The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1918-03-02

Culfport Daily Herald:
when this war was declared some
Of the cheap politicians at once raised
the same old worn cry Of "rlch man 5 5
war and poor mans fight aud soU&h1
"a use the same as political thunder
for themselves. They went further
and said American boys would De put
in minor positions and that our men
vonld be Given less of recognition
than their due in France. Bat when
hv the thousands all over the Ohloh
the sons Of the rich were among the
first to rally TO the c0lols the cry was
,lropned as it had 20 be although re-
lnctantlv American boys Of all sra
tious in life have been made heroes
nj m France and welcomed as men
ware never before in the history OF
the world. An interesting evidence
of these things has just fallen under
4ha observation of the Herald III
news item appearing in the Chicago
Tribune of the 18th regarding Ed-
ward Hines. Jr, the oldest son CT hr.
Edward Hines III which our communl-
~ has more than passive interest.
This young man was a senior IN
Yale and Just Il when the war clouds
lowered. He Immediately enlisted In
The first officers training camp at
Fort Sheridan, successfully qualified
for lieutenant's commission and has
been at the front in France for some
time. Thenews item mention states
that news has just been received
that although only p he has been
elected mayor Of a town in France ut
the front, where his battalion IS sta
,riouea, and is performing the duties
of the office as we'll as of assistant to
the adjutant of the battalion. The fol
lowing letter from the young man will
he read with the greatest interest:
Somewhere in France, Jan Is.
Dearest Mother and Father:
Well, here / am, somewhere N
France. How | wish l could tell you
where and all about it; all the inter
esting things that have happened and
the wonderful opportunities over
here.
suppose you have been wonder
inp+ why YOU have not heard from me.
THE truth of the mater is that | ate
something which did not agree
with me couple of days after | left
and T was quite sick for q couple OF
weeks. never got out OF bed while
on the boat. Am fine now, but you
can probably understand how busy
we are. Capt. White has been Just
like = father to me, especially Whlle
7 was sick. There was nothing ne
,yould not do for me and / knew that
Won people are not worrying While
am with him.
We had one slight submarine scare
sroinp across. but there IS really very
little. danger now as the English and
Americans have the Germans pretty
we'll scared. After landing IN En-
GLAND we went to Winchester whlcf
s called an English rest camp oui
which is more like Dumont IN It's pur'
pose. We were quartered the 1rs'
night in a barn with three boards
straw and blankets TO sleep on, Sc
YOU can imagine we did not sleel
-, ,uch not being used to it. 1t was
mr., ,tty place but we were there ON!
a da y.
nj, Nher dear, if you know any boy
comm over here please get IN toucl
,,r;tb /, TEN and tell them to brin:
America n Express checks to Franc
N rlace ,,t money as they are wortl
even more than American money
They are now worth 81 francs on 81.
and before the war they were wort
only 51.25. SO in Z. S. money |
now worth 55 frah cs
Europe has changed IN every wa
a great deal and it is noticeable tn
moment you get here. They sti
do things in their slow one-s.'ded way
I had hoped the war would put som
sspep" in them, but it has not az
parently. They still walk around IN
block in place of cutting across, a5l
it is no wonder they have not wo
long ago; they need U. S. push an
energy, and we are here to give
TO them. They work as if in a dazs
and I, as an American, do i1lary'