Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-12-27

all of as are anxious to get back therS
/ feel sure it won't be many month
before I'll be coming back and l ca
shut my eyes now and see myself il
civilian clothes again, and not having
to make "Reveille" or stand "Inspec
tion," and / surely am going to recog
nize the value of those privileges yol
must know. ! am really disappointed
however, in not having gotten to tn,
front and joined in with the Ameri
cans in their victorious fighting, but
have the peace of mind Of knowing
that it wasn't my fault that I didnt
get there, and also that had the rucu:
continued just few weeks longer
would have seen some service on the
front. Now that it is all over, though
I don't even want to stay to get 8
Service Stripe, for our goal accom-.
plished ! can't see much inducement
to remain here.
The censorship permits us to tell
something of ourselves now, SO III
tell you that I am in eastern France,
just eighteen miles from the border
of Switzerland and in the foothills of
the Alps. 1t is quite different look
ing country from that around Macon,
for we are 1900 feet above sea level
and eastward the mountains get high
er and higher. / went about ten miles
up toward Swiss bcIder a few days
ago and we were going up hill all the
time and the mou>' aims ever grew
higher ahead of us. The scenery was
really superb in its mountain beauty,
but me for the warm climate and the
fiat country in Mississippi. I havn't
been to Paris yet, although l did pass
through its suburbs on my way over
here, and doubt if I will get to 60
there, as l am expecting our regiment
to come back home before ! will have
been here long enough to earn a
Leave. But I am so anxious to get
home ! will gladly forego the pleasure
of seeing Paris just to get to come
back home.
I find several new names in the
Beacon, and / note with genuine sor-
row the many deaths resulting from
Influenza. I understand it is not so
bad now as it has been and ! sincerely
trust it has been completely and ef-
fectively overcome for all times. My
regiment takes quite q pride In say
jug that it has lost o,:ly one man
since we arrived in France, and we
are expecting to bring all the balance
Of them back home safe and well. Of
course, we are no longer in the posi-
ton of ever being in danger of Ger
man bullets, but the climate here is
not very good and we haveto use
every precaution to keep everybody
we'll. I had little spell of tn" Flu"
myself but survived it all right, after
staying in bed about week. Quite
a few of our men and officers had it,
but the hospital facilities were so
good that very few cases resulted
fatally, only one in our regiment, and
not but just few in the Brigade.
l notice your article about reducing
The age limits of the Governor, and l
heartily agree with what you say.
With such men as him too young and
Vardaman and Bilbo too old (?)l
maybe we can get back in the right
hoping, again.
Write me again, and send me some
more Beacons, using the same ad-
lress. Do not use the name of this
own. Tell Brooke Ferris to have me
. good "dope" fixed up by about |
March the first, for l am thirsty. |
1avn't seen a Coca-Cola since I left |
New York and in fact havn't seen a
'eal once since I left Macon. Re-
,ards to everybody.
Your friend,
PAUL SILVEY.