Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-15
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS
Sees the Mediterranean,

The following letter has been re- ceived from her son by Mrs. John Cronin of Depot Hill. Baltic: St Nazaire, Aug. t25, 1918. Dear Mother: l just got back from a seven day leave and had a fine time. We visited Marseilles and the seenerv down there is wonderful We rode out couple of miles along the Medi terranean sea on a street car and I. was fine; there are many very large beaches there. It was pretty warm in that section of the country but we were too busy looking around to get in bathing. There is a church on high hill there from which one can get Q fine view of the city and sllr-. rounding country also of the aea. We were up there a couple of hours just looking around. Then we visited an art museum; the earetaker took us through and the pictures they had there sure were fine. One Of the fel- 1 lows who went with Us told Us that | they were valued at millions of dol | lars 1t also contains a iar59 collcc- | tion of valuable statuary and has q l fine garden in the rear, with quite number of animals in it. At one l time it was a zoo, but most of the animals have been removed on az count of the cost of maintaining them. We stopped over in a day in Paris | to dodge riding at night and while 1 there We wen4 -out to Versailles on Y NJ. c. A. bus and looked over the | palace of King Louis XIV. We got Q long story about it from the guide l who took us around There are many valuable relics and paintings there, 1 too, and chapel that is a wonder We all stood there for about half an hour while the guide gave us a long | story about it.
 1 We did not have time to go through | the gardens but I saw some pictures Of them and would like to have seen | them. I understand it takes fully two l hours to go around and the places Of
 interest in the garden alone. We did l go around the city a little in a taxi
 cab and saw large number Of the | show places but it was rather a quick i trip so didn't see ss much of it as l
 would have liked to.
 I met a fellow who knows Red in l fact he works with him, and from
 what he says I guess Red is the same | old cutup. I wrote him a letter when 1 got back but haven't heard any thing yet. l guess he is pretty busy. He is if he is anything like the rest
 Of us.
 I haven't got around to putting that service stripe on vet. I think ! will wait until October and put two On together One would lock rdth T lonesome anyway.
 Got a letter from Lemoine about a
 week ago. He says he likes t in Washington. r., must be pretty nice
 there at this time of the year but dent think I would care much for 1t
 in the winter
 In your last letter you said Roy | +L,a AI,; T- he in the army? I ha1n: heard about it and thought that he had not been
 drafted. I haver't heard from Cui-
 len yet; either he must have lost inc
 address. I will have to write 0 him
 at the address you gave me.
 Everything IS about the same here
 except that it has been hotter thai
 blazes here for about a week. No re- lief from it at all until today, it is
 considerable cooler and much more
 comfortable now.
 About sending for something I am
 pretty well fixed here, can get prac-
 tically everything I need and some few luxuries too. We have a con- missary here. While we can get only a small amount at 8 time we can. Al ways call again when we run shor1 we also have the Y. M., which is kept pretty well stocked, so we arg in clover compared to some of the boys even if this is rotten town l and. believe me it is.
 That's about all this time. I have got to go to work. Keep the news coming. Love to all,
 CORP. J. L. CROWN.
 36th Service Co.,, s. C.. care signal of.
 fcer St. Nazaire, LoTe Inferieure
 France, American Expeditionary Forces.
 Seeing South of France. Ell . The following letter has recent.