The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-24
BENNINGTON BOY WITH
ARMY OF OCCUPATION
ser9. Wlfr.d n. Wahlquist Expects
70 Spend Winter at cobIenz,
Germany.

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank H. WahlQuist
have received two interesting letters
nom their son. Serg. Wiifrid II. VAIL
Quist Of the S0lst sanitary train at
tached to the army of occupation. IN
der the heading "Enroute TO Germany
Che sergeant writes:
You viii no doubt be greatly sur
prised 60 see the heading on this let
ter and viii no doubt wonder what is
up but do not worry for | am not en-
route 10 Germany as a prisoner on as
d deserier On the contrary, | am on
my way as a soldier Of occupation. /
wrote you back at ST. Armand that we
were expecting to pun out Of that
place and that it might be some time
before I'd find time 10 write 1t has
all taken place and | am on my way.
Before proceed any further let me
say that every thing is going fine and
that ! am in the very best of health !
am mighty busy, though, but that is a
part Of the game.
Since I wrote YOU last have seen
some great sights, not from the stand
point OF beauty. fan from it, but from
the standpoint of destruction and suf-
fering When we felt st. Armand
there was much talk Of the war ending
soon and we were all anxious to get
up here before the close However,
We continued on our way and were as
signed to the fourth army corps as
the army Of occupation We are now
working our way forward and win no
doubt land in Germany IN about two
weeks. Tomorrow we viii be in Lux.
embomg and then comes Germany. I
will have TO make the acquaintance of
some Madchen' to brush up on my
German, if ! can find one This | an.
derstand is not easy, as the German
girls are not so fond Of the American
soldiers as the French. Wen. !
should worry. III make il somehow.
Just how long we will be in Lux.
embourg is hard telling, but am look
ing forward 10 coming home some
time in the early summer Il may
seem long wait, but / am perfectly
willing TO remain over here ii can
get into Germany for that is a prl
v.lege not accorded 20 all II has
been the desire of every American sol
der to put his feet on German soil be
icre the.war came 70 close and
happen 20 be On7 Of Tie lucky few
who are going
We are following the boys 81
cur hospital train ana are establishing
ourselves who.oycr we are needed
And. we are needed and needed badly
for many OF the soldiers are i'll. due
to the forced marching and exposure
TO cold and hardship We are very
fortunate Tor we are following ths
boys In trucks. so that we IRE covering
the ground IN style compared with The
rest OF them ! am driving the cap
tain In a Dodge touring ear, so that
am even better OF than the rest Of thu
boys in The company
eve are at thG present time billet
ted in large French sch3a house
that the Germans had held f1f fouI
years and used for hospital Il
doesn't look much Ike a hospital now
for the cusses sure did strip A
before they left They certainly di,
have some place while they stayed
I Why. they even had a baToom an,
they left the beer glasses standing
and some OF them not empLed
Here we are running a hospital Il
a crude way, but il is the kind of worl
a field hospital has TO carry on w,
have sent out an OF our patients an,
are going 20 move further on. so tha
can't say when / viii be able Q,