Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-02-21

Arthur Stacey is completing his
work at Camp Lee. Petersburg, Va.
He writes: eve are getting trench
and bayonet fighting mostly this
week" He Is in the Sth company
OF the engineers officers training
camp.
Liuet. Herbert Rohrer, now loeat-
ed at Fort %Ogelthorpe. Ca, expects
to sail for France soon. He has act
ed as captain of his company for
some time. He says he likes the To-
cation of the camp there.
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Letters from Lieut.. Paul Gleissner
and Lieut.. Paul Roger, dated Jand-
airy 2S, state that they are now safely
landed In France. They are feeling
fine now but the former was seasick
on the trip over.
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Ward Keller, who will return this
evening to Camp D~oniphan, after
spending a fiye-day furlough here,
says that reports circulating about
the camp state that the movement of
troops will not start for two months
yet. II was believed for some time
that all the Abilene boys would not
have a chance to visit at home, as
they would soon leave for France.
Ward also said that several Of the
companies of engineers were to sail
on the Tuscania, but other companies
were substituted. Sergeant A. H.
Forney is a member of one of the
companies that was held back.
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Mrs. George f. Humphrey OF Her.
received a letter from her hus-
band Lieut.. George F. Humphrey,
at sea, January -. In his
letter the lieutenant said. 1--WE are in
of land after having been on
water 22 days. All well and in good
spirits but anxious to get to land"
Humphrey received a
commission as first lieutenant in the
Fort Sheridan training school and is
said to be enroute to the French bat
lie lines to familiarize himself with
he actual fighting methods, after
which he is to return to the states
md drill recruits. The Abilene boys
commissions at TT. Sheridan
1t the same time and were person.
lily acquainted with Lieut.. Hum
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The following letter is from Jay
tees, a member Of the engineers in
to his brother, G.. w. Rees.
Somewhere in France, Jan. IL:
lear Brother am we'll and hope
are the same. We are having
ute a bit of snow, but is is not so !
cry cold. / received your Christmas {
and surely thank you for it. / '
elieve this val will be about over !
y the time you can answer this let
at least, l hope so. We have a !
retty good place to stay now, but q
is nothing like the good old u. S. :
:. Along with all of our hardships .
9 have some fun. The boys all say
there is always something to Z
Ike the joy out of life. ,
Our mail system is surely getting :
be a disgrace. All of the boys are q
wiling about 1t and also see some "
ing in the papers about the poor
ryice here. Your brother, Jay Rees. 7
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Harry Sangwin of Herington ~
to his sister: Jan. 4.-Dear d
ster and All: At last have arriv-
at my final destination or at least n,
hope so. Arrived last evening -
out 10 p. m. Feel like | never 90
mt to travel any more. This last -
p of about 15 days has certainly On
a long and tiresome one. but ie
We enjoyed 1t at that. 1t is pretty
g to travel and let someone else
= the bill, isn't it? Who do you "a
nix, sister, l ran across here in
ance in the last town we stopped
before coming here? / came out
a restaurant, looked across the na
and not over thirty feet from ha'
stood Gahan. / didn't know the
ether ! was asleep or dreaming or aoo
| pinched myself several times u
make sure. | got almost to him elgl
ore he noticed me and when he Dy
he very nearly knocked me down, sen
vas so tickled to see me. He hap nan
ed to be there on a three day Ihe
9 of absence. A miracle. | say, DelI
we should run across each other TO
0 large a city. He left Bill Scott, 70 q
dullin, Day and Kreige o. X. ever
IS isn't in the same comnarv Win furn
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