The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-09-11
Frank Brogan, Camp Devens, Mass.

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Dear Folks:
We arrived here about - o'clock last
night, but stayed in the sleeping cars
until this morning, and had breakfast on
the train. We left the train at o'clock
| for our barracks which weres. about a
mile away They are different than the
ones we left are bigger and have two
| stories We eat and sleep in the same
building here. I don't know how large
a camp this is as 1 haven't been around
much. There are not very many trees
here, but it is foggy this morning and !
cannot see very far we Year are IL ae onatbeS
city near but l don't know the name OF
it yet I expect we will get more drill
| ing here.
down south, and is more like home. We
| had q good trip and good beds. l was
| in a regular Pullman but some Of the
boys We're in tourist cars. We followed
| the coast most of the way to New York
| that we went by. We went through
some ports where they were building
ships and sub chasers. There Is lots s: or or
| were building ships, and sub chasers and
guns and ammunition of all kinds. we
went over the largest bridge in the world
through New York but didn't leave the
coach and went under part of the city
in a subway; We were pulled through
with an electric engine. We got OFT at
| New Haven and marched through part
of the town for exercise, When we got
back the Red Cross society was at the
sure were good along the trip and most
every place we stopped they were there
with something, either candy, ice cream,
cigarettes, coffee, postals or lemonade;
| oil IrnS n
they take your mail too. One place we
went through the whistles We're blowing
| at the factories, and flags We're waving,
| and last night we stopped at New Lon
don and people came out barefoOted to
see us; they had gotten up out of bed.
| Well it is almost dinner time so will
close.
| Co. A, 212 Engr. Reg,
Camp DeVenS, Mass.
George F. Knapp, France.
Miss Hazel Liese, Of Vail, has sent
us the following letter from her cous-
in, George Knapp, who is with the
|16Sth infantry in France:
June 30, 1918.
Dear Cousin:
/ just received thirty-two letters and
among them was yours, so will answer
! it at once.
This is very beautiful country and
one can travel for miles and never see
Wire fence. What fences they have
are stone hedges All the farmers live
in villages and their barns, houses and
hog houses are all in one and are made
of cement even to the roof, with a stone
wall all around. They have very fine
gardens with all kinds of fruits and
berries. l have found that the ground
| is very stony, from the experiences l
have had digging trenches. They have
fine horses and they raise rabbits and
some chickens.
l have been in the front line trenches
| several times and expect to be there
again soon. At present / am in a de-
serted village back of the lines. sleeping
on feather bed, but it does not happen
very often that we have such beds.
have had many experiences while at the
| front, that l can relate to YOU when
return. l am in an automatic rifle suuad
and our post is out in No Mans Land
| have been in several gas attacks. and
have been under machine gun fire. French
life is great, but give me the states ev-
cry time.
| 1 see many air battles each day also
| Well, | must go on duty now so will
close. Hoping that this finds you in the
best of health, am
Yours truly.
| Pvt. Geo. f. Knapp.
Co. 3, 16Sth Infantry,
American E. F. France.