The Nevada County picayune., 1918-10-24
EUGENE SUTTON WRITES
 TO HOME FOLKS
Dearest mother

Dearest mother:
 The first letter I write after land ing in New York, will be to you, the dearest mother in te world I won der if you are feeling well. l am il real good health. You can never know how glad I was when read al the letters from you and the girls l had IS letters waiting for me from home. Frances and Marion.
 Isn't Baby Ruths picture cute. l surely would like to see every one al home
 Well, mother, l will tell you all I can about my trip. We left here on
 Sunday morning andwent down to Norfolk, Virginia to get in the convoy Everything was ready by Tuesday. So early in the morning We were on our way to France. Had about twenty two t22) ships ill convoy. one |. <. Destroyer and one British Cruiser. The ships were in columns. about fife ships t0 each column. We were the first ship in the sixth column thecrun- ser was guide ship, and the destroyer went back and forth ahead of us. The third day ont our baker and myself were sleeping forward on the ship un- dcfHeath some motor trucks We had on board Ii WAS in the afternoon about three thirty. We heard the firing of gun, the baker jumped up and asked Inc what that was told hin to % to sleep. il WIS on the rifle range just then l heard the whistle blowing the officer gave the alarm. ran upon the bridge just in time to see the shells falling iu the water. it Was the third ship in thc fifth column She put q Aole i'll the submarine and our de >troyer carried her to an American port. Ky night We all went to bed i4 ease. No you can see what We do for German submarines.
 We had several days of rough weather. some fellows were awfUlly >eaSick. one day we were having diu- ner. our dishes all slid oH deeh. .t5oGt twenty-one# days ~e sighted land after leaving New York. lttwaS Sicily Is= land. oil the coast of England We left convoy there and anchored fn harhor at Brest. France, stayed only one night and then went down Loire River to St Nazalie. France. l must >ay the country over there K the most beautiful country l eyer saw. All houses are made of stone and the fences around the farms are walls ot rock and stones. Such beautiful green fields. The homes are built colonial style that makes them So pretty But take the cities they are rotton. You would feel proud of our grand |. S. to le in the cities of France only for Il day. Most of the people seem ig- Eorant Some beautiful girls over there All women wear mourning. l GOT tlaShtS VI itbhi' NNai "''''H shoes. They never saw d real train motorcycle or automobile before the |. $. carried them over there. They have little toy like engines, the pass enger coaches are not as good as our 1900 year street car was. The |. \ k century ahead of Europe in mod ern times.
 There is an American I M. (. A. in this city. sure glad of it too. Some American telephone girls in St. Nag aire. Not many American hospitals there. and you should see those Amer ican lads who were wounded. some without eyes. no legs or arms, some been burned hy liquid fire, there were solid UiSterS allover them. One fel- low said. you know boys, il k dam hard to see your pal right hy youF side take his last breath. and when called for him he did not answer. io"Nrd in his face and life had gone. he Na'.t Oh. how l wish to he back in the trencflcS to lick those Huns. The lea aes