The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-07-19
News From Our
Boys in Service

son, Stanley, who is in France doing
duty at base hospital. Stanley left
early in the spring and received his
training at Camp Funston. The let
ter is as follows: fr''
"Dear Folks:-I will write you q
few lines to let you know that am
we'll. / am getting along fine; weigh
more than ever weighed before.
Il am not working today. We get
a day off once in a whilc-about one
day in two weeks, but don't have to
work much. The patients who are up
help quite a lot.
eve are too far from the front to
see or hear any of the fighting, but
can get faint idea what it is like
from looking az the patients that
come here.
at is common sight to see doz-
en- or more flying machines in the air.
1t is interesting to watch them fly
around like big birds. There are sew
eral fellows in the hospital now that
were injured by falling with their
machines.
This is a pretty country, but is so
different from the States. 1t don't
seem that it can be as late in the sea-
SOB as it is. 1t seems that it ought
not be later than May. 1t is cool here,
especially at night.
81 wish you could see the trains
they have here. They are so small,
compared with our trains, but not so
small as the trains in England. They
have some large engines here but l
never saw one in England much big
ger than one of our steam tractors.
But they have the speed. | was sur
prised to see how fast they could
run.
81 saw Linn Dobbins when ! first
landed in France, but did not get to
talk to him.
81 will close with love to all.
STANLEY Haynes"
Base Hospital No. 9, A. P. O. 1888,
Chateauroux, France.
E. M. Laakman received card last
Friday from Fred Kerlagon, formerly
pharmacist for Mr.. Laakman, saying
that he had arrived safely in England.
He, as well as Stanley Haynes, whose
letter we publish this week, spoke Of
the size of the trains in Europe. Since
receiving the card word has reached
here that Fred has been sent on to
France.
Mrs. Sarah E. Hewlett last week
received a letter from her grand
daughter, Mrs. Jesse E. Hume, who
is working in the Walter Reed Hospi-
tai in Washington, D. C. Mrs. Hume
states that there are some wounded
American soldiers in the Walter Reed
Hospital. Some have limbs off, some
are blind, and one poor fellow has been
the victim of another of the Germans
atrocities. He was captured by the
Germans, his tongue cut out and he
was then released to go back to the
American lines. This is another deed
the Germans will be made to pay for
Mrs. Hume's husband, Jesse, who
was injured in training camp in the
winter by having his arm crushed
has been in a hospital in Washington
having an artificial arm fitted. He is
reported to be getting along nicely
He has been given an office position
by the Government.
The Honor Roll of the Pennington
Presbyterian church and Sunday
school contains the following names
Lieut-Col. Frank Kellar, Major
Henry Davis, E. V. Conway, P. S
Cole, Jr., Paul L. Jones, Leslie Mitch
ell, Eugene Mitchell, Ellis Huff, Der,
nard Ford, Capt. Frank L. Long, M
D., Winston Gardner, Edward Clifton
Kraft, Fred Butterfeld, Major Alex.
ander Wilson, Obie Short, Cecil Short
Fred w. Fuhrmeister, A. J. Butter.
field, Leslie Mitchell, John Smoot
Stanton McClintock, Bryan Murrill
F. Raymond Nixon, Willis P. Bliss
Dwight L. Sutherland.
| The name of Russell j. Mullins OF
Pennington was found in the casual.
ty list in Tuesday nights paper under
the list of Seriously wounded in ac'
tion." Russell is in the Marine Corps
This is the second wound Russell has
received, having been wounded anC
sent to the hospital in the battle OF
the Marine.
Mrs. w. b. Philips has recently re-
ceived two letters from her son
Clyde, who is in France, having beer
sent over from Camp Funston after
a short period of training. He says
that he is all right and is satisfied
but has to keep moving. Bill Cover
he says, is also all right and is q
good soldier. On the way over from
the States they had a nice voyage
His address is Prvt. C. B. Phillips, Co
"M", 356th Infantry A. E. F. via N. Y
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob LePere recently
received two interesting letters from
their son, Walter, who is in the Ma.
! rine Corps in France. One lette,
dated May 10 says:
| France, May 10, 1918.
"Dear Parents:-Hello Folks, still
alive and enjoying good health, ant
trust you are we'll.
"Well, spent sixteen days ant
nights where the shells bursted thicl
and fast. q, I am in the Second Divi,
sion and We checked the Germans ant
later cleaned up on them. Captures
fmany Germans, also machine guns
They have very good machine. gum
} and know pretty well how to handl,