The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1918-12-27
SHOULDER STRAPS
OF HUN UNIFORMS
ONE FROM MEMBER OF
CROWN PRINCE RECT.
Medina Boys Send Home Relics Of
The World War Days
Over There

Letters from the Medina boys cover
there" are, arriving now with more
frequency, some relatives receiving
from two to four in single mail.
Mrs. Mary X. Long received three on
Monday from her son, Andrew, who
at the time of writing was in Luxem-
berg. This is the first time since he
went abroad, in June, 1917, that he
has been permitted to indicate definite
ly his location. Newspaper dispatches
of this week carry the information
that his division is now stationed at
Coblenz, on the Rhine.
The first of the letters received Mon
day was dated Oct. %, in which was
the enclosure of shoulder strap TAX
en- from German prisoners coat.
The top side of the strap is bright
red, in the center of which is an in
sigma in yellow designating the
branch of service to which the wearer
belonged, while Immediately below is
the number "269", in metal, designat-
ing the number of his regiment and
division. The underside is Of dark
gray woolen, the regular color Of the
German uniform. The material is
an excellent grade Of woolen cloth,
and the workmanship is very good.
Andrew and Fay Fenton are to-
gether and have been for some time.
Bryan Case and Glenn Kindig, also
Medina boys, were with the other
boys for some time, but have been
transferred, and, as Andrew writes,
"Faye and l are the only ones left
here now" Both boys were well.
every night" he says, "Faye and |
and another fellow 60 to little
French house and have supper-us-
ually rabbit or chicken, with French
fried potatoes, salad and coffee, mean
while spending the evening""
In another letter, dated November
12, he writes Of having met boy by
the name of Bowman presumably
Paul Bowman) and Charles Donahue,
Both are Medina boys and enlisted
about a month before Andrew did.
Andrew and Faye were the only boys
from home Bowman and Danahue had
seen since they left the states, they
said, "and,' says Andrew, lit was a
very happy meeting all around. II
In a letter of Nov. 4, in alluding
IAa his; neW loaat tom he write sssISsis
III u bealI lItif III country, ana the e6ple
lare the most accomnod dating 1 ever
fFsaw. Prices are away up, sky high,
and it's hard to get some things
The letters all bear the mark of a
censor, but that censorship is relax
ing is Indicated by the appearance OF
Andrews location in the last letter
his mother received.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. R. Kennan received
letter Tuesday from their son Ed
ward, dated Limoges, France, Dec. 2,
in which he stated that he expected
to be in the United States by Xmas
time: He was in base hospital "a,
nearly recovered from broken ankle
sustained several weeks before by fall
ing into trench. He is still lame,
he writes, but getting along all right.
He also stated that Welton Ferriman
is in base hospital %, in the same
| town, recovering from an attack OF
influenza. From an enumeration Ed
ward made of what he had for Thanks
giving dinner, it is clear that no one
around here had anything on the boys
of his company. He had received no
mail from home for many weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Fenton re-
ceived letter from their son, Faye
this week, enclosing a shoulder strap
taken from member Of the German
Crown Princes regiment.
Medina relatives have received
word this week of the arrival in the
United States of Bernie Bowman, anc
the instrumental organization with
which he has been doing military ser
vice abroad. s