel
about four hundred feet above the
water and one with a pair of field glass
|es would be able to see for many miles.
1t sure was pretty, we passed thru
Fayetteville, city that Sherman went
thru in his march to the sea. It is 4
city of $1,000 now and we gave the
people parade and you had ought to
see them shower US with cigarettes and
good things to eat. had my hat full
of cigarettes, my pockets full of ap-
pies, my arms full of girls and my
face full .of hair. At Richmond,
Virginia, we paraded again and
the people just went wild over US. One
old lady came up to me and taking
hold of my hand told me how she lost
her father and her husband IN the cruel
war and now she had two grandchild-
rem fighting in France. 1t sure wss
pitiful to hear her tell it. We are
about sixty miles from Washington, D.
c.. and if we get leave we can go down
Saturday afternoon and don't have to
come back until N onday morning for
roll call. This is the only life, when
you get away from the boot training.
We get the best Of chow here. After
we finish our training here, which only
takes three weeks, we oil will will be
Corporals; then to France. Hurrah for
the U. S. Msrine. s ;
S. E: Dinger received a letter re-
Gently, dated Aug. 18th from Robert
M. Logue, of Battery E. l23rd F. A.
from which We make the following in
teresting extracts:
Just line or two to let you know
that since you last heard from me that
l have moved. which fact you probably
knew months ago. In fact a bigger
move than most people make in Z life
time, and have surely seen some coun-
try, also some water. have been all
over France. across another country
and up on the front and am getting
ready to sec some more of this big
game, and believe me its some game
at that, and still the Lord is with me
enough that l am not pushing at the
bottom of the dasies. ~
l have . new gun now. Its so big l
have to have enough horses to run
farm to move it, and don't carry the
shells in my belt either. We can make
things real uncom Portable for Fritz at
twelve miles.
Bill Mathews and l have sure had
great luck staying together; we're the
only two from old &c" Co. in this
battery. Bills, driver, and I'm a
cannoneer. could have. had a good
job several different times tho as truck
driver, but turned 'em down to stay
with Bill. I'd like totell you what IN
about to do the coming week but the
censor would only cross it out, as he
more than likely has a lot of this al
ready. I've got track of Aaron
Sager's outfit; he was all right at that
time about two months ago and he's
now Sergeant.
am we'll with best regards to all.
FrSnk W. Reihle, q brother of Fred
Reihle and also of Mrs. C. E. Herold,
recently arrived in New York, having